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Hi,
I am about to re-do my reef tank, RSM250 - which was my first reef tank about 3 years ago. I did not know much about the cool things that can be done with aquascaping as well as using crushed coral for the bottom. Anyway, I purchased this tank from someone and gave me a lot of live rock - so setting up was somewhat of a rush with fish in buckets and rocks that I literally placed wherever it seemed to work. Wow, I have learned a lot in the last few years - but now the question is how do I fix my mistakes by putting down new sand as well as creating some better looking aquascaping to show off my corals. Here are my basic questions...
1. I am looking at purchasing the Aragonite Special Grade. Because my tank is stable, cycled - should I just purchase the Dry Sand, or get Live Sand?
2. I have heard horror stories with some losing fish, corals, etc. with adding sand - or kicking up any of the current sand... my tank doesn't have much left on the bottom, so hopefully will be OK. But any suggestions are welcome on how I should approach with adding sand.
3. I was planning on using SOME but not all of the live rock - it is a lot of rock and was going to try creating something new. My concern is that having beneficial bacteria on rocks now and then removing at least 50% - will that cause a spike in Ammonia / Nitrite?
4. In short, my approach would be to have 3 tubs; 1 for fish / inverts, 1 for live rock and 1 for corals. Setup each with heater and airstone - removing everything in tubs using water from tank of course. The rest is simple - lay new sand, create aquascape and put all live stock back. Anything wrong with this approach?
I did attach a few pics of my aquarium and as you can see the aquascape is lame - hence why I am anxious to re-do this as my corals starting to look good
Thanks!
I am about to re-do my reef tank, RSM250 - which was my first reef tank about 3 years ago. I did not know much about the cool things that can be done with aquascaping as well as using crushed coral for the bottom. Anyway, I purchased this tank from someone and gave me a lot of live rock - so setting up was somewhat of a rush with fish in buckets and rocks that I literally placed wherever it seemed to work. Wow, I have learned a lot in the last few years - but now the question is how do I fix my mistakes by putting down new sand as well as creating some better looking aquascaping to show off my corals. Here are my basic questions...
1. I am looking at purchasing the Aragonite Special Grade. Because my tank is stable, cycled - should I just purchase the Dry Sand, or get Live Sand?
2. I have heard horror stories with some losing fish, corals, etc. with adding sand - or kicking up any of the current sand... my tank doesn't have much left on the bottom, so hopefully will be OK. But any suggestions are welcome on how I should approach with adding sand.
3. I was planning on using SOME but not all of the live rock - it is a lot of rock and was going to try creating something new. My concern is that having beneficial bacteria on rocks now and then removing at least 50% - will that cause a spike in Ammonia / Nitrite?
4. In short, my approach would be to have 3 tubs; 1 for fish / inverts, 1 for live rock and 1 for corals. Setup each with heater and airstone - removing everything in tubs using water from tank of course. The rest is simple - lay new sand, create aquascape and put all live stock back. Anything wrong with this approach?
I did attach a few pics of my aquarium and as you can see the aquascape is lame - hence why I am anxious to re-do this as my corals starting to look good
Thanks!