First Time Ever Aquascaping

[ShaneO]

Need some help and advice. This ia my first time ever doing a scape and want to make sure I hit all the important parts. This is the current setup. I'm happy with the way it looks, but need help from the experts.

 

[flyline]

Looks great to me

 

[Euphyllia97]

Looks good! Maybe you could add some more rock behid the structures to create some caves for the fish to hide without changing the visuals on the front? I see nice spots for frags and a good shape regarding flow.

good job!

 

[ShaneO]

I appreciate it. I was wondering/thinking I should add more cave options. Just gotta figure out how to accomplish that. Thanks for the great advice!

 

[Idoc]

Looks good!

 

[madweazl]

The only recommendation I'm going to make is to keep the top of the rockwork at roughly 1/2 the height of the tank because any corals that go in are going to grow much larger than you imagine.

 

[Is this the LFS]

Need some help and advice. This ia my first time ever doing a scape and want to make sure I hit all the important parts. This is the current setup. I'm happy with the way it looks, but need help from the experts.

Pretty good but I made the same mistake you did. It looks great but because it is so vertical, you are going to find it hard to find places to put coral on the vertical spots

 

[sp1187]

guessing you are cementing it together somehow?

 

[Auquanut]

I really like the layout. And you can always add more rock later if that's what you want. The only thing that I would recommend is to ensure when you actually set it up, that you leave enough room between the rockwork and the glass to clean it. Great Job!

 

[sawdonkey]

Pretty good but I made the same mistake you did. It looks great but because it is so vertical, you are going to find it hard to find places to put coral on the vertical spots

I was going to say this exact same thing. Slope from front to back and end to end is very important for coral placement.

 

[Is this the LFS]

This is my aquascape on my new 40 breeder. Excuse the blues because it is still early in my photoperiod. Notice how you can still have those high points but you just need to make it gradual to allow for coral placement.

 

[ShaneO]

guessing you are cementing it together somehow?

Yes I'll be using E-Macro 400 to keep it locked in.

I've kept a border on the card board where I can at least put my hand down the glass.

Thanks for all the input everyone!

 

[jcolliii]

I wouldn't change a thing! Glue that thing together! Looks great!

 

[ShaneO]

Well I think this is it. Made a few adjustments suggested by you guys, which I really appreciate it. Made some more caves as well more spots to place coral. Now to finish the gluing!

 

[Is this the LFS]

Well I think this is it. Made a few adjustments suggested by you guys, which I really appreciate it. Made some more caves as well more spots to place coral. Now to finish the gluing!

Looks good. In the future if you are up to it, which they are not too difficult, try putting some platting montipora on the vertical parts. Your scape would really compliment them

 

[Steve180]

You have some nice pieces to build caves and also you have some base rock you’re trying to stack n it makes it look a bit odd

 

[ShaneO]

Looks good. In the future if you are up to it, which they are not too difficult, try putting some platting montipora on the vertical parts. Your scape would really compliment them

Which vertical parts would you recommend? I don't know much about platting montipora still a newb when it comes to marine life. I just looked up a picture of them they definitely look sweet.