First aquascape feedback!

[agoralyx]

Hello! I'm setting up my first marine tank and would love feedback both on aesthetics, and potential cleaning and water flow issues. (I have another vortech, I just took it off while putting rocks in.)

Tank is 90 gallons and I'm planning on having semi-aggressive fish and a small eel, so tried for lots of nooks and crannies. Probably going to put some cheaper corals in there, but nothing that I'll be heartbroken over if the fish don't jive with it. Thanks for your time!

 

[Reef.]

I like it but really important to have caves and hiding places for fish, will allow you to add more fish without aggressive behaviour

 

[Brazilian Reefer]

I like it but really important to have caves and hiding places for fish, will allow you to add more fish without aggressive behaviour

I think the same. Really liked!

 

[agoralyx]

Would you suggest capping off the backs of some of the tunnels, or completely reconfiguring to account for dedicated caves?

 

[Raul-7]

From an aquascaping standpoint it is really strong in terms of placement.

 

[Reef.]

Would you suggest capping off the backs of some of the tunnels, or completely reconfiguring to account for dedicated caves?

Doesn’t necessarily have to be a cave, just cracks and spaces for fish to sleep and hide..hard to tell from a photo, judging scale. You definitely have a few there.

 

[Brazilian Reefer]

Would you suggest capping off the backs of some of the tunnels, or completely reconfiguring to account for dedicated caves?

Maybe you could add some small/medium rocks to make those tunnels/caves. Will it be a bare bottom?

 

[agoralyx]

Attempted to get a little more depth perception by making videos instead of pictures.

It's going to have about a 2" sandbed, I just didn't want to add it until I had the rocks cemented in.

 

[Reef.]

Attempted to get a little more depth perception by making videos instead of pictures.

It's going to have about a 2" sandbed, I just didn't want to add it until I had the rocks cemented in.

Others will have to comment for some reason most videos are not playable on my iPhone.

 

[slingfox]

If you plan to keep the back glass clean of algae and coraline you may want more room between the rockscape and glass (3 inches or more). That will give you room to get a scraper through. Coral will also grow into the empty space. Empty space around the rockwork will also help with flow and provide space for fish to swim.

 

[MoshJosh]

Hello! I'm setting up my first marine tank and would love feedback both on aesthetics, and potential cleaning and water flow issues. (I have another vortech, I just took it off while putting rocks in.)

Tank is 90 gallons and I'm planning on having semi-aggressive fish and a small eel, so tried for lots of nooks and crannies. Probably going to put some cheaper corals in there, but nothing that I'll be heartbroken over if the fish don't jive with it. Thanks for your time!

Love the Home Depot light mount. . . I am using the same brackets to hold my LEDs haha!

 

[agoralyx]

I love the brackets they work perfectly.

I'll probably cement the big pieces together, and then see if I can't make some more nooks and crannies with smaller pieces of rock once I have the big stuff secured.

 

[Lavey29]

It's a good start but you need more rock with curvature and create more caves, inlets and outlets. Places where fish can be totally hidden at night after lights out.

 

[agoralyx]

What do you mean by rocks with curvature?

 

[Brazilian Reefer]

Others will have to comment for some reason most videos are not playable on my iPhone.

Same here

 

[Midrats]

I like like more rock, for all the aforementioned reasons. Also you will achieve much better flow with the vortech mounted on the side rather than the back.

 

[agoralyx]

Thanks for the tip on the pump placement! I'll work on adding more rock and get back to y'all. Thanks for the input!

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

If you plan to keep the back glass clean of algae and coraline you may want more room between the rockscape and glass (3 inches or more). That will give you room to get a scraper through. Coral will also grow into the empty space. Empty space around the rockwork will also help with flow and provide space for fish to swim.

Agreed with the distance from the glass, I have had to learn this the hard way in the past.

 

[kevgib67]

Very pleasing to the eyes. Not much I would change just add a little more rock for the reasons mentioned above and leave the structure you have the same. O-H!

 

[agoralyx]

These are taking forever to upload so I'm going to do them in two posts lol