Anti Egg Crate Continued From The Similar Store Thread

[ZZROCOOL]

i think rimless tanks look stupid and unnatural...

To each his own :dead:

Interesting I would have to say that thats one thing everybody would agree on is a "frameless tank" (not rimless) is very cool and the way to go

 

[jhale]

Aesthetics

Aesthetics:
(used with a sing. verb)
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty, as in the fine arts.
In Kantian philosophy, the branch of metaphysics concerned with the laws of perception.
(used with a sing. verb) The study of the psychological responses to beauty and artistic experiences.
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A conception of what is artistically valid or beautiful: minimalist aesthetics.
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) An artistically beautiful or pleasing appearance

I deal with the pursuit of pleasing aesthetics everyday, it rules my life :Hydrogen:

perhaps if the thread were titled Aesthetics of Aquasculpture it would have had a better chance of not ruffling peoples feathers.

In the pursuit of a natural looking aquascape, things such as eggcrate, pvc pipes, powerheads, and other equipment all should hidden as much as possible. I hate seeing any equipment in my tank, but it's necessary to the health of the animals. I've tried to minimize it by using vortechs for flow. To give my rocks an interesting look I used acrylic rods to stack them. I had a bare bottom tank, but hated the way it looked so I added sand. These were all choices I made based on the aesthetic appeal to my eye.
So I agree with the OP's opinion that eggcrate looks unattractive in an reef environment, I will also say that it could have been expressed in different manner And my next tank will be rimless! :grouphug:

 

[Wes]

i actually like rimless. Just trying to prove a point that beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

[boozeman]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder :fishhit:

 

[jhale]

Takashi Amano, what more can you say?

Not much beats his design aesthetic. I'd love to know if he ever designed a reef tank.

thanks for posting the photo it makes me happy every time I see that tank

 

[tosiek]

:bigeyes:

I love his work. Simply amazing stuff.

Anyways, The fact that this thread got past 3 pages proves you all need to be doing something else with your free time. The 5-10 mins you guys spent posting you could have been reaquascaping your eggcrate tank :tub:.

Opinions are like ......., everyones got one.

Who's up for spamming Takashi Amano emails to make a reef tank =0)

 

[inkblue]

anyBody have spare eggCrate or not !!

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Thats an amazing tank, I can just imagine what he would do with saltwater.

 

[ZZROCOOL]

Amazing tank and guess what no egg crate

 

[JasonE]

:funnypost

Amazing tank and guess what no egg crate

 

[inkblue]

i hatE when peepS wear white socKs with dark pants :irked: GET DRESS SOCKS!

...hmmm, maybe if they made black eggcrate

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

anyBody have spare eggCrate or not !!

RTFP Doofus! Yes :tired: