Twisted my mind trying to do the best aquascape known to man kind

[ShakeyGizzard]

Been pouring over hundreds of aquascape pics , tank pics, R2R pics and hounding my wife for ideas. She told me to quit fooling around with it because I planned on adding a lot of LPS anyway. So I just set up my stuff outside today and did as she said. I needed safe havens for fish and coral mounting areas. I think its ok, but I'm a perfection freak, what she dont know yet is if im not totally satisfied, its means we are adding another tank also. A few pics below.

used my tile saw along with grinder and tile blade on it to get some flat sides

just your basic cove and aquascape

laid out some pieces for islands

plan on covering it LPS shortly

 

[VintageReefer]

Well. I like it!

Pre drill some holes for plugs to rest in

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Well. I like it!

Pre drill some holes for plugs to rest in

plan on it, will be grinding area so the whole plug fits down in it. going to wait till the mortar is completely dry

 

[JNalley]

are you doing bare bottom or sand? Some of those loose pieces are likely going to be mostly covered by sand (If you're doing sand). Just something to consider... maybe taking a few of the smaller pieces that won't give much surface area and incorporating them into a larger structure would be more beneficial. But overall I think it looks pretty decent... I prefer a slightly more natural look myself, but I feel this actually strikes a nice balance.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Well. I like it!

Pre drill some holes for plugs to rest in

Its no where near what I had pictured in my mind, but i guess its ok since it will be covered in coral

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

are you doing bare bottom or sand? Some of those loose pieces are likely going to be mostly covered by sand (If you're doing sand). Just something to consider... maybe taking a few of the smaller pieces that won't give much surface area and incorporating them into a larger structure would be more beneficial. But overall I think it looks pretty decent... I prefer a slightly more natural look myself, but I feel this actually strikes a nice balance.

1.5 to 2 inch sand bed, i have other pieces in mind for islands, have plenty of larger pieces left, just laid those out for my ideas

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Left side piece is shorter, hard to tell in pics, arch way in it is my wifes only input, and I had to oblige

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

are you doing bare bottom or sand? Some of those loose pieces are likely going to be mostly covered by sand (If you're doing sand). Just something to consider... maybe taking a few of the smaller pieces that won't give much surface area and incorporating them into a larger structure would be more beneficial. But overall I think it looks pretty decent... I prefer a slightly more natural look myself, but I feel this actually strikes a nice balance.

First saltwater aquascape for me besides stacking a few purple rocks together back in the late eighties. I have a lot of experience with plant and wood scapes in freshwater . I strived with freshwater to have the most natural look you can get. I guess this scape with do