Bad aquascape?

[Mikedawg]

+1 for Idoc; you have to imagine how it will look in time with corals. It looks natural to me and that is the standard in my book. This started out as a two island design..............lol

 

[reefsean03]

It looks like the rocks are kind of close to one of the sides of the tank so it may be difficult to clean so keep that in mind as well.
But other than that I like it and remember once the rocks mature and you add corals it’ll look a lot better.

 

[SMSREEF]

I think it looks really nice. There is plenty of space for small fish to hide.
I can see gobies and blenies loving that scape!

 

[Ultra Aquatics]

Looks good to me, only critique would be it looks a little close to the back glass. Most important thing is if you like it.

 

[Paulie069]

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.

I don’t think so at all first of all their great rocks with tons of openings and pours and holes just 1 million different places for all your bacteria and critters to live in hide and the size of your tank you utilize it plus leaving enough room for other stuff for Fish or corals will you still put in there,,so my answer is I think your aqua scape is just fine nothing at all is wrong with it

 

[Paulie069]

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.

So true

 

[Perthegallon]

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.

That’s perfectly fine it looks great

 

[Thespammailaccount]

The scape looks good. I have a cube too. Finally found a scape I liked too

 

[IC3NIN3]

If you like it, keep it that way. However i would try to open up the middle more and stay away from the sides for better flow.

 

[El_Guapo13]

It looks fine.

 

[Proteus Meep]

Looks like a good aquascape to me...i found it's best to keep away from Hatebook reefing groups in general it is just heavily populated with unhelpful and unpleasant individuals.

Here is my little 30 litre cube (before i got a 55 litre) which had a similar scape to yours so you can see that shape of scape can indeed work even in a much smaller tank than your own

 

[hankacrank]

Your scape is actually very good. It has platforms which are ideal for coral placement and growth.

 

[mike550]

@Georgia00013 first of all Welcome to R2R!

As you’re already seeing there are a lot of people here that are willing to help. I’m a newbie as well, and what I’ve learned is that it‘s important to separate facts from opinions. Ultimately, there will be a lot of great comments. But you need to figure out what’s best for you given the facts. Many times there is more than one “best” answer.

As to your scape, no one has said it will kill your fish or break the tank - haha. So if you like it then that’s great! Personally, I think it looks fine.

 

[Alarmguy66]

One piece of advice from someone with a cube and no sump. Think about how much water you will be removing from the tank during water changes, and where that level will be in respect to the height of the tank. Add to that where your corals will reach to once they are growing on the rocks. It would be best (but not a do or die situation) if you can keep them submerged during water changes.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

That looks a lot like my rockwork back in the day on my first reef and it worked well for my 3 small fish. The only concern I would have is if the rocks are epoxied together so that they dont tumble. Also, I think I heard that the black sand is volcanic and contains heavy metals. I could be way off, but you might want to ask someone smarter than me if its reef safe

 

[bryanfuel]

Looks good to me as long as it's stable.

 

[Paulie069]

Looks like a good aquascape to me...i found it's best to keep away from Hatebook reefing groups in general it is just heavily populated with unhelpful and unpleasant individuals.

Here is my little 30 litre cube (before i got a 55 litre) which had a similar scape to yours so you can see that shape of scape can indeed work even in a much smaller tank than your own

That looks great hope mine turns out that good

 

[acan-man]

As long as you can get the glass scraper around everything and you like it, then go for it.

 

[Paulie069]

That looks a lot like my rockwork back in the day on my first reef and it worked well for my 3 small fish. The only concern I would have is if the rocks are epoxied together so that they dont tumble. Also, I think I heard that the black sand is volcanic and contains heavy metals. I could be way off, but you might want to ask someone smarter than me if its reef safe

When I swap out my tank this summer I’m definitely gonna make sure I apoxy bolt together whatever it takes to make sure rocks don’t fall,, I made the beginner mistake of not securing my rocks and the whole thing came tumbling down last week,, like a stack of dominos, and a seahorse got crushed tail and is gonna lose a piece of it

 

[bam123]

Try to keep rocks away from the walls by at least two inches. Epoxy rocks if you can. Have a high point with a small cave. If you plan on a bubble tip anemone, it will find it way to the current and light and put its foot in there. Good luck.