Scape A or B?

[Peach02]

Planning a aquascape to put in a hypothetical Red Sea reefer 350 I might buy

Scape A

or

Scape B

 

[maroun.c]

How many and which sides is tank visible from ?

 

[Peach02]

How many and which sides is tank visible from ?

How many what? and the tank is viewable from 3 sides front and the two short sides

 

[NY_Caveman]

I like the heights on A better.

 

[Blitheran]

I like the heights on A better.

I agree A is better lower height allows for better coral growth

 

[Peach02]

@NY_Caveman @Blitheran if I lowered down B would it be better than A?

 

[vetteguy53081]

A for height if you’re doing SPS otherwise B

 

[Peach02]

A for height if you’re doing SPS otherwise B

I was thinking SPS dominant but more LPS and softies further down

 

[Blitheran]

I agree A is better lower height allows for better coral growth

Maybe.. but for A I love the contrast in height. If you were to lower B down it would make them similar. In all honesty I think right now I wouldnt be crazy worried about the technicality of the rock work. i think you are off to a great start with determining what you want. Don’t be so focused on what happens in the picture more of what you want your rock work to achieve... what i have gathered so far is that you want:

- 2 islands (great idea)
- you want a swim through between the two islands
- you want the rock work to accommodate that of a mixed reef
-you want the rock work high enough to accommodate higher light demanding corals.

I may be wrong here but this is just what I have observed

 

[Peach02]

Maybe.. but for A I love the contrast in height. If you were to lower B down it would make them similar. In all honesty I think right now I wouldnt be crazy worried about the technicality of the rock work. i think you are off to a great start with determining what you want. Don’t be so focused on what happens in the picture more of what you want your rock work to achieve... what i have gathered so far is that you want:

- 2 islands (great idea)
- you want a swim through between the two islands
- you want the rock work to accommodate that of a mixed reef
-you want the rock work high enough to accommodate higher light demanding corals.

I may be wrong here but this is just what I have observed

pretty much on the dot, I went into more detail in my build thread for this tank https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/peach02s-slice-of-ocean.635782/page-2#post-6381086

 

[maroun.c]

As tank is visible.from 3 sides it might be best to have one scape lower than the other and if.pissible to offset them front to back so u see the most of the scape and corals regardless from.where ur looking.

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

I agree and like the 2 island approach. Leaves plenty of swimming space and some sand areas to place corals. I vote A

 

[ceruleanspiral]

@NY_Caveman @Blitheran if I lowered down B would it be better than A?

I think so. I really like the curve of B looking from the front and the space for the GSP island in B.

 

[Johnnybananas]

I am a fan of b think it will look good