SkinnyPete
Aquarium Advice Freak
What will be the possible problems with stirring up an established DSB?
I'm re-aquascaping a 110 gallon for seahorses. I have 3 large show pieces of live rock, they're about 16" long. Right now they are stacked sideways. What I'm trying to do is stand them all up and build columns instead of shelves, to leave more sand for macroalgae. So, I was planning on digging a large ditch in the sand in several places, sticking the rock on the glass bottom standing up, surround it with base rock to hold it upright, then cover it back up with 4" of sand bed. My tank parameters are really nice right now. My nitrates are about 5 and I'd hate to really screw things up at this point.
So, if I stir the sand bed, what is the worst thing that will happen? Is it just Nitrate? Will it be noticeable immediately? Any way to avoid this? Will a huge water change correct the problem? I do plan on housing livestock in a seperate tank while this is all being done.
Thanks.
- Skins
I'm re-aquascaping a 110 gallon for seahorses. I have 3 large show pieces of live rock, they're about 16" long. Right now they are stacked sideways. What I'm trying to do is stand them all up and build columns instead of shelves, to leave more sand for macroalgae. So, I was planning on digging a large ditch in the sand in several places, sticking the rock on the glass bottom standing up, surround it with base rock to hold it upright, then cover it back up with 4" of sand bed. My tank parameters are really nice right now. My nitrates are about 5 and I'd hate to really screw things up at this point.
So, if I stir the sand bed, what is the worst thing that will happen? Is it just Nitrate? Will it be noticeable immediately? Any way to avoid this? Will a huge water change correct the problem? I do plan on housing livestock in a seperate tank while this is all being done.
Thanks.
- Skins