new aquascaping

[clamgal]

I rearranged my stuff and came up with this:
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/adipal/IMG_0208.jpg
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/adipal/IMG_0204-1-1.jpg

Sorry for the quality of the pics....Since I took my rocks out for a while, I don't know if that sparked a mini cycle. You can tell by the color of the rocks (left side) are quite white. They were pretty much purple before the change. They were out of the water for a couple of hours max. What do you guys think? I'm having some nitrate issues.
Adriana

Tank 36x24x28

[Jeff]

wow, that looks great.

[blindside]

Nice!

[BioCube14]

very cool is the using plastic rod?

[lhoy]

Are you using Metal Halide bulbs, if so, you will lose coraline algae, it prefers more subdued lighting. That is normal. If you had a mini-cycle going you would probably notice brown diatoms on sand, rocks, and glass.

I am guessing the number of fish will be putting a lot more load on the system as well.

[cpreefguy]

That looks amazing! I love the pillar look.

[tony]

VERY cool looking

that would look even better with different colored zoas covering them

[ErikH]

Looks great! You could make a remote DSB/fuge to eat up those trates.

[hobogato]

VERY nice job!

[clamgal]

Thanks everyone!
Tony, that's the plan. I want to cover with zoas and add some clams.
Ihoy, I've always had MH and my rocks were covered in coraline- it turned white after I took the rock out of the water to drill it. I don't have diatoms, but I am struggling with some cyano. I know the fish load doesn't help, but it is 104g with a 29 sump/fuge.
Scorpino, like I mentioned, I do have a sump/fuge with chaeto and LR. I may need more water changes.
I've also added a sunburst anthias and I've been feeding more often to get it settled in.
Richard, yes it is an acrylic rod. I glued the big heavy base rock to an acrylic sheet to make it more stable. I got the idea from a guy on RC.

[Rychek]

My experience with coraline algae has been that it doesn't take much time out of water to make it die and turn white. I wounldn't worry about it too much as long as your water tests out good.

Very nice rockwork, BTW!

[cbianco]

Coraline grows quick in a stable tank. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

On the other hand, your columns are really cool. Any pics of the building process?

Christopher

[clamgal]

Thanks, I don't have any pics...I'm so bad at documenting stuff.
I used a 5/8" acrylic rod, put it in the oven so I could bend it, let it cool. I did not glue it to the acrylic sheet because the base rock I used was pretty heavy, deep, and stable. The rest of the rock I just picked and drilled. You can't tell in the pic, but the only problem I had was placing the acrylic sheet below the sand. What a pain! I still did not get it completely under the sand so it doesn't look as bent as it should. I'll keep working on it, but because of the height of the tank, I cannot reach the bottom.

[sharkboy]

very cool! i would be worried that it would topple over!!! what are the tank dimensions?

[clamgal]

It's almost cubish 36Lx24Wx28H. I was worried too, but it seems pretty secure... I hope I didn't just jinx it...

[sharkboy]

that is very tall!! I had a difficult time reaching in my 215 gallon which was just as high!!

[BioCube14]

TIMBER! J/k hehe where did you get the rod from?