[xXSuPeRhErO_gIrLXx]

Alright...long time lurker emerging to present a discussion topic.

I've been in the saltwater business for about a year now and have converted a FO setup (~4+ years) to a reef tank (~8 months)...I have just moved all of my tanks to a new house and since my corals grow/spread like weeds 70% of all my LR has some amount of coral established on it...

The eventual discussion is how do others re-aquascape their reef (without crushing any coral)???

I have an idea about what I want the reef structure to look like and a move is the perfect opportunity to make those changes...but I find it pretty difficult to put everything back in its original place due to the positioning of the corals and the awkwardness of the rocks' shape...much less come up with a new layout...so now my reef looks completely different and somewhat...odd...now I'm just waiting for my corals to take over the new scape and fill in the gaps...or maybe I will need to trade for some new frags to fill in the gaps?!?

Discuss away.

[ksreefbuilder]

yes, it will be hard to put everything back in without crushing something especially if they are covered with something like polyps. You really only have 2 choices though, you can put all the rocks back in to the best of your ability crushing or hiding a few, or switch out some of your fully covered hard to deal with rocks for new live rock and let them fill back in. I just switched from a 75gal to a 125gal my self, and had to work very hard not to crush any of my green star polyps that were on several rocks, but I got all the new rock put in place with no casualties. I had a few that was facing into the dark, but they have already grown to where they are reaching the light they need in just a few days.