Reef Scaping

[Wayne]

How does everyone do reef scaping on a setup system?

I was planning on shutting down the flow pulling the rocks, drilling, epoxy and rod them into the shapes I want then putting them back in as desired. I know that the rock needs to be splashed with water every few minutes so the bathtub is going to be my friend (of course when my wife isn't home)

I was planning on having a suction tube to suck up any detrius that may get stirred up when I get to the bottom, which at the end will result in a water change. Any other precautions/advice to make this more seemless?