I am putting together a 75 gallon tank for which I purchased 90 pounds of Marco rock. I believe I received a total of 16 rocks, 5 of which were truly boulders (almost totally round with little to no interesting or useful bits). I used a chisel to split those 5 into a collection of smaller rocks, then got to building.
As is clear from the pictures I'm more of a "big pile of rocks" guy than an NSA guy. My plans for the tank are to have relatively few fish and lots of mixed corals. I put an island in the lower right for some zoas/acans, and am planning on the upper left being more sps (including a plate monti) and the right being more lps/softies. I would also like an anemone to host a couple of clowns.
The pictures below are my first attempt at putting things together and I'm feeling a bit meh about it. I want to use as much of the rock as I can (this is probably ~80 pounds of the 90 I bought) but am concerned it's a bit crowded. I tried to create as many caves and ledges as I could. To orient, the bottom cardboard is the actual footprint of the tank, and the pieces taped to the wall show the height. The black lines on the base are 3" in from the sides of the tank.
This is my first time aquascaping, so I appreciate any and all feedback you have!
As is clear from the pictures I'm more of a "big pile of rocks" guy than an NSA guy. My plans for the tank are to have relatively few fish and lots of mixed corals. I put an island in the lower right for some zoas/acans, and am planning on the upper left being more sps (including a plate monti) and the right being more lps/softies. I would also like an anemone to host a couple of clowns.
The pictures below are my first attempt at putting things together and I'm feeling a bit meh about it. I want to use as much of the rock as I can (this is probably ~80 pounds of the 90 I bought) but am concerned it's a bit crowded. I tried to create as many caves and ledges as I could. To orient, the bottom cardboard is the actual footprint of the tank, and the pieces taped to the wall show the height. The black lines on the base are 3" in from the sides of the tank.
This is my first time aquascaping, so I appreciate any and all feedback you have!