Can u post a pic? I think where I put people off was when I said “minimal rock work in DT” I will have to readjust that thought process and make sure if NSA then there is still ample rockwork even if it is not piled up
Yeah, but it's really hard to get a sense of what's really going on with pics to be honest.
Here's the right side of my tank. This is the favorite side of the fish. It's 1 big rock, but you can see the naso under the ledge of the left side. All of that to the left is elevated. That is the #1 spot for the fish.
On the right side of the rock, it's not so easy to tell, but there is an arm that goes out a little to the right, but then it circles around all the way to the front. On the backside there is a little overhang, and that's the mimic tangs favorite spot. There is also a big split in that area on the underside, which is where the blue tang likes to fit, but he has a few other places also and I think he's about outgrown that spot now.
I actually hate the coral on this rock, but that's another story. I want to kill all the zoa/paly really. This pic is like 6 months old, but the rock is much more covered now. The green zoas on the right side of that arm have covered it completely, even the bottom side.
And this is the left side. There are 2 main rocks here. And you can't see them in the pic, but lots of caves. And entire area between the 2 rocks that is even more covered now due to the chalice. The entire front left to arm there is raised, I didn't really need the pillar there next to the sixline, but added it just in case. That arms goes all the way over to the candy cane, which is on the right end of the arm. The hammer is on a rock in the middle. Behind that arm is the 2nd rock, it's pretty small, you can see the duncan sticking out to the right a little, but it's actually in front of a cave that goes through that rock. Smaller fish only.
The area where the watchman goby is is also lifted. It doesn't look like it because the sand goes up to the rock, but it's a big area under there for those types. Peppermint shrimp hangs upside down right next to the goby. Also the entire rock does a front to back type slope, so on the backside it's a bit of an overhang. Sailfin is the only one who prefers this side of the tank, but only for sleeping. However, the blue tang is spending more time over here lately as he gets bigger, likes the area behind the sixline, between those rocks(front to back where you can't see, not the open area to the left).
And in the middle you can see in both. That's the diamond goby's home, he puts alot of the sand on top of that one rock. Usually he makes a hole in the back to come in and out, but I see him putting a hole in the front from time to time as well. I figure he's letting flow go through, like opening the windows.
I have no idea where the wrasse go at night. The smaller fish have tons of places to go, it's the tangs I worried about the most.
Of course, the biggest hack is the use of cardinals, who like the open space.
