I have a nearly 5 year old mixed reef that due to health issues has been neglected with water changes the last few months. I am slowly seeing cyano kicking in on the bottom rock. I have a few corals left and fish and a lot of live rock with tons of life - sponges and critters living in it but I do not like the aquascape any longer.
My sand is littered with old shells and needs a good vacuuming. I have a lot of coraline algae growing on my glass, so the tank is established. Its a 54 corner tank.
My dilemma is, my rose bubble tip split - so I now have three anemones. I only want one, so i have to remove the other two which of course are seated well in my rock. I have an abundance of pulsing xenia I want to remove from where I do not want it growing, so again I will be disturbing rock. I have glass anemones along the bottom that I have been trying to clean out as well.
Is it best to strip the tank down and put the livestock in buckets and redo the sand as I clean up the rock and re aquascape or should one attempt to clean the tank in sections at a time with multiple water changes then remove the anemones and xenia at the end?
My sand is littered with old shells and needs a good vacuuming. I have a lot of coraline algae growing on my glass, so the tank is established. Its a 54 corner tank.
My dilemma is, my rose bubble tip split - so I now have three anemones. I only want one, so i have to remove the other two which of course are seated well in my rock. I have an abundance of pulsing xenia I want to remove from where I do not want it growing, so again I will be disturbing rock. I have glass anemones along the bottom that I have been trying to clean out as well.
Is it best to strip the tank down and put the livestock in buckets and redo the sand as I clean up the rock and re aquascape or should one attempt to clean the tank in sections at a time with multiple water changes then remove the anemones and xenia at the end?
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