OP
OP
So, my tank is one year and 5 days old today. And it has a new look.
Yes, I replaced all the rock. Once I started taking apart the layers of rock, I found more and more infestation of vermetid snails (or whatever these things were)
I had to throw away most of the encrusted base or encrusted corals that could not be removed because the infestation was so severe. I just wanted to get it over with. I also think I had too much rock. Here's a picture of a monti + the infested encrusted vermetid. It was difficult to figure out which was which, so I had to chuck it.
Somehow, I feel the aquascape didn't turn out as good as last time (or maybe I ran out of patience). Seems like too little rock and more remaining but no space to put them.
I also added around 60 lbs of live rock from @LiverockRocks to hold the buffer and not shock the system while I ripped out the old rock. There is also a new sump, ozone, and kalk reactor in the screen room. Whew!
Yes, I replaced all the rock. Once I started taking apart the layers of rock, I found more and more infestation of vermetid snails (or whatever these things were)
I had to throw away most of the encrusted base or encrusted corals that could not be removed because the infestation was so severe. I just wanted to get it over with. I also think I had too much rock. Here's a picture of a monti + the infested encrusted vermetid. It was difficult to figure out which was which, so I had to chuck it.
Somehow, I feel the aquascape didn't turn out as good as last time (or maybe I ran out of patience). Seems like too little rock and more remaining but no space to put them.
I also added around 60 lbs of live rock from @LiverockRocks to hold the buffer and not shock the system while I ripped out the old rock. There is also a new sump, ozone, and kalk reactor in the screen room. Whew!
