Red Sea Reefer 850 aquascape

[QCPD16]

so I recently completed my aquascape for a Red Sea Reefer 850 and wanted to post some pictures so that I could get some feedback. I’m going for a mixed reef and figured if there are any major issues with my design I’d rather know now while there’s still time to fix or improve it. I have about 20 more pounds that I will be placing around the sand bed or in the sump as I see fit. I’m not chasing perfection but I’d still like to do a good job. Thank you!

 

[blaxsun]

Looks good so far. Fish love caves. Love, love. Here is my rockscape just to give you a few ideas (about half is Marco shelf rock - the other half is Marco base rock).

 

[Carwin]

Those look great to me. I agree about caves and hiding space. Fish love them. I also try to think of shelf effects for placing corals and keeping different kinds of corals separated if necessary. Nice building!

 

[QCPD16]

Thanks guys. I’m going to see where else I can add more overhangs and hiding places.

 

[ClownSchool]

I’m a fan of floating islands, as well. You can get a Tunze magnetic stone frag rack and modify it. I saw one in a photo from Reef-a-Palooza NYC that looked pretty neat.

 

[J1a]

In my opinion, smaller pieces of rock means larger size of the cave.

Four sizable tangs, in addition to several other fishes can hide completely in the rock work at night.