Aquascape design recommendation?

[Reptoreef]

I advise against piling against the wall... creates too many "dead flow spots". Instead, why not get a bit creative and build a small diameter pvc frame of what ya want, and wire tie the LR to the frame work? You can create a naturalistic scape with cave and all if that's what you like. IMO, keep as far away as possible from the piling of the rock, though. Insied of the framework could remain hollow... anyway, it may not look super terrific, at first, but with maturity and growth... well, you know.

[dsfdbutterfly]

Tyler,

I had the same problem being my 30 gal is 20" wide and 20" high. You can check out what I did on my thread for the nano stuff. If I had a bigger tank (I was dreaming this last night that's why I know this) I would love to create a landscape that gave me sand area and an overhang. Since so many things are light dependant but, here's the catch, if you go with MH half the stuff doesn't like it directly. I plan for my next project to build a scape that is a steady bottom and then getting a pretty flat piece of lace rock to create an overhang. I would then continue with a few more pieces of LR on top of that. I was even getting creative in my dream and had an area that sloped down and then back up kind of like Greg's pic on the front for TOTM. Been looking at the web site too much I think but love that picture too.

I wasn't concerned with using a few pieces of lace rock, soon it will be covered just like the rest of the rock and well on it's way to blending in. Can't really draw you a picture but I hope this gives you an idea and spurs your own creative thoughts.

Angie