Need some help aquascaping my Red Sea reefer!

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Hey guys so I have spent pretty much all day aquascaping my tank and I have hit a brick wall I am lost as to what to do the left side of my tank! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The aquarium is in my office and the side you see when you first walk into the room is the left side of the tank so I wanted to do some type of small structure on the left side of the tank but all I have are huge rocks and as you can see I didn't leave my self a whole lot of room to work with.. let me know what Y'all think and any ideas of what would look good on the left side of the tank..

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I was thinking of something like this.. not sure I want to do another arch I have a lot already! Ha
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Here is what I have left to work with
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I shelf rock would be a great addition, and great to start a Zoa garden
I do believe a key thing to do is keep as many rocks off the bottom to give more flow, you'll be happy you did. I know a lot of people load the back wall which I believe is a mistake. None of my is glued together. Branch rocks will help keep most of your rock above the sandbed. BRS has Live/Dry rock, be sure to cure it for 6 weeks, the rock will have some built up slim on the rock and can prevent algae growth taking over I did, and my Coraline took over in 3-4 weeks. Be sure to use your old WC water for the curing, or at least saltwater, circulation pump, and a heater, and yes, keep it all in a garbage pail, buy a new one for WC's later, and be sure to keep it in darkness for the whole curing process
 
Thanks for the input! I cured it for only about three weeks but the only after didn't have any smell to it and I won't have any lights for at lest a couple more weeks so after I finish the aquascape planning on adding sand and water and letting it run for at least a month or so to let it cure/cycle.. also adding some pond matrix fromy current tank that's running.. hopefully that will help speed up the process and maybe I won't have to much Algae.. it's my first time using pukani .. however if I do after the cycle I was planning on ordering a phos/carbon reactor so that should take care of it! Thanks again
 
I shelf rock would be a great addition, and great to start a Zoa garden
I do believe a key thing to do is keep as many rocks off the bottom to give more flow, you'll be happy you did. I know a lot of people load the back wall which I believe is a mistake. None of my is glued together. Branch rocks will help keep most of your rock above the sandbed. BRS has Live/Dry rock, be sure to cure it for 6 weeks, the rock will have some built up slim on the rock and can prevent algae growth taking over I did, and my Coraline took over in 3-4 weeks. Be sure to use your old WC water for the curing, or at least saltwater, circulation pump, and a heater, and yes, keep it all in a garbage pail, buy a new one for WC's later, and be sure to keep it in darkness for the whole curing process

And yeah I completely agree I don't like the piled rock look! And like you I also left plenty of room for flow .. plan to keep at least 2 inches around front and sides of tank and an inch in the back!
 

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