New reefer, first time aquascape

[Kielos]

Hi all,

Just after some open and honest feedback on aquascaping a 4 foot Cade 1200.
This is our first time aquascaping so open to any changes you would make.
We are aiming for a mixed reef tank with some negative space.
So far what you can see in the pics is 20lb Caribsea shapes and 40lb of Caribsea regular rock.
Thanks

 

[blaxsun]

Looks good so far! Fish love their caves!

 

[Kielos]

Hi all,

Just after some open and honest feedback on aquascaping a 4 foot Cade 1200.
This is our first time aquascaping so open to any changes you would make.
We are aiming for a mixed reef tank with some negative space.
So far what you can see in the pics is 20lb Caribsea shapes and 40lb of Caribsea regular rock.
Thanks

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Round two, which do you like better?

 

[REEFTIDE]

Round two, which do you like better?

I'm partial to the two island look. Do keep in mind the scale of the tank though. Maybe go a little taller if possible?

 

[lynaea75]

I vote for #2
i like that it’s complicated with lots of hides holes while still having lots of room for corals.

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

#2. lots of swim throughs and also lots of spots for fish to hide when stressed, sleeping etc. Nice job

 

[Weasel1960]

#2. Looks great. I don’t see any reference lines for the tank so make sure you leave space for cleaning glass.

 

[flashsmith]

That's the way I did my 4 ft IM Two boxes of shapes for islands on each end and some aqua rocks branches for the negative space on the back wall to keep frags. Took me 20 minutes. I don't like to glue rock together because you will want move things especially when you start adding corals.

 

[TheVinylReef]

excellent for flow!

 

[A Young reefer]

Round two, which do you like better?

The second has more coral mounting options .