How's the new scape?

[Bent]

Had a hard time redoing my scape. I think I'm finally pleased with it. It looks nothing like what I had in my head though. (Does it ever).

 

[nereefpat]

I dig it. I see lots of places to stick corals. I also like the open ends. Gives the illusion of openness

 

[MondoBongo]

looks good. glad you're back up and running.

 

[SALTYwaterDOG]

Like it better than the fifty five. How long before the get to see it?

 

[Bent]

They are all in there. Unfortunately I did have the following losses:

1: algae blenny and the flame hawk fought to the death in the cramped 30. The flame hawk won.
2: both urchins and a lot of my porcelain crabs succumbed to what I think was a large phosphate and nitrate release from the engineer digging around in the established DSB in the 30g.
3: both the monticap and my birdsnest didn't make it either. The thing you see in the pic is just the skeleton. Should I keep it or trash it?

The good news is that everything else looks in perfect health. The mandarin is now a tad fat since he was essentially the rooster in the henhouse for a few months.

 

[d2mini]

Have you tried two distinct rock structures rather than one pile?
I think it would work better with your lighting configuration and add some more interest. And give your fish some more swimming space between.

 

[davocean]

^^ I was thinking same though of course I may be biased as that is what I went with, it still does not look bad though, just a preference thing I guess.
I use acrylic rods to help hold my structures secure.

 

[Devaji108]

^^^ +3 I like the two island look think the rule of 3rds.. that said you do have lots of nice places for corals.

in the end as long as your happy with it that all that matters. it's your art.

 

[CarrieB]

I like it. I think the dark area in the middle back visually divides the rock into two piles and adds depth.


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[pfan151]

I'd take that one big rock that is slightly left of center in the front out. Looks too big IMO. And it would give you a little separation.

 

[borderreef]

I like it. Lots of hiding places for fish and shelves for corals. BTW, ditch dead birdsnest.

 

[Bent]

My original plan was to do two structures sitting diagonally in the tank, but it didn't turn out that way. I made this one thinking of "coral shelves".

I also like the two structure routine better as well, maybe I'll fiddle with it some more.

 

[Bent]

Here's version 2.0

 

[jlmawp]

I like the re-work better. Not only is it more pleasing to the eye, but it seems like there is a lot more room for future growth with this configuration, especially vertically. Makes the tank seem a lot bigger.

 

[Bent]

Should I risk pushing some of that sand around to even it out? It's only been in there a week or so.

 

[d2mini]

I like the new version better too!

And yeah, no worries about pushing the sand around.

 

[Bent]

Looks like my nem has returned to its prior glory.

I kind of wish I could move the entire island on the right further over to the side...

 

[ChitownBrickie]

Here's version 2.0

That looks great! I'm digging 2.0 a lot. what type of rock did you use? Nice colors

 

[Bent]

That looks great! I'm digging 2.0 a lot. what type of rock did you use? Nice colors

The rock I have is a mixture of Carib sea and about 40lbs of rock from TBS.

Here's a pic of my new open brain I got. (Yes I know the egg crate is showing, but really it doesn't bother me.). Oh and that colony of Zoas you see there started out with...one. One polyp.

My rock flower has returned to his former glory. Man this thing is tough.

Some more shots, I'm really considering removing the one rock right smack in the middle between the two islands. I think it will give them more separation, what say you guys and gals?

 

[hotelbravo]

i absolutely think you should remove that one rock. the separation will be very appealing to the eye when you see it. i used to have the rock wall style on my 75 and 90 but the 180 i broke up into 2 shelvey pillars with a small structure in the middle and love the divided look.