Thoughts on Scape?

[9supratt4]

Thoughts on this scape for the IM 50 EXT? Please be honest. I want to get this right before applying mortar lol

 

[MadReefer]

It looks nice. What is your plan though? If you are going with some corals I don't see much area to attach them to that scape from what I can see.

 

[Rueric]

the build looks nice! i would recommend making one side (maybe the left side) taller so if you give certain corals more par

 

[mnat]

Can you kind of curve it more into a "U" shape to give you a little more room form the glass?

 

[9supratt4]

It looks nice. What is your plan though? If you are going with some corals I don't see much area to attach them to that scape from what I can see.

I thought about this and I will probably add both some LPS & SPS down the road. Not too much though as I don't want this tank to be super heavy maintenance. I also didn't want to go so rock heavy that the fish have no where to swim. Wanted to keep it away from the glass on all 4 sides for not only the swimming space, but also easy maintenance of the glass.

 

[9supratt4]

the build looks nice! i would recommend making one side (maybe the left side) taller so if you give certain corals more par

It is a really shallow tank at only 16 inches so I shouldn't have any issues with PAR. Corals on the top may get blasted with too much.

 

[9supratt4]

Can you kind of curve it more into a "U" shape to give you a little more room form the glass?

I can certainly try.

 

[9supratt4]

Added a few pieces. Thoughts?

 

[Rueric]

Maybe try taking out the middle piece in the middle. leave the whole structure a bit further back, that way you can grow out islands in front (you dont want something like GSP growing all over your main rockwork)

 

[MadReefer]

You will get many different opinions. Try a few and pick what you like best. For what's it worth I like the second.

 

[DEL]

Take pics. Stand back. Look at pics and stare at it. Then imagine what type of corals you want and where. You can always add more rock later on. I added rocks to mine about 4x in 2 years.