Your long-anticipated live rock shipment has finally arrived at your doorstep, and you can’t wait to get it in your tank and start watching as life emerges from those gnarly chunks. Though you’re understandably eager to forge ahead putting the rocks in place, it’s critical at this stage to give more than passing thought to how you should arrange them. Inappropriate aquascaping now can lead to major headaches—or at least less-than-satisfactory results—down the road.
Here are five live rockaquascapingpitfalls you should take pains to avoid:
1.将岩石结构放在“转移沙子”上
If your system will include a substrate of any significant depth, the first layer of rocks should be placed either right on the tank bottom (or a thin cushioning layer of substrate) or atop some type of secure supportive structure (e.g., pilings constructed of PVC pipe, a framework of egg crate material, etc.). If placed directly on top of a deeper substrate, the rockwork can be easily undermined by burrowing/digging/tail-fanning fish or inverts, potentially resulting in a catastrophic rockslide.
2. Building a wall of rocks directly against the glass
如果完全可行，请尽量避免在后玻璃或其他窗格上建立岩石堆栈。这样做会产生不良的循环“死区”（大量的碎屑可以累积），并将阻止进入这些区域清洁/维护。
在岩石周围允许开放空间也使您的鱼更自然地游泳，而不必在坦克的任一端停下来并反复转身。
3.渲染设备无法访问
We marine aquarium hobbyists generally prefer our tanks to look as naturalistic as possible and, so, make every effort to hide powerheads, heaters, and other submerged gear from view. This is often achieved through strategic placement oflive rock。However, you do have to be careful to avoid obscuring any device in such a manner that it’s necessary to tear apart the rockwork structure whenever you need to access it for cleaning or maintenance (which, by the way, will become more and more problematic as corals spread over the rockwork).
这个陷阱的一个例子是将潜水器隐藏在上述岩石堆栈后面，该加热器位于后窗格上，因此如果需要，就无法进行温度调整，清洁或更换。
4. Burying the good stuff
Make no mistake, quality live rock is expensive. The last thing you want to do is sacrifice several costly pieces to the bottom layer of aquascaping in a tank with a deepsubstrate。If you aren’t placing some sort of supportive framework/pilings under the rocks so they’re all positioned above the substrate (and thus need to place the first layer right on the bottom of the tank), use inexpensive base rock for your foundational layer instead of live rock. Otherwise, all the encrusting organisms you paid the long dollar for will simply be smothered in the sand.
5.未能解释珊瑚的位置和增长
如果您要创建礁石系统，请记住，您的珊瑚标本将需要合适的壁ni/壁架，以允许稳定的放置和完整的扩展。一块单片的岩石墙非常适合此目的。当您的Aquascape时，请尝试设想您将在哪里放置珊瑚（即使您还不知道它们还将是什么），以使其不仅令人愉悦，而且可以在标本之间进行足够的间距。然后尝试以这样的方式安排岩石，以使每个地方都有一个良好的珊瑚置换莱基市场。
Also, don’t forget that corals grow—a lot! You have to account for that potential growth when aquascaping, for example by avoiding stacking the rocks too close to the surface or the front viewing pane.
