Changing full aquascape ...

[promotheus2070]

So i started my reef sins 12 march .
Is slowly came to a balance right now , critter everywhere and starting to develop some coraline .. corals starting to grow in .

But at the build of this scape i dind know what i know right now , coral placement and water movement isnt that great on how it is now . I used about 100 kg dry stone .

Would it be possible to start over with new rock and plates from AF . So change out all stones .
What will be the impact on my parameters ?
I do have media in my sump but i guess not as much as all the stone's house .
Will i get those algea outbreaks again ?
Will i see bad parameters again ?

Sandbed i would not touch .
Corals and fish etc i would house in a tub if there is a turn in period after rescaping .

Not so sure if it is even possible tbh ....

 

[BudgetR33f]

So i started my reef sins 12 march .
Is slowly came to a balance right now , critter everywhere and starting to develop some coraline .. corals starting to grow in .

But at the build of this scape i dind know what i know right now , coral placement and water movement isnt that great on how it is now . I used about 100 kg dry stone .

Would it be possible to start over with new rock and plates from AF . So change out all stones .
What will be the impact on my parameters ?
I do have media in my sump but i guess not as much as all the stone's house .
Will i get those algea outbreaks again ?
Will i see bad parameters again ?

Sandbed i would not touch .
Corals and fish etc i would house in a tub if there is a turn in period after rescaping .

Not so sure if it is even possible tbh ....

Is it possible to just rearrange the rocks? Changing them out will get rid of a lot of your beneficial bacteria. If not I can‘t really give any more advice because I‘m also decently new to the hobby

 

[BudgetR33f]

You could also try getting live rock and curing it which I believe wouldn‘t change much

 

[PharmrJohn]

Yeah, I wouldn't start over. There's really no need to. You've got an established ecosystem already present that you can work around.

Your rock......Is it glued in place or held together with rods? Or is it just stacked?

 

[promotheus2070]

Yeah, I wouldn't start over. There's really no need to. You've got an established ecosystem already present that you can work around.

Your rock......Is it glued in place or held together with rods? Or is it just stacked?

Its glued all well together , and they are massive stones , i dind break them or something . I

 

[PharmrJohn]

Hmmmm. Bummer. Well,, the addition of powerhead will take care of flow. But getting that rock apart......Will the corals come off the rock easily? Have they affixed themselves to the rock or are they still able to be grabbed off the rock by the plugs?

 

[Gundy]

I would try to break apart some of the rock and re aquascape the tank. I would also buy a few pieces of premium live rock and place them in your tank to jump start it. It will add a lot of bacteria that will spread to all the other existing rocks.