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My first Saltwater tank. How's my scape?


Muges

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looks nice to me. Just make sure you have enough space between rocks and glass to get a magnet or scraper there and make sure you stacked rocks are stable

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Like uwharrie said make sure you have space to freely work on it. I had a terrible scape when i first started. Placing frags, cleaning, and moving things around was a nightmare. Make sure theres good clearance to do all that. Looks good though.

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I like it alot. I like the asymmetrical design.

 

I highly recommend the flip mag for cleaning glass. That sucker gets in the smallest spaces and removes a lot. Well worth the price i paid.

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Looks great.

 

I have a 2 little fishes nano mag and that only needs about 5mm gap to get in and clean. Its great, but maybe a little small for your amount of glass.

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My front glass has curved corners so I won't be able to use a magnet scrubber on those unfortunately

the 2 little fishes one I use works on those corners, thats why I got it, my tank is the same.

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I would definitely remove the live rock most to the left in the picture (right side of the tank).
Also, would be nice to rotate the live rock most to the right in the picture (left side of the tank) so that it would create more space from the glass, and possibly an intriguing narrow gorge between it and the main piece. That would be similar to the scape in my previous 5G kitchen tank :)

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On 1/29/2017 at 9:52 PM, burtbollinger said:

looks great, but would move the rock on the left over so its not so close to the glass.

 

This. Welcome and GL!!

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I think it looks quite nice for starters.  

 

I agree that moving it away from the glass on the left is better for cleaning and also allows some empty space in the tank to 'frame' the 'scape.  And speaking of space, I would also consider putting a gap in between the arch rock and that large rock to the right.  A bit of separation there will give negative space for the eyes to follow and will be an entertaining little canyon for the fish to swim through.  If you overlap them a bit front-to-back so the arch rock is a bit in front of the large rock on the right, and you have to look in at an angle to really see the gap, it can create depth and discovery.  IME, guests love discovering things that aren't immediately evident at a glance.  

 

Also, don't forget that corals will fill in a lot of the space that is currently empty.

 

Good luck.  Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

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On 1/23/2017 at 3:20 AM, Muges said:

My front glass has curved corners so I won't be able to use a magnet scrubber on those unfortunately

 

Two Little Fishies Nano works well on the curved corners of my cadlights 8g

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