Aquascape collapse

[Dipp3r]

Hi guys, after a bit of advice - whilst trying to retrieve a dead urchin from my sandbed I have knocked all my aquasape over and lots of acros have all been knocked off.
in order to reassemble, I can’t remove too much water as my coral will struggle - any suggestions before I start??

 

[MaxTremors]

Hi guys, after a bit of advice - whilst trying to retrieve a dead urchin from my sandbed I have knocked all my aquasape over and lots of acros have all been knocked off.
in order to reassemble, I can’t remove too much water as my coral will struggle - any suggestions before I start??

You can absolutely remove some water, so long as the coral stays wet, it’ll be okay (use a spray bottle with tank water). I would work as quickly as possible, if you think you can get it rebuilt within 20 minutes or so, I would go for it. If not, stone fix isn’t supposed to be used in tank, you may have to rethink your aqua scape and rebuild the parts out of water (put colonies/frags on a frag rack or on the sand). You may have to rebuild a part, and quickly drain the tank low enough to attach it, and then raise the water level, and then do another part the next day (to avoid ph increase, you’re only supposed to do add 2-3 new spots of stonefix per day). This is kind of the problem with these kinds of aquascapes, they can be fragile and fixing them once the tank is filled and full of livestock can be a huge PitA.

 

[Dipp3r]

You can absolutely remove some water, so long as the coral stays wet, it’ll be okay (use a spray bottle with tank water). I would work as quickly as possible, if you think you can get it rebuilt within 20 minutes or so, I would go for it. If not, stone fix isn’t supposed to be used in tank, you may have to rethink your aqua scape and rebuild the parts out of water (put colonies/frags on a frag rack or on the sand). You may have to rebuild a part, and quickly drain the tank low enough to attach it, and then raise the water level, and then do another part the next day (to avoid ph increase, you’re only supposed to do add 2-3 new spots of stonefix per day). This is kind of the problem with these kinds of aquascapes, they can be fragile and fixing them once the tank is filled and full of livestock can be a huge PitA.

A huge pita