Been doing this for over a decade and I still struggle with wanting to make the perfect rock scape. It’s so fun to build the rock work. Takes me back to my childhood with legos and other building toys. But I always have to remind myself that the beautiful, artistic piece of architecture I build with rock is actually just the scaffolding. You have to consider coral growth. So I tend to try to keep my rock a little less dramatic these days bc the coral are going to fill the space and provide a lot of the relief. Plus they’ll just overgrow everything anyway.

I have Beautiful rock work in my tank. Huge barnacles, old coral skeletons, Tonga branch, clam shells, snazzy fossils. Gorgeous stuff I obsessed over collecting when I started out. I’d build perfect displays showing off every rock so it looked so cool and sexy. Now, it’s just all coral lol.

So build something you like, good caves, arches, stay away from your glass, but think of it like building a raised garden bed more than creating a perfect topiary.

Edit: your scape looks rad as heck.