Emergency tank makeover!!

Angelo Fatica · Mar 20, 2019

Hey guys was wondering what your opinion is on this. I was doing a water change earlier today and was fed up with not being able to clean the back of my tank (the rocks were lazily leaned up against the back) and had a huge algae build up. So I was messing with my rocks to see if I could pull any out that were not part of the structure. As i did that, the rocks all came down corals and all! Luckily, no corals were completely damaged or harmed as of right now. So after this happened I decided it was time to just move the aquascape around in a better, more strategic way. So i rearranged all the rock and made a new scape that is more functional for having more room for corals and more space to clean around the tank and have better flow. I had to break some corals free and re glue them all to the new scape. I changed the water right after I got it all settled in about 50 percent. I was wondering with messing with the rocks and sand if there is gonna be a spike in ammonia or nutrients? If so, when should I do another water change? I dont want to be in the tank constantly and stress the corals out. Also let me know what you think of the new scape! The first picture is the old picture of the tank this week before the accident. The next few are the new scape with the corals glued in. Please dont mind how blue it is! Any tips appreciated! Thanks guys!

Hemmdog · Mar 20, 2019

Angelo Fatica said:
Hey guys was wondering what your opinion is on this. I was doing a water change earlier today and was fed up with not being able to clean the back of my tank (the rocks were lazily leaned up against the back) and had a huge algae build up. So I was messing with my rocks to see if I could pull any out that were not part of the structure. As i did that, the rocks all came down corals and all! Luckily, no corals were completely damaged or harmed as of right now. So after this happened I decided it was time to just move the aquascape around in a better, more strategic way. So i rearranged all the rock and made a new scape that is more functional for having more room for corals and more space to clean around the tank and have better flow. I had to break some corals free and re glue them all to the new scape. I changed the water right after I got it all settled in about 50 percent. I was wondering with messing with the rocks and sand if there is gonna be a spike in ammonia or nutrients? If so, when should I do another water change? I dont want to be in the tank constantly and stress the corals out. Also let me know what you think of the new scape! The first picture is the old picture of the tank this week before the accident. The next few are the new scape with the corals glued in. Please dont mind how blue it is! Any tips appreciated! Thanks guys!

You should be good. Sometimes you will even see a growth spurt from your corals after a rescape :)