Can't decide if I like this aquascape or not...

Salty150 · 06/30/2016, 01:24 PM

I can't decide if I like this aquascape or not...

I do, then I don't, then I do... lol

fcmatt · 06/30/2016, 01:33 PM

What do you plan to stock it with?

Potatohead · 06/30/2016, 01:35 PM

Only thing that doesn't work for me is the big rock on the left. Flip it 90° or so and move it a bit to the right so it's closer to the other large ones in the center.

fcmatt · 06/30/2016, 01:39 PM

If you plan to have coral that is stony be aware it will grow and cleaning the glass can be a pain. So I always give myself a lot of room around the walls.

postshawn · 06/30/2016, 01:49 PM

I like the look. But that's a lot of "walls" that might be left bare depending on corals you have. I always like the tall structures though. I like how the one on the right has a ramping base rock leading up to that hole in the middle. Maybe turn the small rock, second from the left on its side and put it up against the first rock on the left. Sort of so it is reaching towards that ramping base rock on the right, mirroring the that rock with the ramp. Or if you had another rock to do that effect. That would add more lower rocks that you can add taller growing corals to. But overall I do like the look.

fcmatt · 06/30/2016, 01:52 PM

How are they standing by the way? Do they have some type of base hidden by the sand? I know I would eventually knock them over trying to mount a frag with super glue if they are not super stable.

rt67ghy · 06/30/2016, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Potatohead

Only thing that doesn't work for me is the big rock on the left. Flip it 90° or so and move it a bit to the right so it's closer to the other large ones in the center.

+1

I also agree that you can fix them to something under the sand so they don't topple over with the weight of sps corals as they grow and leaving enough space between them and the glass to make cleaning easier. Otherwise I really like the look of them.

dougchambers · 06/30/2016, 04:17 PM

Interesting look, but I immediately think Stonehenge... You lose access to a lot of surface real estate for SPS frags and colonies with such tall vertical structures.

farfromsea · 06/30/2016, 04:28 PM

I like everything going on in the right side of the pic.
The small rock looks too symmetrically placed between the two large rocks on the left.
I would experiment with flipping the left-most rock upside down or turning it a little and moving the small rock either (a) away to create negative space (b) on its side like a log to experiment with varying vertical height or (c) somewhat off-center in the little cranny that remains for it between those two large rocks

06/30/2016, 01:24 PM	#1
Salty150 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1,345	Can't decide if I like this aquascape or not... I can't decide if I like this aquascape or not... I do, then I don't, then I do... lol

06/30/2016, 01:33 PM	#2
fcmatt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NH Posts: 850	What do you plan to stock it with?

06/30/2016, 01:35 PM	#3
Potatohead Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,596	Only thing that doesn't work for me is the big rock on the left. Flip it 90° or so and move it a bit to the right so it's closer to the other large ones in the center.

06/30/2016, 01:39 PM	#4
fcmatt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NH Posts: 850	If you plan to have coral that is stony be aware it will grow and cleaning the glass can be a pain. So I always give myself a lot of room around the walls.

06/30/2016, 01:49 PM	#5
postshawn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Los Angeles (SF Valley), CA Posts: 180	I like the look. But that's a lot of "walls" that might be left bare depending on corals you have. I always like the tall structures though. I like how the one on the right has a ramping base rock leading up to that hole in the middle. Maybe turn the small rock, second from the left on its side and put it up against the first rock on the left. Sort of so it is reaching towards that ramping base rock on the right, mirroring the that rock with the ramp. Or if you had another rock to do that effect. That would add more lower rocks that you can add taller growing corals to. But overall I do like the look.

06/30/2016, 01:52 PM	#6
fcmatt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NH Posts: 850	How are they standing by the way? Do they have some type of base hidden by the sand? I know I would eventually knock them over trying to mount a frag with super glue if they are not super stable.

06/30/2016, 04:17 PM	#8
dougchambers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,882	Interesting look, but I immediately think Stonehenge... You lose access to a lot of surface real estate for SPS frags and colonies with such tall vertical structures.

06/30/2016, 04:28 PM	#9
farfromsea Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 549	I like everything going on in the right side of the pic. The small rock looks too symmetrically placed between the two large rocks on the left. I would experiment with flipping the left-most rock upside down or turning it a little and moving the small rock either (a) away to create negative space (b) on its side like a log to experiment with varying vertical height or (c) somewhat off-center in the little cranny that remains for it between those two large rocks