re-aquascape: should I bother?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

If you're moving in the next month or so, probably not worth the risk and hassle.

However, playing Devil's Advocate role, I just re-aquascaped my main display (165g) from its old 1 big, 1 smaller rock structures to just having a redone large structure and a large open sand bed. It's sorta like having a new tank to look at. Deals with my "ok, time to change things up and upgrade" syndrome for the time being.

For instance, my old tank looked like this:



To this:



The flow patterns completely changed even though I didn't really move the WP-60 in the back and though I'm still getting used to the new look, it's something different for me to look at and gives the fish more space to swim around in.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, do whatever floats your boat cause it's your tank & you're the one who has to look at it all the time. If you change things, be forewarned that it will take several hours for a large tank with lots of corals to dismantle and reaquascape. I redid my main display and the sump overnight (literally from 11:30pm till 7:30am and then stayed up till 10am to make sure nothing was wrong. The reaquascaping part though only took about an hour, but for your situation probably a lot longer.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Anthony

[Simmy]

Wow....Its definately different Anth. I preferred the old look better!

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

If you're moving in the next month or so, probably not worth the risk and hassle.

However, playing Devil's Advocate role, I just re-aquascaped my main display (165g) from its old 1 big, 1 smaller rock structures to just having a redone large structure and a large open sand bed. It's sorta like having a new tank to look at. Deals with my "ok, time to change things up and upgrade" syndrome for the time being.

For instance, my old tank looked like this:



To this:



The flow patterns completely changed even though I didn't really move the WP-60 in the back and though I'm still getting used to the new look, it's something different for me to look at and gives the fish more space to swim around in.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, do whatever floats your boat cause it's your tank & you're the one who has to look at it all the time. If you change things, be forewarned that it will take several hours for a large tank with lots of corals to dismantle and reaquascape. I redid my main display and the sump overnight (literally from 11:30pm till 7:30am and then stayed up till 10am to make sure nothing was wrong. The reaquascaping part though only took about an hour, but for your situation probably a lot longer.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Anthony

[asylumdown]

LOL, I had to think about what LITFA meant for a minute. I also really hadn't thought about just how much time it would probably take. I'd have to multiply the time by the fact that everything will need to be done on a ladder as well, which means I'd probably be looking a 2 full day job, and now that I think of it I don't really have 2 full days to devote to anything at the moment. Maybe if the house still hasn't sold by the time my thesis is finished, I'll do it as my graduation present to myself, along with completely re-doing my plumbing like I've wanted to do for the past year.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Sounds like a good plan. Yeah, once you start taking apart your tank and reaquascaping the time just seems to fly by and all of a sudden the sun is rising and your head hasn't touched your pillow yet