Lost some rock
 

SO I started cleaning out some rock from the right side of the tank. I think a lot (most/all) my recent problems are due to too much rock. Here are a couple of pics of the new right side after removing about 60 pounds of rock. I still have about 40 to remove from the left side...


The front..
http://www.islandreef.ca/post/open_front.jpg

From the side...
http://www.islandreef.ca/post/open_side.jpg

Hey, I like the new look :cool:

Just wondering whats with the rock on the left of the yellow scroll in the first pic. It looks like a spaceship or something :razz:

Christy :)

I can hear your fish....

"I can swim freely now, the rock is gone" ;)

I thought I heard that too, but I thought I'd just lost my mind!! :razz:

Christy, sorry, don't see the spaceship. Are you mixing it with pop, or straight up?? :biggrin:

Sputnik!

HAHA i see the spaceship. Veryinteresting. Maybe the fish are saying more then you think :eek:

What size is your tank

Just curious Brad, you don't have a DSB (blech :razz: ) but have removed a significant part of your filtration ? ( or was it old rock, as in a "sink"). Do the corals now perform your denitrification? :confused:

The tank is a 150g, 5x2x2

Deb, the rock was acting as a sink for the detritus, and I feel that the remaining rock is more than ample for filtration. I do also have about 1.5 inches of sugar sand on one side of the tank, so that may or may not contribute.
Right now, I have more than a pound of LR per gallon. If I get to the point where I don't have enough rock for filtration, I'll make up for it with water changes.