Should i remove rock

Phillyd1990 · Mar 9, 2018

Lately ive been looking at my scape and i have it built so it sort of pyramids in the middle. Ive been thinking its to high and a little much. If i took out the middle rock it would provide to islands on each side, more swimming space , and probably improve more flow for my gyres. As of now i think mostly it might irritate my hawk fish as i know he goes in there but that should be it. I dont think i need acros that high since i run hydras and t5. Thoughts?

TinyChocobo · Mar 9, 2018

Personally I'd say it's up to you. I really like the 'two island' look myself. I think your hawk fish will survive :P.

andyg1960 · Mar 9, 2018

It does seem a little high and the two island look it's a good one and the fish will probably be fine so I say go for it

Phillyd1990 · Mar 9, 2018

+1 to both you guys!

I was thinking the sane thing. Its just a hard thing to do after something has been in place for a while. As said above there is no need for that height. Only problem is it was epoxied. Will it be difficult to remove or will it just snap off?

andyg1960 · Mar 9, 2018

Epoxied without rods drilled into it? You should be able to break it off fairly easily.

Phillyd1990 · Mar 9, 2018

No rods just spots of epoxy. Two spots. I have one acro ill have to relocate but it wont be a big deal. With the removal i think itll open up real estate for sps much better also open up flow. I feel like its right in the middle of everything and is completely unnecessary

andyg1960 · Mar 9, 2018

So I did the two island thing in my tank and one side I made really high and I didn't realize it until later on when I wanted to put corals and I said dang if I put corals there they're going to fry so I just took the higher rocks out and now everything is good. You're gonna love the new look, change is good :-)