112 Gallons Aquascape Feedback

[KillaB]

Hello,
I am starting to plan an aquascape for a 112 gallon 525 XL tank. This is my first reek tank. I am welcoming any critics on things I overlooked
I am planning to get a mixed tank with SPS at the top and some LPS at the bottom.
Those are the things I tried to think about:
I tried to consider flow by keeping enough space between glass and rocks all around and I also kept gaps between rocks to let flow through.
The tank being 22" tall, I didn't go higher than 12" to let room for SPS to grow. (the large rock on the left will be cut so it is at the same height than the other island).
I wanted to have as much habitat for fish as I could.
There is a total of 100 lbs of rocks and I plan to epoxy them together with foundation marco flat rocks.
I appreciate your feedback! Thanks in advance.

 

[blaxsun]

Depending on the number/type/size of fish you may want some more hiding spots. Beyond that - looks great!

 

[littlefoxx]

Hello,
I am starting to plan an aquascape for a 112 gallon 525 XL tank. This is my first reek tank. I am welcoming any critics on things I overlooked
I am planning to get a mixed tank with SPS at the top and some LPS at the bottom.
Those are the things I tried to think about:
I tried to consider flow by keeping enough space between glass and rocks all around and I also kept gaps between rocks to let flow through.
The tank being 22" tall, I didn't go higher than 12" to let room for SPS to grow. (the large rock on the left will be cut so it is at the same height than the other island).
I wanted to have as much habitat for fish as I could.
There is a total of 100 lbs of rocks and I plan to epoxy them together with foundation marco flat rocks.
I appreciate your feedback! Thanks in advance.

It looks really good. I do agree with @blaxsun about the hiding spots. Depends on how many fish. Here is my 125 six foot for example

 

[KillaB]

Thank you @blaxsun and @littlefoxx for your feedback. This is important for me to have plenty of habitat for my fish.
This is the fishes I would like to have:
1 Filefish
1 Foxface rabbitfish
1 Melanarus Wrasse
6 Anthias
5 Cromis
4 clown fish
1 Powder blue
1 yellow tail damsel
1 Red mandarin

I can't add rocks on top and I would like to keep negative space for fish to swim through.
I guess I should add rocks and cave in the back? How would you recommend to add hiding spots while keeping the same concept? Thanks again for your help

 

[littlefoxx]

Thank you @blaxsun and @littlefoxx for your feedback. This is important for me to have plenty of habitat for my fish.
This is the fishes I would like to have:
1 Filefish
1 Foxface rabbitfish
1 Melanarus Wrasse
6 Anthias
5 Cromis
4 clown fish
1 Powder blue
1 yellow tail damsel
1 Red mandarin

I can't add rocks on top and I would like to keep negative space for fish to swim through.
I guess I should add rocks and cave in the back? How would you recommend to add hiding spots while keeping the same concept? Thanks again for your help

So there are little caves that you can buy that dont add much height but are good bases and provides a spacious cave! I use them in both my 70 and my 125, the fish love them. I also use flat shelf rock to build little overhangs for the fish wile keeping the build flat. Most of the fish you mentioned like to hang out in front of the rocks, none are super open swimmers. My tangs dont swim above the rocks either, they prefer to swim though the holes and around the front and back of the rocks. More rockwork is always better for the fish! Here is what they look like:

 

[littlefoxx]

Also would be careful with the four clowns. Typically its best to just have one pair, they get nasty when they pair. My female (Lady) bites the crap out of me every time Im in the tank and would for sure kill any other clownfish in the tank besides her male, Shadow. Usually what happens with baby clowns is two pair up and then kill the other two. If it were my tank having had both baby clowns and adults, I would only put two in and have one bigger and one smaller to minimize the risk of them killing each other when they start to establish their order. Lady draws blood everytime she bites me so they can really do some damage to each other! This is Lady and Shadow. Lady is the big one.

 

[blaxsun]

I can't add rocks on top and I would like to keep negative space for fish to swim through.
I guess I should add rocks and cave in the back? How would you recommend to add hiding spots while keeping the same concept? Thanks again for your help

Fish love obstacles. Here's the rock scape in my 160-gallon display if you were looking for a few ideas. It's comprised of three large slabs of Marco shelf rock that's been augmented by various arches on the left/right sides and several freestanding rocks. The fish can actually enter behind the rock on the left side and sneak through various tunnels and caves to appear completely unseen on the right side (this wasn't necessarily intended - but the fish quickly discovered this to our surprise!)

 

[KillaB]

So there are little caves that you can buy that dont add much height but are good bases and provides a spacious cave! I use them in both my 70 and my 125, the fish love them. I also use flat shelf rock to build little overhangs for the fish wile keeping the build flat. Most of the fish you mentioned like to hang out in front of the rocks, none are super open swimmers. My tangs dont swim above the rocks either, they prefer to swim though the holes and around the front and back of the rocks. More rockwork is always better for the fish! Here is what they look like:

Morning, Littlefoxx,
Are those little caves the one from CaribSea?

 

[KillaB]

Also would be careful with the four clowns. Typically its best to just have one pair, they get nasty when they pair. My female (Lady) bites the crap out of me every time Im in the tank and would for sure kill any other clownfish in the tank besides her male, Shadow. Usually what happens with baby clowns is two pair up and then kill the other two. If it were my tank having had both baby clowns and adults, I would only put two in and have one bigger and one smaller to minimize the risk of them killing each other when they start to establish their order. Lady draws blood everytime she bites me so they can really do some damage to each other! This is Lady and Shadow. Lady is the big one.

Thanks for the tip, I will remember to only have 2, I heard to have more that 2, you need extra habitat for them like a second anemone for example.

 

[KillaB]

Fish love obstacles. Here's the rock scape in my 160-gallon display if you were looking for a few ideas. It's comprised of three large slabs of Marco shelf rock that's been augmented by various arches on the left/right sides and several freestanding rocks. The fish can actually enter behind the rock on the left side and sneak through various tunnels and caves to appear completely unseen on the right side (this wasn't necessarily intended - but the fish quickly discovered this to our surprise!)

That's a great surprise I will definitely think about adding more rock, Thanks again for your help!

 

[littlefoxx]

Thanks for the tip, I will remember to only have 2, I heard to have more that 2, you need extra habitat for them like a second anemone for example.

Yeah I thought that but I have multiple nems in one of my tanks and my maroons have claimed them all at theirs, they bounce from nem to nem all day!

 

[littlefoxx]

Morning, Littlefoxx,
Are those little caves the one from CaribSea?

I believe so, I get them from my LFS. Carib sea also has arches both big and small that work too! I also have one of their tree kits and my fish love it! Swim through ir all day