120 gallon journal - picture Feb 27

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

I hate to say it but I like before better than after.

Yeah the previous one was definately aesthetic, but it JUST didn't quite win it in my own heart...

The previous structure, if you were to compare it to historical landscaping, was like Wrest Park Gardens (england). It was aesthetic, but didn't quite strike my fancy after living with it in the house for a while.

Also, when I first started the tank, I had the idea of going for the "natural" look. Limited species of coral grown in groups. Avoid the "fruitstand" look with 30 different types of corals all scattered about fighting each other for visual space, as well as chemical space . I'm hoping to get more of a NY central park look. It's like the word 'wild' vs. the word 'nature'. I want a wild look.

I looked at it when I was done, and I liked the pile look, but I know it's going to look like a fruit stand if I keep it this way. The idea behind the rack was to allow for tunnels without wasting precious rock as structure. I'm a student, and can't afford to buy loads of liverock just to stack it in the back and never see it again.

Yeah, the previous arrangement looked nice, but I'm shooting for something a little different, and this one's still not quite how i want it.

I want to see like 5 different types of coral, at the most, grown so that they're grouped together, completely filling the rockwork. It's SO hard to do that, I find, too; to not buy another frag just because it would be neat

I'm keeping some of the coral I fragged up, and I'm going to group some of it together. And I'm doing a slight rearrangement this afternoon, while trying not to disturb the coral I moved around already last night.