Aquascape reviews / advice

[Clutch]

What do you guys think I have a tall tank

I thought about stacking rocks high on the left hand side And making a small island on the right

or two high rock structures one left and one right with very little in the middle

Or I’ll leave it as is

Right now rocks everywhere with some caves for the fish

Goals are just making a successful coral tank no more than 6 fish have 2 now

 

[samnaz]

I usually prefer scapes with more than one island, but yours looks great and I especially like those ledges. Very natural looking!

 

[Sarah24!]

I’m not one to say someone’s rock structure is bad, because it’s what they want. But to help you decide maybe this can help. So I recently did the same thing your doing. Now I have always wanted a reef tank that literally looked like it came from the Great Barrier Reef, or Belize reef etc. So I went through and found pictures, lots of pictures etc of these actual natural reefs. I found some that I liked, then found more then I liked better or different features. Then I found one I loved the most, but parts of it that I didn’t like, then I used the other two and tried to incorporate some of those into the side sections etc. In result my rock wall turned out very natural looking and I love it . Just a suggestion to see what may spark your interest.

 

[Clutch]

I’m not one to say someone’s rock structure is bad, because it’s what they want. But to help you decide maybe this can help. So I recently did the same thing your doing. Now I have always wanted a reef tank that literally looked like it came from the Great Barrier Reef, or Belize reef etc. So I went through and found pictures, lots of pictures etc of these actual natural reefs. I found some that I liked, then found more then I liked better or different features. Then I found one I loved the most, but parts of it that I didn’t like, then I used the other two and tried to incorporate some of those into the side sections etc. In result my rock wall turned out very natural looking and I love it . Just a suggestion to see what may spark your interest.

Thx will look up pics of actual reefs maybe they will inspire me

 

[hybridazn]

Looks pretty good! It'll look even better with corals growing on it! Haha

 

[Clutch]

I usually prefer scapes with more than one island, but yours looks great and I especially like those ledges. Very natural looking!

Thx I appreciate it I do like it I guess I feel like I can improve it
I’ll search for pictures maybe I can catch inspiration everyone scape is unique and finding your scape is the fun part

 

[samnaz]

Photos of natural reefs will no doubt spark some inspiration. Thing is, it's somewhat hard to emulate then given their vast scale in comparison to our tiny lil tanks. When it comes to coral placement aquascaping, recreating natural reefs is easy, but rock-scaping is different.

I recommend browsing what other hobbyists have done for their rockscape. I have spent endless hours browsing scapes. Pick your favorite and try to recreate it.

120 pages of inspiration, right here:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-on-creating-amazing-aquascapes.97209/
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2217633&page=67

 

[Susan Edwards]

I like it. Sometimes one structure just works better than 2. In my 66 gal, I ended up with a "wall" after I had to tear the tank down to take fish out. It made good use of the space and met the needs of the fish