The Volcano Tank

They volcano tank has been quite a buzz for the reefing world bringing in unique and interesting "aquascaping" designs. In this tank the aquarist (kyle) used rock to create a volcano that protrudes from his 75g saltwater aquarium. The volcano is made so that there are waterfalls keeping the rock moist for the inhabitants crabs who also venture into the water of the aquarium. Enjoy!

Visit his site at www.konolua.com

Awesome I NEED TO TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah i hope to do something similar with my temperate tank.

I'm going to try a small scale version... the only bad thing is that fish could jump out...

If you get fish that jump. Yes that is a risk though. What size tank are you thinking of?

maybe a 10 just to see... no actually i'll try in a plastic bin with filtration, heater, ect.

I think that sort of tanks away the whole point of the set up by making it small. You can't really get the effect by having a few pieces of rock just out of water in a plastic bin .

Fine, I guess when I have a spare 80 gallon i'll do it.

I LOVE IT! Although I can't see the crabs having much luck getting up on there...

I'd go for the more practical method of slowly sloping the substrate up until it protrudes from the water. Not as cool looking, but more effective.

Didn't mean to ruin your idea ocean! Go ahead and do it, i am going to try a temperate "volcano" in a 10.

Ha no need to pity the crabs. It's a piece of cake for them.

I guess... But I'd still worry about the little guys! <3

Perhaps I'll start a hermit tank, and use the sloping method + a wavemaker. Perhaps they'd live longer than the 9 months they usually live in captivity.

I miss my sailfin, i think i will try and get a desjardini though. They are amazing <3.



He got a carpet anemone...and here's for brent.

My lava <.<

i am going to hopefully do this with my lagoon. I love that setup a lot!

He got up there.

Brent wrote:

He got up there.

Of course .

This would be hard to do in a temperate with the heat transferr ,you might have to do it in a taller tank with lids etc to insulate from ambient room temps..Great idea though ,I could see a shore line of mangroves with the mountain in the middle..

You could always set the lot up inside a 3 sided glass display fridge (with a fog mister for effect ) that way the ambient temperature could be set to the desired levels and your chiller wont be working overtime..

I've never heard of a glass display fridge?

Cake shops often use them here,there either 3 glass sides or 4 some have a hard counter top, some all glass/acyilic some with framed sides ,delicatessens use them to ..They have ducted cooling vents that could be redirected over the top of the tank and a metal framed base with storage..There often built to blend in or look good for Coffee shops etc