Does anyone know any good rock formations for a 56 gallon tank?

Question

im trying to rearrange my rock formation in my tank before everything inside settles which only gives me a week. i wanted to find something that will give the fish in there alot of room to swim and at the same time plenty of hiding spots i think i only have about 25 pounds of rock in it though soo does anyone know any web links that show diff. kinds of good rock setup in the tank or can someone send me a picture to their tank? i have a fish only tank .

Answer 1

First of all, remember to not set any tank against the glass walls. It'll make cleaning them a pain.

The 4 most popular designs are:

1 - One "island" set up in the center, with holes that allow fish to swim all the way through the island (from front to back). Sometime, you place a piece of PVC pipe between rocks, you can achieve a tunnel that can be well-concealed in the rock work.

2 - A "lagoon," which is like an island, only there's a pair of horn-like formations in the front of it. This leaves an open area for substrate in the front. Whenever I've seen this.

3 - A "corridor" consists of 2 islands that are shaped triangularly. Between the islands is a straight corridor that runs from one corner of the tank to another. This is popular because it has a lot of swimming room in the corridor, while still allowing two separate and distincts sets of rockwork for fish to hide in.

4 - A "triangle" is like a corridor, but with only one island. It's high and wide at one end, gradually lowering and thinning out as it gets to the other side of the tank. Just like an island, you should leave ways for fish to swim through the rockwork.  This also leaves a wide area in plain site, where the rock work is the thinnest.

My current set-up is triangular, and I stacked the rocks in such a way that I have a large cave in the thickest portion of the tank, and with a slightly-deeper substrate in the open area on the other side of the tank (intended for a canary wrasse to sleep in, although I've yet to actually get around to purchasing one). I've been satisfied with the set up.

Answer 2

click on the image of google and type in salt water tanks and you'll see different ideas