my system sketch could use some expert help

Wife is picking up stock tank from charlie's tonight. materials are in. space is cleared. just need my professional personal builder/contractor (dad) to land safely tonight.
Construction begins tomorrow morning!! I can't wait to get going on it.
wish us luck,
thanks,
B
 
getting started...
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and last night after getting some rock and water in it. trim isn't on yet.
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~B
 
:bigeyes:

I have in-wall envy.

It's lookin' good! Keep postin' your updates - I love seeing new tanks getting setup. :thumbsup:
 
update 4-19-06

update 4-19-06

i think i got all the rock arranged the way i want it, but i'd like to add a little more variety to height of the rockwork in various sections. it all fits snugly together as is, but i might tweak it a bit so it doesn't look quite so flat across the top. what say you?
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oh, and i haven't tinted the back/sides yet, so don't worry about that yet. it'll come.
~B
 
I rearranged it to give it more height variance. 3 Chromis and my clown (Kroll the Warrior King) are in there now.
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~B
 
Personally, I like arches or bridges between "islands" of rock. Like in my 120, it's hard to see in some of the pictures, but I actually have 2 islands of rock with a large rock bridging across and connecting the two. So in yours, like where you have that dip in the rock to the left, take out the rest of the rock in that dip and bridge over the span with a rock. You look like you have enough length that you could do that again to the right side of the tank as well. To me it just gives more depth to the display and allows for more water circulation. My .02 anyway. Looks like it's going to be another nice display to watch fill in over the upcoming months. congrats. :cool:
 
I've started moving things over to the new display lately. Got the tang in there too. What an algae-eating machine! Also picked up a trio of firefish from the sale as MS. That was a fine deal!
this is the best pic of the convict so far. he won't hold still.
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the aforementioned trio.
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and i love this little guy!
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~B
 
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