re-arranging aquascape - moving all the rocks

[skyedale]

I need to rearrange the rock in my tank. Now that it is set up and running it just looks wrong. The foot print is 12 x 36” and 16” tall. Makes for a long tank layout without much room for depth in the rock arrangement.

When I purchased my original dry rock I got a combination of branch, shelf and pukani. Turns out the shelf rock is the wrong profile for my long tank. The one big centre piece of pukani is too large and messes with the flow pattern creating dead zones. If I add another power head there will be too much flow and the substrate goes everywhere.

My question is what sort of issues can I expect from doing a rock overhaul. The new pieces of rock I will be adding have been curing for 8 weeks. I had planned to use them between Christmas and New Years, but landed in hospital on Dec. 18 and had to have surgery on the Dec. 26’th. I am now just getting to the point that I can think about setting up my FOWLR tank.

Should I add a canister filter for a short amount of time to get all the debris out. I would just put floss and maybe carbon in the canister and run it the water clears.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have attached a picture of the current layout.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Should I add a canister filter for a short amount of time to get all the debris out. I would just put floss and maybe carbon in the canister and run it the water clears.

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