How bad is my aquascaping

[nycfishy]

Wanted some feedback on my setup so far. Tank is a RSM130.
Had done the right side before anything got wet and I think came out really well but when I got tank started felt like I did not have enough rock so ordered more and did the left mountain (it's BRS eco rock, right is pukani, eco and some otrher rock I had around epoxied together), now feels like I may have too much rock and not sure I like the setup but will live with it for now.
Do you guys thinks this is too much rock now? Corals and fish all came from my 8 gallon nano, new CUC.

Is placment genrally OK? was going to move the frogspwn higher and epoxy onto rock.

 

[nycfishy]

related question....is the clown a clarkii clown?

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

IMO i like your rock work and it looks like a allardi clownfish

 

[thirty5]

I would worry more about the cyno, vs the rockwork..

 

[kenconnect]

IMO I like caves for a more natural look.. But it's all about what u like.. But 1 thing I have to tell u is lok into that cyano u have going on.

 

[kenconnect]

Dam thirty5 u beat me to the punch line again..lol

 

[skene]

Its a saddleback clown... And ill just bet that this tank is only about 2 mos old bythe looks of the picture... Ehich means the water is still too nutrient rich without enough bacteria to support livestock properly and the cyano is feeding off it.

 

[E.intheC]

It looks like that top left rock is a tumble-risk.

If you really want to get crazy into the rockscape, check out Leonardos Reef blog. (google for exact link). There is a number of in depth articles from a true aquascaping master.

 

[House of Laughter]

clown is a polymus - saddleback

tank is not cured/cycled enough to support livestock. I hope all the animals live.

Good luck

House

 

[thirty5]

Dam thirty5 u beat me to the punch line again..lol

LOL!!!!!! Great Minds Think Alike!

 

[nycfishy]

Its a saddleback clown... And ill just bet that this tank is only about 2 mos old bythe looks of the picture... Ehich means the water is still too nutrient rich without enough bacteria to support livestock properly and the cyano is feeding off it.

You are dead on, it's 2 months old, transfered the coral and fish last week from my 8 gallon (which also had a cyno problem), ammonia and Nitrites were at 0.

 

[nycfishy]

I would worry more about the cyno, vs the rockwork..

I know been working on it. siphoning it out every couple of days, running GFO, chemipure elite and phosgaurd in media basket. was at .11 ppm a couple of days ago, now back up to .35 so changing out the phosgaurd.

 

[nycfishy]

It looks like that top left rock is a tumble-risk.

If you really want to get crazy into the rockscape, check out Leonardos Reef blog. (google for exact link). There is a number of in depth articles from a true aquascaping master.

it's all epoxied together so think I'm not in any danger of tumbles

 

[nycfishy]

clown is a polymus - saddleback

tank is not cured/cycled enough to support livestock. I hope all the animals live.

Good luck

House

ammonia and nitrites were both at zero when I transfered fish in, thought I was ok to put fish in when those were down to 0.
Had a similair cyno problem in my 14 month old 8 gallon nano I upgraded from

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I would get that cyano under control and get more pieces Of small live rock to give your fish more caves and dwelling places for the pods population to thrive, other than that I think the tank looks fine!!

 

[nycfishy]

other than trying to get my phosphates under control anything else that would help getting rid of the cyano?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Decrease your lighting!!

 

[bizzarro]

Get some snails.

I have my lights on for 6 hours and seems adequate enough for them to grow too.

 

[nycfishy]

Have a full CUC for that tank size from reefcleaners.
lights are on 11.5 hours a day.....I guess that's too long...should I drop down to 8?

 

[thirty5]

11.5 at full power? or are they dimmed down?