aquascaping

This has been by far the most fun/aggrivating/interesting part of the hobby for me (only 3 months into it). Ive mainly looked at pictures of other tanks but its hard to really see how they have the rock online with all the corals in the way and what not. Now after numerous attempts i finally have a design with a bunch of caves for the fish, swimming room in the front, lighting for the corals, but i forgot one thing. The water flow for the corals. So if anyone has any ideas for me or if you think this layout is okay. let me know. thanks!

 

dont be shy shawn. let us have a look at your creation. i bet its cool , so show it off.

guy

 

haha woops i forgot to attach the image

 

I see nothing wrong with that scaping except that I would avoid having the rock touch the glass on the sides. It'll make cleaning the glass impossible. How vertical is it? Are there "shelfs" for the corals to be placed?

 

That actually looks pretty good..I like the slope! Doesn't seem like there are any areas that dead spots could occur. May want to wedge a powerhead behind the rocks somehow if you can just to keep things moving back there.

Ivan

 

Do you only have the one Koralia?
You can always put a couple small pumps (maxijets, etc.) behind all that rock to make sure there aren't any "dead spots" in the tank.

 

yeah theres shelves for corals. some arent that flat though. yeah im prolly gunna get one more koralia 2 and maybe a 1 just to throw in the back and keep it moving

 

im agreeing with the rock touching the glass, as slocal said for cleaning,dead zone purposes. but all in all, looks really good. doesnt hqve to be all flat , for sloped areas you can always use gel or putty to adhere them. thnx for sharing.

guy

 

yeah ill shift the rocks from the glass but thanks a lot

 

your tank looks awesome!