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I'd love some feedback on my first scape! The tank is an IM 14 peninsula, and I am leaning towards a mix of zoas and LPS. I plan to keep a shrimp/goby pair and mayyyybe a single banggai or pyjama cardinal.

I really like the shape from above, although I'm not sure if this is a good scape for keeping corals - I'm used to freshwater scaping where you want lots of open substrate to plant in! So I'd love feedback about what kinds of areas will be good for attaching corals, etc :)

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The view from the end of the tank (please forgive the dirty glass!) - I like the overall shape here as well.
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And the front view. I'm not sure about the placement of the top rock; this was my piece of live rock to jumpstart my cycle, so it was a little hard to place while trying to avoid crushing pineapple sponges and feather dusters. I am wondering whether to move it more towards the middle (maybe in the V between the rocks?) or perhaps get another piece of dry rock to place next to it and make a bit of an arch over the gap. Any thoughts? I am not sure if the peak of this rock is too high to place corals currently.
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Thanks!
 
Slide to the right so you have enough room for cleaning glass on left. Enough caves and hiding places for you fish?
Agreed here...maybe a couple more small rocks wedged here or there to make some hidden spaces. Looks like it'll be a nice little setup though.
 
Slide to the right so you have enough room for cleaning glass on left. Enough caves and hiding places for you fish?

Agreed here...maybe a couple more small rocks wedged here or there to make some hidden spaces. Looks like it'll be a nice little setup though.

Thanks! It's actually not so close to the glass as it looks - I have at least an inch around on each side and made sure my gravel vac would fit.

I'll try to pick up another rock next time I'm at the LFS and break it into some smaller chunks. My rock structure is all based on the bottom glass with sand added around, so the pistol and goby should be able to tunnel under safely if they want to. I think there's enough caves around the bottom for a little goby, but I might need to create some more if I get a cardinal as well, thank you!
 

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