Need some Help on.......

mike_dani · Jan 17, 2010

Ok so here is a picture of the tank (110 Tall) before my minor but not fun aquascaping collapse.

Here is the right side

and the left side

so I was moving my nem and apparently it is attached to a key structural rock.....:sure:

The left side and middle of the rock work has now collapsed, here are some pics, all of the open areas you can see in these pics are where the rocks used to fit into one another to lock into place. I also need some advice on drilling holes in rocks for PVC or some sort of rod the hold them together.

Last but not least what is the best way to go about removing all of the livestock to redo the scape and put them in, will I have another cycle, do I need to keep the sunny side of the rock s facing the "sky" does it matter?

Or do I leave it and figure out a way to accelerate the purchase of a larger tank that I was planning on in the fall?

Thanks in advance.

And almost forgot the tank is in its 5th month and has finally became stable just before Xmas so I am mostly LPS as you can see and have finally got some nice SPS pieces that are doing great and are attached to the rock work. how do I remove them without breaking the colony

H@rry · Jan 17, 2010

If you don't mind my saying so, I don't think it looks bad at all. I never did like the "wall" or "fruit stand" arrangement that some people build. I like a low arrangement with several flat places to mount corals, caves, and some open sand areas for bottom dwellers. I remember several years ago when the corals began to grow I realized that I had way too much rock. I finally completely tore the tanks down (to the sand bed) and removed over half of the rock. After that the light could penetrate all the way down and the corals had a place to grow. I would rather look a big colonies of coral than piles of rock. In my opinion most people are mistaken about how much rock they really need.

Of course, don't let me dissuade you from getting a larger tank. You've already got enough rock. :feel_good: