changing the rockscape

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by danny zubot

I think if there is a lot of detritus released when moving the rocks, it could cause a NH3 or nitrate spike. Thats why I always do a water change shortly after changing stuff.

The detritus that is stirred up while reaquascaping has been there for a long time. I don't think it will cause any spikes of any kind.

Whenever we reaquascape, we have a pail of tankwater to swish the rock in. This removes detritus build up from rock crevices. When the water gets dirty, we dump the water and get fresh stuff from the tank.

Plus we have lots of new saltwater made to make up for the water used for swishing, siphoning the BB clean once all the rock is out, and for some of the water that the corals and rock are stored in during the tear down.