re-aquascape: should I bother?

[asylumdown]

As my tank ages, there are a few things about it I'm really learning to hate. First and foremost are the problems I have with flow. My infuriating dual internal overflows and the limited number of places I could put my vortech's with the tank viewable on two sides caused major problems that I never anticipated when I ordered the tank or did my aquascape. I also exacerbated an already crappy situation by piling up huge rock islands right against the overflows. Without going in to the details, it's created permanent unidirectional laminar and vertical flows in several places in the tank that at this point are really starting to mess with coral growth forms. I actually have corals growing straight down in 4 separate places, while at least half of my colonies are adopting a look that can only described as 'windswept'. 9 out of 10 people wouldn't notice, but I find it about as annoying as knowing a mosquito is in my bedroom as I try and fall asleep.

The only thing I can think of that will alleviate the problem at all is a complete to-the-sand rescape of the tank so that I can get the rock structures away from the overflows. Problem is, those overflows gobble up nearly a foot of my 6 foot tank, so I'm not sure I'll even be able to make rocks piled in the middle look good, and it will require removing every single coral to get it done. On top of that, I have no idea if doing so will actually do much to fix my flow issues.

Am I being way too nitpicky here? My house is for sale, and while it hasn't exactly been subject to any bidding wars, we're definitely going to be out of here at some point and this tank is not coming with me. I'm not sure if scratching this itch I'm feeling is worth the risk to my corals, the time, or the effort needed for a fix that I'm not sure is going to work.

What would you do?