Georgia00013
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So I was really happy with this but I've got a lot of negative feedback(facebook group). Is this a bad rock setup? This is my first marine tank.
Bad aquascape?
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Thank you! I love it and think it looks great. People kept saying that the fish don't have room to hide/swim and that I need to break the rocks up more but, I'm not going to have a giant number of fish in it and I thought I did a decent job giving them different spaces.
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Mainly that there aren't enough places for them to swim/hide and I need to break the rocks up more. I have it set up to where they can swim around it instead of all the rock just being towards the back (which when I was looking into the cube tank I saw alot of)
So I thought I was actually making it more interactive for the fish.
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What fish do you plan on? Guessing they'll be smaller given the tank size. You have enough space for them to move around from what i see.
NS Mike D
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^. This.
cubes all seem to have that backrest pillow look to them, it's easy for us to just accept that is the way to scape cube.
use the aquascape forum here.
I don't want to be negative, and it will look totally different once the corals take over, but there is something about the way that large rocks sits up high to one side, while a smaller rock is at its diagonal base from the initial view that bothers me, and I don't know why. Perhaps it just gives a bulky look. I just want to take a hammer to it and break split it in two or three pieces and restacked it
I love the shelf. that's going to look great with SPS, or candy canes etc.
the back pillar is really cool.
Give it a few days. I ripped part my tank and had the chance to totally redo my scape. I thought I had it. I watched the videos in that forum, did my scape and posted it. Got some tips and tried them.
Then I stared at the tank for a week. After that week and considering some of the points from the video, I took it apart, started over and haven't looked back.
So going back to the post I quoted. If it feels right to you in a week or two, that's the one. There is no rush to make it permanent. You will know when it's right and don't need any of our input.
NS Mike D
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hiding spaces and paths to swim through are very important as is open space.
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I didn't even see the aquascape form, thank you!
And yes this is the 3rd scape I've done in a week actually....
Maybe part of my problem is a really like the rocks I pick and are very hesitant to break them up.
And the shelf is my favorite. No matter what I change that is staying. I was so excited to find that particular live rock.
NS Mike D
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stay with your basic idea, but think in terms of three. Triangle/pryramid works great in a cube. From your video I get that you want to view it from all sides as opposed to the backrest pillow look that a lot of cubes have, which set and clear front, back and two sides.
That pillar of facing out ward and not inward would really be a great start.
That flat rock too, extending outward from an achoring rock in the middle would make a great off set to the shape
and then have fun with the third iide.
That pillar of facing out ward and not inward would really be a great start.
That flat rock too, extending outward from an achoring rock in the middle would make a great off set to the shape
and then have fun with the third iide.
NS Mike D
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hardest thing I had to do was break rock and remove rock.
My first go was a classic rock wall
Today, keep in mind it's barren of corals and I have some equipment for now that will get removed, but the idea here is that the new off set aqua scape opens the tank up and make it look bigger (it's a 29 gal). This is an rectangular tank. That left piece appears to have broken off the mass from it's right, which makes you feel the historic motion as your eye follow the lines.
and yes to the shelf. see my other post. I think with your rock and shelf, if they projected out from the center like a wide pedaled flower you'd have jaw dropping scape.
I've concluded that aquascaping is so over rated! I remember years ago following a build thread where a guy literally piled rock to a desired height, I thought to myself, "that's pretty ugly!"
Fast forward 3 years and the tank was simply beautiful with full size colonies of corals, you had to put forth the effort to even see any exposed rock, I'm fairly certian it graced the pages of Reef Keeping magazines TOTM on Reefcentral.
Personally, I think we get too hung up on trying to get that perfect aquascape and it turn we lose focus on the bigger picture.
Fast forward 3 years and the tank was simply beautiful with full size colonies of corals, you had to put forth the effort to even see any exposed rock, I'm fairly certian it graced the pages of Reef Keeping magazines TOTM on Reefcentral.
Personally, I think we get too hung up on trying to get that perfect aquascape and it turn we lose focus on the bigger picture.
Kellie in CA
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I like the way it looks. However, it is very vertical, so you may have a rough time with coral placement and flow.
You are the one that has to like it, not random people on the internet. Do what you want! No matter what you do someone is going to find something they would do differently.
You are the one that has to like it, not random people on the internet. Do what you want! No matter what you do someone is going to find something they would do differently.
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Looks fine to me. It'll fill out in other directions as corals grow.
