Rockwork ??

[gooberz]

Wanted to get your thoughts on my Rockwork.. Plan on keeping 90% SPS :celeb1:

 

[Dyzio545]

Really like it. It's gonna be easy to place SPS frags high up with the setup you have. Very nice.

 

[thegrun]

Looks great, but do you have enough room on the sides to clean your glass? You might need to rotate the entire rock formation clockwise to give you a little more room on the sides.

 

[davocean]

Yep, was going to say same, scraping coraline in tight spots like that can be a bummer, especially if you have pointy sps growing near there as well.

 

[Dyzio545]

Yep, was going to say same, scraping coraline in tight spots like that can be a bummer, especially if you have pointy sps growing near there as well.

What I do, even on my 55 gallon, is I have a few rocks leaning against the glass. When I scrape the back, I scape towards the direction of the rocks. So the clean stays, and the dirty stuff is under the rock, and is not seen from any angle.

Think of it this way:It's like you are dusting your desk, and there is a lamp. If you dust the entire desk, and pick up the lamp, only that one spot is dirty, but the rest clean.

 

[gooberz]

You guys bring up a great point. I will check to see if i can bring it in a little tighter. I also would like to add one more piece of LR to the top right area.

 

[thegrun]

I had my rockwork set up in my old 28 nano very similar, I made a second arch above the first.

 

[gooberz]

At the top Left i have a Koralia 1050 that is pretty strong so had to have it covered partially by the rock as it was blowing my aragalive all over the place..

 

[lordofthereef]

I think it looks fine. For the most part, it depends on what you like. I am not a fan of rocks against the glass (it seems that is what you have going) just because of potential deadspots.

 

[gooberz]

Also wanted to form a cave and if i scrunch the rock work up, it would just look like a pile of rocks. Will look it over tonight though

 

[davocean]

It does look cool as is, and scape is always a personal preference thing, but in tight tanks I really like to drill and stack a pillar using rods, just a thought.
I've found scraping my knuckles on sharp corals makes me clean less, so I like to go up and keep it open.

 

[littlefish09]

i agree on the look but like others said cleaning can be a pain

 

[gooberz]

I will see if i can rework it tonight, Hopefully i can tighten it up a little more and get it where i can fit a magfloat.

 

[manhorsedog]

you rocks can be close to the glass just pick up the two fishes nano cleaner, it is so thin as long as the rock itsnt fully touching the glass it will work.

 

[davocean]

^^ That may work for algae, but coralline is alot harder to scrape, usually a mag float doesn't cut it.

 

[manhorsedog]

true but if you keep up with it then it wont grow, its more work but his tank doesnt look that big

 

[gooberz]

Here is the new Rock Layout

Here is the new Rock Layout

What do you guys think?

 

[lionfish_shane]

I personnaly like your second attempt better.

 

[gooberz]

Thanks Shane, Took a bit of playing with the rock but happy

 

[davocean]

Yeah, I like that better too.