I added some critters from inland and they told me to flip a drinking glass
over them while they get into the sand. It seemed to work pretty good I now
have a fair amount of life in my sand even with a dragon goby. I also put
the glass near some rock to add some other cover for the critters.
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "SteveM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: Changing Aquascape ?
> Jeff,
>
> Have not started yet...need to find a good source for live sand...
> Shane Clays just came up with the idea... I was just going to begin
pulling
> the rock out of my reef, when Shane Clays emailed me with the idea of
adding
> 10 - 20 lbs of live sand to help re-populate my sand bed...I had been
> thinking about ordering one of Inland Aquatics Detrivore Kits but with
fish
> already in my reef, thought they might consume everything before it had a
> chance to seed the sand bed. With Live Sand, it would be much harder for
the
> fish to find and consume the critters...
> Thought I would find a good source for live sand and order some for next
> Saturday delivery, then tear the rock down at that time...
>
> What do you think???
>
> SteveM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jeffrey bogdanski
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Changing Aquascape ?
>
>
> Hi Steve
> sorry but I haven't been on my computer in a week.
> How did you make out??
> I put my rock into buckets and large tupperware containers and I kept them
> under water
>
> Jeff
> SteveM wrote:
>
> > Shane,
> >
> > Yeah...that's why I really want to take all the rock out of the
> tank...just
> > by doing that, the tank gets a good cleaning. I have 20 gallons of
> saltwater
> > already made up.
> > I just hate the thought of 100 lbs of rock lying on a finished hard wood
> > floor...never mind what my wife is gonna think!
> >
> > You think the Mantis will stay in it's rock and be ok while out of the
> > water???
> >
> > SteveM.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shane Clays
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 10:52 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: Changing Aquascape ?
> >
> > Jeff brings up a good point. Since the tank is going to be virtually
> empty,
> > it would be a perfect time to do a water change and get some of the
nasty
> > build up out of the tank.... I think that with my old 20 gallon
microreef,
> > part of the success I had with it was that I moved every 9 months
> (apartment
> > hopper) and when I did I had the opportunity to give it a good
cleaning...
> > just a thought.
> >
> > Shane C.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jeffrey bogdanski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:44 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Changing Aquascape ?
> >
> > Steve
> > I first removed some of the rock and then I kind of got really
> > involved and had to remove almost all of it because like I said that
> things
> > don't always go the way we plan.
> > That is why you should kind of get a few ideas before hand.
> > I made a mess of things at first and my skimmer went nuts for a
> few
> > days but everything recovered better than I could have imagined ( I am
> > convinced that my skimmer ( one from Ron's ) kept my
> > organic under control ) I would blow out everything with a power
> > head first next time because you would not believe all the gunk that is
in
> > places that we can not see, ( hence is the reason I
> > ended up making a water change because I sucked all the crap
that
> > was left on the bottom, I have no substrate, just glass)
> >
> > Good luck my friend,
> > Jeff
> >
> > SteveM wrote:
> >
> > > Jeffery,
> > >
> > > After you removed your corals, did you remove ALL the rock,
then
> > place it
> > > back in the tank according to your design or did you just
> > re-arrange the
> > > rock while it was all in the tank???
> > >
> > > My thinking is to remove all the rock first, but since this
reef
> > has been up
> > > and running for awhile, there's a lot of life in this rock and
> I'm
> > hesitant
> > > to remove it. I'll probably just remove a couple of big
pieces,
> > move the
> > > rock to one side, then build it from there. It's not the ideal
> way
> > to do it,
> > > but at least it will remain in the tank.
> > >
> > > THanks,
> > > SteveM.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jeffrey
> > bogdanski
> > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:50 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Changing Aquascape ?
> > >
> > > I have done this just two months ago.
> > > First and foremost take a couple of days and go over ideas in
> your
> > head on
> > > how and where you will place everything, because things don't
> > always go
> > > together as it seems.
> > > I put all my corals into Rubbermaid containers with the water
> from
> > the tank
> > > to cover it and when I was done I just siphoned almost all the
> > water from
> > > the buckets back, I left some out because of
> > > all the skunge that was on the bottom. So I also got a water
> > change in there
> > > too boot.
> > > Good luck and I can say that I was happy that I did it.
> > > Jeff from Scranton Pa.
> > >
> > > Jerry Porter wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I had to remove the lunar wrasse from the 110 had to
pull
> > all the
> > > rock
> > > > out and took two shoots before kris thought it looked okay.
> > that is just
> > > > me, but it never finishes the way you invision it to be IMO.
> > > > jp
> > > > http://www.krispcritters.com
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of SteveM
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:29 PM
> > > > To: Reefkeeping@Athiel. Com
> > > > Subject: Changing Aquascape ?
> > > >
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > What's the best way to go about re-arranging rockwork in a
> > reef???
> > > > I want to remove some of the live rock in my reef, then
> > re-arrange the
> > > rest
> > > > of it.
> > > >
> > > > I realize all corals and other inverts should be removed
first
> > but would
> > > you
> > > > then remove all the rock from the reef, or pull a few
peieces
> > out, enough
> > > so
> > > > you have room to re-scape the rockwork??
> > > >
> > > > I know the best way would be to pull it all out so you can
> > picture how you
> > > > want to arrange it, however, I'm hesitent to remove all the
> rock
> > because
> > > of
> > > > all the critters..
> > > > Any ideas???
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > SteveM.
> > > >
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