Aquascaping Critics Please

[Babybrown1249]

Hey will you all take a look at the tank and tell me what you think...The tank is 90 gallon tank with about "40" lbs of foam rock and 65 lbs of LR...I am thinking I need a little more LR but wanted everyones input.

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[havnmonkey]

I'm no expert, but I am partial to natural looking tanks [at least that's my current fancy]... I definitely like the left side, reminds me of a spot I dive at locally (Blue Heron Bridge) but the right kinda looks like a collapsed pile of rocks... I'm sure you could build something more "arch" like with them.

Just my opinion though.

[krookedsession]

I like the idea of the left side, however I do not like how dark it is inside of it. I agree than an arch would good. Or perhaps a nice slope of rock from one side to another.

[C Dog]

Not bad. Just a FYI you will probably get crap from others with 3 clownfish in your tank!

[Danzig]

I like the idea of the left side, however I do not like how dark it is inside of it. I agree than an arch would good. Or perhaps a nice slope of rock from one side to another.
I agree completely, the left side looks natural but it is way too dark in there.
Not bad. Just a FYI you will probably get crap from others with 3 clownfish in your tank!

Why is this? sorry im new is that not a good thing to do?

[Babybrown1249]

I agree with you guys that the natural look is much better...The left side is the foam rock and it does make it darker on that side because of the large "arch" over it...I was thinking of adding a submersible light under there to brighten it up. I just have to be careful with the nem when moving the right side... C Dog you are definitely right...I do catch a lot of flack about the clowns. :) I have had them for some time without problems and I have done a bunch of research on it with mixed results so we will see wish me luck

[Babybrown1249]

Danzig...some people will say that having more than 1 pair of clowns in a tank is dangerous because the clowns will get very territorial as they become sexually mature causing them to kill the odd man out...having said that, there are others that say as long as the tank is big enough and you get all the clowns at the same time it does not matter how many there are so its really up to your own opinion

[krookedsession]

What corals do you plan on adding?

[scarface70706]

create some caves an arches. fish naturally want to hide at times.

[doctorgori]

If a lil negative input is OK...
the rock isn't "balanced" ,,,,but thats if your goal is more artistic than natural ...
(balance isn't the same as symetry)
but the rock doesn't look natural either...I'm not sure I could endorse the table thing in the corner .....

....then again, I got the proverbial "wall-o-rock" myself, so I'm nothing original either

[AaronM]

Keep in mind rocks touching the glass = areas you can't clean.

[Babybrown1249]

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Here are the changes that I have made tonight...what do you all think?

[Babybrown1249]

What corals do you plan on adding?

I am not quite sure yet...I know I want to get a hammer nem and some zoas but I am open to suggestions. What would you suggest...I need to get some that don't require high light at least right now cause I need to upgrade my lighting.

[BIG_KAHUNA]

do you have a phosphate test?

[Babybrown1249]

do you have a phosphate test?

I do...they are a high...I had a heater break in the tank...the cyano has gone down now just need to get rid of the rest and the hair algae.