Sunken Boats In Your Aquarium

Among the very first varieties of fish tank ornaments, after rocks and plants obviously, are sunken ships. And it is relatively easy to figure out why. When you think about it, in the wild sunken boats over hundreds years have made the most effective framework for corals to blossom and formed natural habitats for natural marine life in the seas and oceans of the world. It is an usual inclination for people to reduplicate things that we observe in the wild since as we all realize, no one makes art works as remarkable as Planet Earth herself.

Shipwrecks and sunken boats were the first aquarium accessories that I used when I started off my vocation with creating aquarium designs a long time ago. But I have to say, though the concept is classic, the types and selections of designs available at present have created a wonderful opportunity to plan fantastic aquarium works of art for a fraction of the price.

What still makes these first generation aquarium decors ideal for aquariums is the gaps and openings in them as well as the plentiful area inside which makes awesome hiding holes for the fish.

Styles Of Shipwrecks And Sunken Boats

While setting aside the make of the craft and where it originated from, there are actually three basic types of sunken vessels and shipwrecks: whole, partial and pieces.

The complete sunken boat comes in one piece. It features a wreck either erect or on the side with crevices and pockets for the fish to go inside. They are suitable for medium sized tanks and are inserted without additional accompanying fish tank decor. Being proportionally small, placing some other fish tank accessories will make the design appear odd.

Partial shipwrecks are where you only have half of the craft, either bow or stern. They generally look decaying and ancient and can make the decorations look extremely rustic. Being generally smaller in size, they are effective in smaller aquariums. Nevertheless, if you do own a medium tank, you are able to add on something else to go with it such as a deep sea diver or a gem trunk. You can have these with bubbler effects to make them much more fantastic.

Vessels in pieces should be reserved for much larger tanks. The reason being they should use up a lot more space. You will generally find them in either two or three pieces though I have noticed a very big one in four. The fragments are set up at slight varying angles to make them appear authentic. By doing this you will have two or three different tank decor and they usually allow quite little place for more decors but if in case you do have lots of area, you might like to include a deep sea diver or gem chest here.

Other Wrecks At The Base Of The Aquarium

Because of how lucrative shipwrecks have been as fish tank decor, there have recently been a lot of spin offs to this design. Vendors are developing with a lot of options to the wooden ship in the event that is not your thing.

The primary spin offs were battleships and submarines. They gave a much more modern spin to the outdated galleon craft. Next there have been aircrafts from World War One bombers to commercial airlines. At present you can find wrecks replicating Volkswagen Beetles, Hummers, Subway Trains, Bicycles and a large amount more.