Scape Thoughts...

[CafeReef]

50 cube 24x24x20, wanting thoughts on my scape. Nothing is glued yet, I've done a couple moc ups now. This one should allow for good flow through the rocks. Concept is not so much of a cave as it is a canyon of sorts. This is roughly 50lbs of life rock. I have live rock that will go in my sump.

This will be a mixed reef, sps, lps, softies.

Would appreciate thoughts, changes, etc.

Lighting is a radio xr15pro gen 3

Front

Angle

Side

Top (back bottom of pic, overflow drawn on cardboard]

 

[solitude127]

Looks really good. Plenty of space for corals and hiding spots for fish.

 

[thegrun]

+1, I like it a lot!

 

[CafeReef]

Thanks guys, I epoxy'd some of the chunks together so I can put it together easy in my tank but with no worries of collapse.

Build thread coming soon.

 

[Mtaters]

looks great. Good luck keeping the structure exactly the same when you glue it together. I failed miserably when I did my rock work last week

 

[biglurr54]

I just did the rocks for my 60 cube. I used drive way reflectors and a drill. I slid the pieces on the rod. Made rock building a lot easier. When I tried the water weld the rocks never held. And each time I came up with completely different scapes. Once it was drilled and the rods in place it was one solid piece that went right in the tank.

 

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[CafeReef]

That looks great, how did you get it to balance?

 

[CafeReef]

Here is my final product, changed it up some. Top rock will almost break the water surface. Rock is all epoxy'd together now. Going to let it cure a few days now.

 

[biglurr54]

That looks awesome.

 

[CafeReef]

It's amazing how it changes your point of view once in the tank. I still really like it. Some day I will have my 150 cube!