downside to reaquascaping

[Vauche]

I am sitting here with a cyano problem reading on cause and cure and many say flow, flow, flow. Well, that leads me to believe I might consider reaquascaping my rock. The tank is just about 4mo old (other info below).

To reaquacape there isn't really anyway I can do this without messing with the sand bed that would make any real difference in flow. What are the downsides to reaquascaping at this point, if any?

Can't remember if this is in the info. Live stock- 2 clows, 4 corals (Zoa, Kenya, GSP, birds nest).

Thanks.

 

[Playa-1]

Well if you move the livestock to a separate holding tank then there's not much real downside to reaquascaping your tank.
I guess the real draw back could be if you go thru all that and it doesn't fix your problem. Obviously it's messy and it takes some of your free time to do it.

My understanding is that Cynobacteria is more likely to take off in low flow areas but it is also initially fueled by poor water quality such as excess nutrients in the water. Once the Cyno gets established then it can sustain itself on photosynthesis alone and would no longer require the excess nutrients to thrive.

Before you go to all the trouble to reaquascape you might want to post your water parameters that your testing for and a photo of what your dealing with.

 

[Tswifty]

The downside is that you can stir up a bunch of nasty stuff into the water. When I do it, I perform a normal water change (15g in my case) immediately afterwards, and I've never experienced any post aquascaping issues.

I like the pillar/island look.

Here's my 90:

Here's a good link for ideas:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=746318