Aquascape for a top fin 75 gallon

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I've built a a aquascape for my 75 gallon aquarium. Just looking for some feedback regarding rock placement

My scape is already built I just can't decide weather to leave the rocks connected or separate them.

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Right side top
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Left side top.
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Front view of the rocks separated
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Right side view
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Left side view
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Any advice would be appreciated. I can still change things up. I'm still waiting on plumbing and have time to change things. Thanks!
 

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IMO go with the separation. This will provide a natural break for controlling where encrusting and spreading corals wind up.

Suggestion: The scape looks great for a viewer, but depending on the fish you plan to add you might want to give them a few more effective hiding places, both from each other and from viewers. As it is they’ll have few options to hide out if they’re feeling stressed.
 

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This looks really nice either way honestly. I like the idea of the separation though. One worry I have is the height of the rock on the left not a lot of room for growth and what ever is there is going to get a healthy par to get much down at the bottom. I just ran into this my self and although I knew it at the time of building it I had other corals in mind. I removed that rock structure and built another.
 

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I think in the second set of pics (unconnected) the two sides look too symmetrical. I do like it better than connected though. And oddly it looks very similar to the aquascape I'm working on for my tank!
 
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IMO go with the separation. This will provide a natural break for controlling where encrusting and spreading corals wind up.

Suggestion: The scape looks great for a viewer, but depending on the fish you plan to add you might want to give them a few more effective hiding places, both from each other and from viewers. As it is they’ll have few options to hide out if they’re feeling stressed.
I agree there could be more. I'm not very good at getting pictures to show depth. I have some nice caves and holes in the back. The front pictures make it look very open.
This looks really nice either way honestly. I like the idea of the separation though. One worry I have is the height of the rock on the left not a lot of room for growth and what ever is there is going to get a healthy par to get much down at the bottom. I just ran into this my self and although I knew it at the time of building it I had other corals in mind. I removed that rock structure and built another.
Ya, it got a tad bit to high. I might go back and rework it a bit. I built this scape with the thought that I will be upgrading to SCA 120 gallon when my dad upgrades next year. That will give me a few more inches. Eventually this tank will get a completely new scape when we move it to my son's room.
 
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Well I've been paying around and trying different things while I'm waiting for my plumbing to arrive. I added a few more caves/ fish hides. I also moved the larger structure to the middle. We've had it like this for a couple days and I think this is how we are going to leave it.
I took some pictures using the white light helps the pictures but its still really hard to capture all the caves and fish hides and swim through. Anyway let me know what you think.


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