New to the hobby

[Jgarcia3]

I recently started building a scape with my son. We are doing 3 separate scapes for our 6 foot long 125 gallon tank. This is what we have for our first scape that will be placed on one side of the tank. Critiques and suggestions are welcomed.

 

[Tahoe61]

Hi and Welcome to Reef2Reef.

Congratulations on the new tank.

Personally I always struggle with building a taller scape. I definitely like scapes that break up the structures with spaces in between.

What's your plans with regard to corals? I try to keep that in mind when creating a scape, what corals will go where.

 

[kevgib67]

Looks great, welcome to R2R, glad you are here!

 

[joseph scott]

You might want to think about fish swimming room between the glass panel and the scape. As well as any corals you might have on the rocks. Another problem with having the rock so close to the viewing panels is trying to clean the panels, getting your hand in there or a algae scraper.

 

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[BryanM]

I recently started building a scape with my son. We are doing 3 separate scapes for our 6 foot long 125 gallon tank. This is what we have for our first scape that will be placed on one side of the tank. Critiques and suggestions are welcomed.

Welcome to the forums!

Keep in mind you want some room between the rock and glass to scrape algae.

My recent rescape might provide some inspiration:

 

[Jgarcia3]

Hi and Welcome to Reef2Reef.

Congratulations on the new tank.

Personally I always struggle with building a taller scape. I definitely like scapes that break up the structures with spaces in between.

What's your plans with regard to corals? I try to keep that in mind when creating a scape, what corals will go where.

I honestly haven’t put much thinking into corals but I know I do eventually want to add some.

 

[Jgarcia3]

You might want to think about fish swimming room between the glass panel and the scape. As well as any corals you might have on the rocks. Another problem with having the rock so close to the viewing panels is trying to clean the panels, getting your hand in there or a algae scraper.

I actually measured how much space I would have. So the actual build is 3 inches away from the glass on each side and 6 inches of a gap from the top of the tank. Thank you for your input!!

 

[Jgarcia3]

I recently started building a scape with my son. We are doing 3 separate scapes for our 6 foot long 125 gallon tank. This is what we have for our first scape that will be placed on one side of the tank. Critiques and suggestions are welcomed.

Welcome to the forums!

Keep in mind you want some room between the rock and glass to scrape algae.

My recent rescape might provide some inspiration:

Wow! That is beautiful, Yes it does! Thank you so much.