I have a 240g tank that’s recently come out of its cycle. My LFS built a scape for me. About half of it has been in the tank for 6 weeks, the other half is still dry. I decided to do some modifications to the dry sections, and now I think I’d like to modify the parts already in the tank. They are still clean, other than a coating of diatoms. Oh, and this is dry Marco rock.
So my question is whether or not it’s ok to take out the wet scape, let it dry, and start gluing new sections to it. I’ll be using cyanoacrylate/accelerant, and Marco 400 mortar. The concern is whether I’ll have issues getting new stuff to stick. Also, I’ll be killing the cycling bacteria that was on the rock. (I do have a 150 gallon sump connected to the system, with 4 bio bricks in it…)
So my question is whether or not it’s ok to take out the wet scape, let it dry, and start gluing new sections to it. I’ll be using cyanoacrylate/accelerant, and Marco 400 mortar. The concern is whether I’ll have issues getting new stuff to stick. Also, I’ll be killing the cycling bacteria that was on the rock. (I do have a 150 gallon sump connected to the system, with 4 bio bricks in it…)