Which do you like better. A or B
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One thing that I take into consideration that perhaps some don't is the impact the corals will have when placed into the tank.
Depending on what you are going to add, you could easily add height and focal point with a large sarcophyton for example. I completely agree with the rule of thirds, but the reality is that if you design your rock structure to perfectly follow that guideline you will lose the original "effect".
To me, I find the most spectacular tanks to be the ones with large colonies that have had the room for natural growth. It obviously takes a bit of planning, and quite a bit more patience to pull it off. Designing a reef is a lot like designing a garden. Give things the proper room to grow, proper sustenance, and let time reward you for solid husbandry.
I'm jealous you will be able to view your bit of paradise on the two long viewing planes.
I like both designs equally as a starting point. It's what direction you go now that will determine how beautiful you can make it.
Depending on what you are going to add, you could easily add height and focal point with a large sarcophyton for example. I completely agree with the rule of thirds, but the reality is that if you design your rock structure to perfectly follow that guideline you will lose the original "effect".
To me, I find the most spectacular tanks to be the ones with large colonies that have had the room for natural growth. It obviously takes a bit of planning, and quite a bit more patience to pull it off. Designing a reef is a lot like designing a garden. Give things the proper room to grow, proper sustenance, and let time reward you for solid husbandry.
I'm jealous you will be able to view your bit of paradise on the two long viewing planes.
I like both designs equally as a starting point. It's what direction you go now that will determine how beautiful you can make it.
Yep find the before and after photos of some the stunning examples in the aquascape thread and a few of them just start as two piles of plain looking rocks, once the corals grew out they looked stunning. I made the mistake on my current tank on building a fantastic looking rock structure trying to obey the rule of three to completely loose its shape when I added corals.
My reefer 250 arrived yesterday and my aquascape will be focused on coral placement and for the corals.
My reefer 250 arrived yesterday and my aquascape will be focused on coral placement and for the corals.
I like B with the caveat that you rotate the entire scape a bit so you are using the rule of 3rds. If you can't do that then I prefer A. B splits the tank too evenly which is a pretty basic no-no. Google the rule of 3rds if you're not familiar.
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Ron Reefman
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It depends on how much and where you want to have corals and what kind as well. I like the look of the original B, but if it were my tank, I'd do A as it has more room for coral that I would use.
I just redid my rockscape and I did a lot more shallow and flat rock, many with 3/8" holes drilled in them to make frag plugs easy to place where I want them. You can see my rescape in my build thread (link in my sig below).
I just redid my rockscape and I did a lot more shallow and flat rock, many with 3/8" holes drilled in them to make frag plugs easy to place where I want them. You can see my rescape in my build thread (link in my sig below).
ComforablyNumb
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I have a question for the OP...if the group chose the one you didn't prefer, would use it anyway?
Flatlandreefer
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B looks much more interesting. If it were me I would try to add a feature to the pile on the right such as a large cave or something.
rjjr1963
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I rebuilt the rockwork again. There won't be any corals on the sand so I need to maximize the surface area of the rocks. You can't see it in this picture but the slopes are very gentle and provides tons of spots for corals. I also took into account what corals I want and how things would look once the get larger.
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rjjr1963
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I will look at the merit of all the comments but I'll make the final decision.
gonzalezvacaeli
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For me I like B. Much more open and lots of swimming space
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Ryan Peters
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A
B
I wanted an open sand bed but there just wasn't enough room on the rock to mount all the corals I want. Nothing will go on the sand bed. In picture A there is a bridge but the green star polyp kinda blocks it in the pic.
I like B
