55 Gallon Aquascape Examples

[Noah's Shark]

Good evening everyone,
I am preparing to re-aquascape my 55 gallon reef tank, but am not very artsy and am struggling to figure out how to build the best structure for my corals and fish. I currently have the following corals:
1 green tip torch coral
1 acan
1 hammer coral
2 unidentified zoa frags
several mushrooms
1 favia
a clove frag
and one plate
For the fish I have:
3 clowns
1 yellow tang
1 cardinal fish
1 mandarin dragonete
and several damselfish
Any and all recommendations and/or pictures of similar setups would be appreciated.

 

[Noah's Shark]

I have purchased some reef cement to aid in the creation of overhangs and caves. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[jcolliii]

Man - 55's are tough if it's the normal 4 foot tank. There is just so little front to back space. Maybe try a floating aquascape? Do you have access to a tile saw? I'd maybe think about flattening off the back of your rocks, and maybe epoxying them directly to the back of the tank to save some front to back space. Dunno - I'm sure there must be some 55 gal aquascapes out there, but it's a tough dimension to scape I would think. A quick '55 gallon reef aquascape' image search on google turns up some typical 2 and 3 island scapes...

 

[Noah's Shark]

Man - 55's are tough if it's the normal 4 foot tank. There is just so little front to back space. Maybe try a floating aquascape? Do you have access to a tile saw? I'd maybe think about flattening off the back of your rocks, and maybe epoxying them directly to the back of the tank to save some front to back space. Dunno - I'm sure there must be some 55 gal aquascapes out there, but it's a tough dimension to scape I would think. A quick '55 gallon reef aquascape' image search on google turns up some typical 2 and 3 island scapes...

That's been my main problem with this project is the cramped back-to-front dimensions. I don't have access to a tile saw unfortunately, but a table saw on the other hand... once this whole virus thing passes over I can get the proper tools needed for the job. That you for your advice!