My first Aquascape

[Jono562]

Hello group. Finished my first aquascape for my 75g. Picked up some Marco Rock that another reefer had extra. Took a lot of chiseling, trial and error but I'm pretty happy with it. Nothing is cemented yet. I'm gona stare at it for awhile. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[sp1187]

does the tape line represent the tank dimension?

 

[MikeRizz88]

Sick!

 

[Ruskin]

Looks good. Its hard to tell obviously but make sure it isn't too tall. You want to leave height for anything you place up there to grow.

 

[Jono562]

does the tape line represent the tank dimension?

Yes

 

[jeffrey750750]

I wouldn't change anything, its perfect

 

[cvrle1]

Right side is too close to the tape, which means it will be too close to the glass. Will be hard to clean. Arches, personally not a fan of them, but for some reason everyone goes for arches 1st time around (I did as well lol) They dont do much for coral placement, and dont do anything for hiding spaces for fish, which is what you want and need scape to do. Build your scape with crevices, caves, rocks on top of rocks so that fish have plenty of hiding spaces and corals to grow. Once all of your corals grow out, you wont even be able to see your scape, so build for fish and coral health.

 

[NJBillyV]

I respectfully disagree, to me it looks to man-made and not natural enough.

 

[Jono562]

Thanks for everyone's input. I did make a few changes. Added some rock. To certain opinions theres actually caves and crevices and spaces for fish to hide in the rear. This was also not intended to look natural. It was designed for maximum flow around my tank and rock along with room for fish to swim around along with gradual steps for different coral placement. Theres plenty of space for corals. I will be drilling holes for frag plugs this weekend and hopefully have a in tank photo soon. ✌

 

[Jono562]

does the tape line represent the tank dimension?

Yes it does. things got shifted around durring the hammering chisel dremel..lol my tank is 47" inside and this scape is 34" x 12" tall my tank 48 × 20 x 18. Plenty of room.

 

[Regular_Reefer]

I think it looks great! I never understood Some peoples desire of a “natural looking” lump of rock in the middle of a tank

 

[Jono562]

I think it looks great! I never understood Some peoples desire of a “natural looking” lump of rock in the middle of a tank

Totally agree.

 

[Korallboden]

Really nice work

 

[Jono562]

In the tank. I'm pretty happy with it...

 

[Regular_Reefer]

Looks good, I like that you have those flat pieces as the feet

 

[Tl02022020]

Looks great!

 

[Smokeshow]

Nice done. Did my 1st scape a few weeks ago. Kinda similar to yours. Just not as nice lol

There's a decent sized cave between the rock and sand on the center pillar and another behind the base rock on the left.

 

[Fesyuk Reefs]

Great start!

 

[Krixic]

Looks awesome! Frankly, whether it looks man made or not, I figure when you add corals and such, things will become more natural regardless of how things look initially. But honestly that is a really impressive looking scape to me