Background finally came in for tanganyika tank. Trying out a few different scapes.
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This is looking more natural all the time! At the risk of sounding critical (which is far from my intent and not my place) I wonder if there might be a way to make this scape appear to have been formed naturally. My guess is that any rotten rock from that formation would have fallen from the upper portion of any rock wall and if those rocks aren't actually heavy I might be inclined to lift them to the top / rear of the tank and let them go. Wherever they fall would be as close to a natural random distribution as you could emulate and from that point you could arrange them from a natural starting point to a less natural one but more appropriate for your tank. Attepting the opposite by placing them in an unnatural distribution and then moving them until they replicated a more natural distribution would be more difficult (for me) as I can appreciate art but I can't make art.
I'd also think for a minute about the snail shells and might try to scatter them in what would look like a killing field for snails, scattered in a way that made it look like there might be something living in those rocks that responds with prejudice anytime a snail makes the mistake of entering the zone.
Whatever you decide, that's easily the coolest back and foreground I think I've ever seen.
Thanks for sharing as you go!
I'd also think for a minute about the snail shells and might try to scatter them in what would look like a killing field for snails, scattered in a way that made it look like there might be something living in those rocks that responds with prejudice anytime a snail makes the mistake of entering the zone.
Whatever you decide, that's easily the coolest back and foreground I think I've ever seen.
Thanks for sharing as you go!
That's some good insight. Thanks for sharing. I think I have a good foundation to build off of and tweak. Manufacturer is sending nine more bottom rocks for the rocks that didn't sink. I cut one of the bottom rocks open. I think the issue is apparent.
not sure on how many shells I will use. I'll try out a few ideas. 
Man... that looks outstanding! Have you tried moving the LED's back further toward the rear of the tank to highlight the wall? I don't know that it would be better but that rock wall is such a beauty it might pop a little harder if the light were splashed directly on it. Reflectance factor for that wall will be close to zero so it might suck up a lot of the apparent ambient light from the fixture.
Beautiful tank.
Beautiful tank.
Lovely tank. Look forward to seeing more updates.
