Thinking about redo'ing my aquascaping

[tdowning]

Good afternoon R2R community! I'm thinking about redoing by aquascaping in my tank which is 6 months old. Ideally, I'd like to move everything towards the back of the tank a little bit more as there is a good gap behind the rocks that the fish like to hang out in most of the time. I'd prefer to have them towards the front of the tank...

With that said I am wondering a few things;

Is there any harm in redoing the aquascaping
Can I cause any harm or setback to my tank
Is there any thing I absolutely should or should not do if I do go ahead and reaquascape it
Is there anything I'm missing?

My plan was to start at the top rocks the move and put them into newly mixed saltwater while I move the base rocks around and then put the upper rocks back in place...would it also be beneficial to move the fish and corals out of the tank to protect them in case a rock falls while moving?

Anyway, as always thank you for your help and guidance, I've also attached a coupe pictures, looking straight on, and then from both sides.

 

[dbl]

I ended up having to redo my aquascape to evict several RBTA's last year. So maybe a different reason, but it was redone on a 2 1/2 years old system.

Having a tub or something to keep the rock wet is important. Try not to stir up the sand during the process. I personally didn't remove the fish or inverts during the redo. I did remove corals and/or at least rocks with encrusted corals though.

Just take your time and be careful lifting the rock in and out. I did not have any negative effects from my redo. That's my $.02 anyway way. Good luck.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I ended up having to redo my aquascape to evict several RBTA's last year. So maybe a different reason, but it was redone on a 2 1/2 years old system.

Having a tub or something to keep the rock wet is important. Try not to stir up the sand during the process. I personally didn't remove the fish or inverts during the redo. I did remove corals and/or at least rocks with encrusted corals though.

Just take your time and be careful lifting the rock in and out. I did not have any negative effects from my redo. That's my $.02 anyway way. Good luck.

+1

I am in love with my cheap little canister filter. I run floss only and use it when I re scape or clean. You can also add a bit of carbon or gfo if it's been a while since the last time. Then I leave it in for a couple days just for good measure.

$60 new on the Amazon. Rinse in tap and bleach and then back into storage.

 

[Jisko]

I've redone my rock work multiple times when I first started out in the hobby and the only real problem i found was if i messed with the sandbed to much id have really bad algae outbreaks. I'd use a tote to store my rock in with a heater and powerhead and I also had a bucket of tank water to kind of shake off sand and loose stuff so it wasnt filling the water with gunk