Need help with your aquascape?

[vetteguy53081]

How do you stop corals stinging one another

I keep them apart

 

[Ardeus]

Here's a challenge..............................

Challenge accepted

You can setup a 200 gallon tank with the stuff I removed

 

[revhtree]

This is great! Thanks for doing this!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Very clean look. Like it

 

[Joseph Vallone]

This is the best I could come up with!

 

[Ardeus]

It will look interesting when the corals grow.

I would try to keep as much free space on the sand as possible and only have 1 coral there. I would try putting the other 2 around the base of the pillar.

 

[scott11106]

Challenge accepted

You can setup a 200 gallon tank with the stuff I removed

wow what a difference, i love it !!

 

[Eric19]

Help??? Just about to start adding livestock...

 

[jkane]

Any thoughts on this setup? Just a 29 biocube. Trying to figure out flow. Have already taken out a bunch of rock but still not sure how to properly scape this.

 

[Ardeus]

Help??? Just about to start adding livestock...

You are on the right track, but you can improve it.

- The left structure has the shape of a triangle with identical slopes. It will be more interesting if the sides of that triangle are different.

- The right structure is smaller, which makes the whole layout more interesting, but it has a flat top. Horizontal or vertical lines can very easily look artificial and I would try to create a more interesting shape.

- The space between the 2 structures is too small and the corals will close it easily. I suggest trying to move the right structure a bit to the right and make it a bit smaller.

 

[Ardeus]

Careful with that square cave. When you add corals, try to find a way to disguise that square.

 

[Ardeus]

Any thoughts on this setup? Just a 29 biocube. Trying to figure out flow. Have already taken out a bunch of rock but still not sure how to properly scape this.

If you take those corals off the sand, it will immediately look much better. This will also allow you to move the left structure a bit to the front, creating a more noticeable separation between the 2 structures and increasing the sense of depth.

It will also look more interesting as soon as you place some corals on top of the left structure to make it higher when compared to the right structure.

 

[Taylor Harnden]

Just put this guy together. Gonna be all acros!

 

[Surakan Ch.]

For..idea..

 

[Ardeus]

Just put this guy together. Gonna be all acros!

If you're going to have a single structure, I suggest trying to avoid having the whole layout with the same height. It can look more interesting if you have areas with more dense branches than others.

 

[Ardeus]

For..idea..

Ah, I love this! But is it too difficult to make slight changes in the positions of each structure?

It's symmetrical and I think it would look better if the middle structure wasn't splitting the tank exactly in 2. I would change it a bit to the left.

As coral grow on the right structure it will get closer to the right glass, so there's little room to move it further to the right, maybe an inch.

 

[Taylor Harnden]

If you're going to have a single structure, I suggest trying to avoid having the whole layout with the same height. It can look more interesting if you have areas with more dense branches than others.

I agree! Unfortunately u can’t see in my pictures there are many points at various heights in the middle of the structure.

 

[Ardeus]

Here's an idea

 

[Emery]

Kindve hard to see what’s going on because of the lighting, my phone sucking at capturing a decent picture, and the rocks all being perfectly white.

 

[Taylor Harnden]

Here's an idea

I just took out the rock on the left and i do like that a lot better! But that middle rock is actually really nice!!