First tank aquascape

[Sigecaps]

Hi guys. I'm trying to decide on an aquascape for my first tank. The dimensions of my tank are 6'x2'x2'. The board that the aquascape is on is 5'x2', its the the stand I built for my water storage tanks. In one of the photos, I circled a support rock that I will probably remove and just use glue and mortar to make the shelf hold. Looking for any advice. Not sure if there is too much rock here for flow. The highest peak of the rock is about 14". My garage is a mess atm.

 

[FlexingFishSticks]

Looks great! Good idea with the support rock.

 

[01xp]

I like it. I think it'll work just fine

 

[Tmtdvm]

Looks great!!! Personally, for me I would move the flat piece on the top left down one tier and point it forward to give a little more depth. The large rocks up top will provide plenty of space for SPS corals. If you want to remove the support rock on the right, I would drill a hole down thru both and place an acrylic rod to hold it with glue on both ends. Just an easy way to do things and looks aesthetically pleasing.

 

[Sigecaps]

Looks great!!! Personally, for me I would move the flat piece on the top left down one tier and point it forward to give a little more depth. The large rocks up top will provide plenty of space for SPS corals. If you want to remove the support rock on the right, I would drill a hole down thru both and place an acrylic rod to hold it with glue on both ends. Just an easy way to do things and looks aesthetically pleasing.

Thanks for the idea. I'll give it a shot and see how it looks.

 

[Sigecaps]

Looks great!!! Personally, for me I would move the flat piece on the top left down one tier and point it forward to give a little more depth. The large rocks up top will provide plenty of space for SPS corals. If you want to remove the support rock on the right, I would drill a hole down thru both and place an acrylic rod to hold it with glue on both ends. Just an easy way to do things and looks aesthetically pleasing.

Are you talking about something like this? If so, should I lose the support rock or keep it under the front shelf piece?

 

[Tmtdvm]

This is what I did

 

[Sigecaps]

This is what I did

Looks good. Are you going to go bare bottom or add sand? I think either way it will look great.

 

[Duncan Tse]

RIght structure looks good but imo I'm not digging the left structure.

Once you start adding corals to the top of the rocks it will shade everything below it as it's too flat looking.

I would maybe add some more rocks to the left structure in an island shape instead

 

[Tmtdvm]

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Looks good. Are you going to go bare bottom or add sand? I think either way it will look great.

Bare bottom so I have more flow for the corals. It’s been up and going for about 4 mths now. I tried to create lots of caves and overhangs with as much depth possible to maximize coral placement and growth. I went with about 100 lbs of life rock in the 120g tank. A lot of people do the minimalistic aquascape these days but it just takes a lot longer to cycle and for the rock to cure with bacteria.

 

[Tmtdvm]

A member just post a new aquascape for a 175g tank that looks pretty cool. It’s under the new posts like 5 mins ago. I always liked seeing what other people come up with to gain new ideas.

 

[sawdonkey]

I think you’re too vertical. Depending on what you’re trying to accomplish, The wall should slope up from front to back. A vertical wall only offers the top for coral placement. A sloped wall will give you a bunch or real estate. It can be vertical on the back side though.

Take a look at my starting scape and notice how each of my rock piles have slopes from front to back and from one end to the other too. This gives me a lot of room for coral.

 

[Sigecaps]

Thanks for the critiques. Its exactly the type of information I was looking for. Was thinking about breaking some rock and trying to piece some stuff together. Just nervous since once I break a piece,it would be difficult to go back. Going to try to do something different for the left side, maybe the other also. Also, I'm trying to go for some shade spots so i can put some softies or lps in those spots. But either way, I'll try something new and post it. Thanks again for the advice.