The room is going to be finished out in a tropical theme. Once everything is completed, the tank should look like it is enclosed in an armoire. There is going to be more woodwork to come; it has been put on hold to allow the tank project to proceed.
As far as the rock work goes, I was just curious. I am 99% sure I will use the risers to elevate the rock scape.
Expanding on the circulation thought, if the dry rock is set directly on the glass bottom and then backfilled with sand thus eliminating the sand bed beneath the rock, and then the
LR stacked on the exposed portions of the dry rock, would this still cause the same problem with stagnation and bacteria growth?