If you need an outside perspective to help with improving your aquascape, just post here a few shots of your tank, and will try my best shot at providing specific advise according to your goals for the tank.
Sometimes I can just answer here, show the alterations using photoshop or make a video.
Just post here front shots with your cellphone/camera positioned at 3 different heights (sand level, centre and water level) and also a couple of angled photos, so that I can have a better understanding of your tank's layout.
This is a subject that is surprisingly not researched by most reefers and I have given some thought and some time ago I did a similar exercise in another forum.
It's also a great way for everyone to learn from each other and see a few freshwater techniques that we can apply and also many others that are specific for reef tanks.
Thank you very much for taking the time to look at my aquascape!!! I appreciate the advice! I'll get rid of the plate and start thinking about corals to hide those 90's on the bridge. And also think about what corals to dress the pillar out with. I think it's awesome what you've done to help people out!!
That isolated rock looks very good by itself. I don't think that plate on top will ever look good no matter what corals you put on and around it.
I really like that rock on top of the bridge. It breaks the horizontal line and creates an interesting profile.
You have two 90 degrees angles in the bridge. I would begin thinking about what corals you can use to hide those angles.
Although the pillar now looks strange, corals will dramatically improve the look of that area, I wouldn't change it.
Hows this? something I'm working on for some struggling zoas.
I wouldn't dare to mess up your rock structure and it looks good. It has 2 very different diagonal canyons, I wouldn't change them, their positions and orientations look excellent. It's like the path of light on the left and the path of darkness on the right. Interesting!
That being said, the easiest way that you can make changes to your tank is mostly by moving corals.
On the left canyon, having corals on each side with at least similar shape or color will create "harmony bridges".
I have discussed this technique here:
I believe your tank has great potencial to benefit from the use of this contrast/similarity technique.
You have a crazy arch there that somehow seems to work.
Keeping that layout, I think you just need to clean up your act :)
That arch is so big that it will look very cool with corals growing into it from all sides.
You're still left with a few awkward straight lines.
Those are easy to fix with coral placement to make those straight lines change.
Your tank looks much better in person than on this photo.
Clear everything out of the way of the entrances to caves, it will increase the perception of depth in the tank.
If you can remove any rocks from the top, it will make the layout look lighter.
Cleaned up my mess with all the stray rocks and ttied to fix the things you pointed out....
