Need confirmation rockspace is ok

[D3DPrintedThingz]

So I spent like 3 hr last night making a sweet dragon looking aqua scape then tried putting it in tank just now. Long story short forgot that it had to go back in the tank and it broke into few pieces. Figuring that I was tired of having someone spray it every 30 min today and had moist towel over it last night I wanted to keep bacteria alive vs. redo it again. I have over 70 lb of live rock in the sump so there is enough bacteria to keep ammonia down that’s not a problem.

let me know if this looks good enough. I am really happy with it but of course I am biased. Need third party criticism or confirmation

 

[blaxsun]

I definitely see a dragon! By the time it gets covered with corals it may no longer resemble a dragon, so enjoy the clarity while it lasts!

 

[mindme]

It looks a little tall IMO. I don't know what your coral plan is, but you have to remember that your coral will also grow and raise it up. Nothing fatal, but something that one day you might wish was lower.

And I can't see the back, but make sure it's not touching the back wall.

Other than that - I like it.

 

[bnord]

I like it.
I don’t mind rocks getting too close to the surface but this might be a bit too much. Thin those spires out a bit if you can but otherwise it should be fine. Lots of fish habitat for sure.
and don’t overthink the effect of the drying on hte bacteria. - it will respread quickly
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[Lost in the Sauce]

Looks good to me. I would turn the lights on, and adjust as needed. Things tend to look a lot different with a light source only coming from above, while we look at it from the front.

In the future if you need to move your scape, and want to put it back together, take a lot of pictures.

 

[DarkReefer]

Looks good, most important thing is that you're happy with it as you'll be the one to look at it most.

 

[D3DPrintedThingz]

Thanks you all, there are two orphek bars blue n purple but cant take pics with phone camera. There is one rock at the top i can definitely move. I want a tank full of ricordea mushrooms so height wont be too much issue. I am finding i like it more as i look at it. A couple great shelves for the coral. Wish it were better pic, theres are caves and arches u cant really see. Some mistajes end up working out i guess!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

With that pics of information that your goal is a Ricordea tank, I would Rethink the scape. You've got a Wide range of both light and flow with how the scape is set up currently.

Mushrooms generally fit into a pretty narrow range of what they want and will even tolerate.

Too high in light/flow ( above low medium imo) and your mushrooms will not express well, may let go completely rolling to find Lower light and flow.

I'm a mushroom guy. Other than the sandbed, I'm not seeing a lot of areas for mushroom gardens.

 

[D3DPrintedThingz]

With that pics of information that your goal is a Ricordea tank, I would Rethink the scape. You've got a Wide range of both light and flow with how the scape is set up currently.

Mushrooms generally fit into a pretty narrow range of what they want and will even tolerate.

Too high in light/flow ( above low medium imo) and your mushrooms will not express well, may let go completely rolling to find Lower light and flow.

I'm a mushroom guy. Other than the sandbed, I'm not seeing a lot of areas for mushroom gardens.

Can you put ricordea mushrooms in the sand bed? I figure that they would get a lot of sand on them and be mad. currently only have one and it’s pretty happy, it’s in the middle of the tank and I think medium flow?
I was initially attracted to them due to their easy to care for nature lol. Maybe since the scape has varying degrees of light and flow I could possibly alter the coral selection to fit the spots rather than make spots for coral. Just love the look of the ricordea with that neon border.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Can you put ricordea mushrooms in the sand bed? I figure that they would get a lot of sand on them and be mad. currently only have one and it’s pretty happy, it’s in the middle of the tank and I think medium flow?
I was initially attracted to them due to their easy to care for nature lol. Maybe since the scape has varying degrees of light and flow I could possibly alter the coral selection to fit the spots rather than make spots for coral. Just love the look of the ricordea with that neon border.

Yes rics can and will happily live their lives on a disk, in the sand. They can easily and quickly flush sand from themselves.

What I was going at was that Your scape looks good for a mixed reef with varying levels of light and flow. If you intend to be Mostly mushrooms, I would flatten it out a bit. Maybe a dual cove scape would fit your desired outcome, better.

If you haven't yet, check out @LRT build thread. That's the homie that Knows his shrooms and obsesses (in a good way) about placement and getting full expression from them.