Aquascaping Conundrums

[Omri]

Hi Everyone,

I have an Innovative Marine Nuvo 38 Gallon tank for about two months now. Its been great - everyone is alive and healthy. all parameter are looking good at the moment and I have just run into some aquascaping problems. I am using real reef rock and like it, but as I have been adding some new corals, Im finding that my original scape is not working well for several reason.
First, and most importantly, it isn't holding up. With crabs, snails and my anemone moving around, things keep topping over and corals are getting hurt in the process.

I was thinking of temporarily moving the tank into a big garbage bin and re-aquascaping (trying to do it quickly and efficiently, of course so the corals and fish don't get too disturbed.)

Should i consider just using 3 or 4 very large real reef rocks instead of the many large, medium and small ones i currently have?

should i use some sort of glue, puddy or cement to connect the ones i have? (i currently have this green puddy that i bought at my LFS and its pretty bad.

also, how can i attach lager corals like my purple tip elegance coral to rock so that it doesnt fall?

 

[daisy]

In my experience, larger rocks and set them firmly is a much better idea than many smaller rocks, which will tend to be far less stable.

Using plastic zipties or putty or even drilling the rocks and putting a plastic dowel through are all strategies that are used. Personally, I have always piled large rocks to make my aquascaping, but it depends on what you have. In my next tank, I will try to be more stable by using some sort of something to actually firm up the connections between rocks... But plenty of us do it this way.

Corals that have a stony base or that are on plugs can certainly be glued in place. I do not know if you could do this with an elegance. I tend to think not. Most folks place elegance on the sand or solidly on a rock ledge pretty close to the bottom.

Good luck!

 

[Omri]

Thanks, very insightful! any advice on what kind of glue to use to glue corals onto the rocks?

 

[tomtoothdoc]

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