jikiya777 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hello I'm just looking for some input on my scape. I like the look of caves so I'm trying to keep open areas in the scape. Any critiques or advice is appreciated thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Visually pleasing, personally I would make sure the all sides are easily accessible with scraper. Also, do yourself a favor an prepare a little separate island for use in case you wanna have some fun with the more invasive corals (xenia, gps, even an anemone - not that it’s gonna hold it back from moving) 2 Quote Link to comment
jikiya777 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Theres plenty of room for my scraper. I checked lol. That's a good idea on the small island.what about this. Theres about an inch maybe inch an a half between it and the main structure is that far enough? Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 It’s a personal preference but how about if you move all rockwork closer to back wall (to free up bottom glass on opposite end) and place island in middle of it, maybe 2-3 inches off. again, personal preference but once your corals grow in, 1.5 even 2.5 is not gonna be much but atleast 2.5 is gonna give a little more. Quote Link to comment
jikiya777 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Changed the base rock on the left side I think this works much better also used a smaller piece of rock for the island I'll have about a 3/4 inch sand bed so hopefully that'll be enough to separate gsp or clove polyps from the main rock. it doesn't look it from the top down,but it's like three inches from the mainrock. 1 Quote Link to comment
Capt_Rick_Dixie Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Not sure what you ended up going with but if I were you I would have put the island in its original place but have used a smaller rock. It would have allowed the entire scape to flow in almost a crescent shape. For whatever reason it seems slightly off with the island dead in the center. Regardless It looks great! I'd like to see it filled and stocked! Quote Link to comment
Joevember Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Make sure you epoxy the rocks together if you go with one of the more open scapes. Don't want rocks toppling over. Quote Link to comment
jikiya777 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 I changed the scape up pretty drastiacally. Reson being I pulled every thing out to epoxy it together and promptly dropped it on the way back to the tank.😑 So after some cursing, whining and complaning I rearranged it into the new scape epoxied it in place and carefully placed it in the tank. 2 Quote Link to comment
Capt_Rick_Dixie Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I'm REALLY diggin the new scape! It looks stellar! Quote Link to comment
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