How often are you "tweaking" your aquascape and why would you change it?

[revhtree]

What are some circumstances that cause you to change your aquascape up? (new coral, new fish etc.)

How often are you changing your aquascape up and how involved is it? (little or massive changes etc.)

image via @Queenofreef

 

[AnotherReefHobbyist]

In my current tank I completely rescape every few months, but I recognize that it really isn't great in the way of the tank establishing itself, so I am planning to set and forget for my tank upgrade.

 

[Lyss]

I don't change the general rock structure, but I do move stuff around like my little rock island, frags, macroalage, etc, once in a while -- usually when I get some new frags and move stuff around to accommodate them, or when I notice a coral doesn't seem as happy as it could be in it's current spot.

 

[albano]

Things grow…. New corals are added

 

[DeniseAndy]

When first setting up my 210g, I moved it a lot until I was a bit more happy. As things are starting to really grow in, I will not mess with it much. Just a bit to add new corals or clams or such.

Now my 40g, I am redoing all the time as the animals grow. LPS does not always like the neighbor lps, so as they grow, I have to change things up.
The 20 is a grow out and frag tank, so that is redone all the time too. Although, not so much the aquascape as the animals moved.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Every now and then I change things up. I think I’ve finally settled on something I like

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I'm too scared to change mine!

 

[MillennialReefer]

I keep it as is and barely touch it however, I change it sometimes when I have to remove a dead fish or removing GHA. So its sorta rearraigning because my hands are already in there.

 

[ying yang]

Got 2 main rock structures fully glued and then mortared together so cant really re-arrange rocks other than swap them places or turn a little,other than that got 2 small islands but they stay put .
Only thing I do move is 3 large scallop shells every few months maybe lean against different spot but that's it

 

[Ntvper]

I just can’t keep my hands out of the tank
You would think after at least ten years I would learn

 

[NoahLikesFish]

i like playing around w/ my tank but i like the scape i have. im changing it.a bit cause i dont got coral placement tuned yet.

 

[rmcrom]

I changed half my scape last weekend to make more habitat for fish and better coral placement options.

 

[shakacuz]

none of my rock is glued, and i have a decent sized electric blue hermit crab, so sometimes it wedges itself between rockwork and forces me to reposition things here and there once in a while. i find myself moving sand more than rocks since i just got a yellow headed jawfish not long ago.. it's still looking for its forever cave.

 

[Paul B]

I really can't change anything except a small change someplace. My rocks are all very big and "glued" together with sponges, corals and all sorts of growing, tentacled things.

My tank stays the same way for many years. The longest it went almost untouched was probably 20 years until I lifted the Under Gravel filter just to see what was growing under the thing. Then I also built new rock and changed everything around.

This was my aquascape about 20 years ago. I liked it the old way better and think it looked more natural.



I moved the tank here to my new house 4 years ago. I put everything back in the tank like this and built a lot more rock.

 

[jda]

Only when a huge rock has to go that is covered in corals. Otherwise, it never gets touched.

 

[Bpb]

Never. Aside from adding and removing small sandbed items, the main rock structure does not change. It is entirely cemented together into a couple large pieces. Messing with main aquascape has always resulted in major tank issues, nutrient swings, and coral death. So I leave it as is. Always.

 

[i cant think]

I picked other because:
I have a CBB that loves aptaisia in my 4’ tank, my nano goes through phases of aptaisia growth getting out of control (It’s undercontrol by a peppermint shrimp now) and I ended up mixing the rock around a lot. The CBB once had what looked to be equivalent to a Christmas dinner there was that much aptaisia! Now, I haven’t touched the rock in a month so far in my nano (Moved it to get a golden dwarf boxer out), in my 4’ tank I haven’t touched the rockwork in about 6 months. The only time I’ll add to it is coral but that’s not rockscape! That’s coral scape haha.

 

[El_reverde]

I feel a sense of zen when my hands are in the water. I know I should stay out of it, but I have so many aquascape ideas running through my head

 

[flashsmith]

I've got piles of rocks all around the landscaping outside of the house. So yea I move things just a little bit. I think I've finally settled on shelf and flat rocks for coral mounting because of the surface area it offers compared to just piling rocks up until I think it looks good.

 

[Fatmike92]

I’m constantly adjusting little things and it’s usually because of new corals that I have coming in.

I’m currently considering taking out some rock in the very front to open up more sandbed!