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Old 05-15-2012, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by albert_dao View Post
You should PM Fooser. His rockwork is WORLD CLASS and I'm sure he'll have some awesome advice.

Here's a video:

http://s1112.photobucket.com/albums/...thonysTank.mp4

There's barely any rock touching the bottom of the tank, most of it is held up in the water column by clever spacing, ingenious stacking and a crap load of zip-ties. He's also allowed plenty of room for his corals to grow out.

The last point is something a lot of people do not properly account for when they set up their elaborate rock work overhangs and whatnot. Corals can grow big and they can do it FAST. Take a look at Leonardo's Formosa Forest for further evidence on this:

http://www.leonardosreef.com/formosa-forest/

Another option is to go total, all-out Iwagumi and run something like this:

http://www.leonardosreef.com/leonardos-lagoon/

Minimal rockwork, just plenty of planning and foresight towards composition and negative space.
Wow - some great resources there - thank you for sending this.
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