Moving live rock

[parmaker]

I want to rearange my live rock. I have a fire fish, 3 chromis, 3 scarlett hermit crabs, 4 astrea snails and 6 nassarius snails. Would it be fine to rearange the live rock while they are in the tank?

 

[BurntOutReefer]

yes....dont distrub the substrate too much...and maybe do 10% waterchange afterwards just in case

 

[tuckrule]

I agree, there is no real issue

 

[rlf_racing]

Myself personally i would get a bucket or a styrofoam container and fill it with some of your tank water and put all of your clean up crew in it. I do that when i rearrange my rock. The fish will move out of your way when you get close to them so you shouldn't have to worry about them to much.

 

[robojet]

I've rearranged rock with critters in the tank... you just have to be careful and look under/around the rocks before you place them to make sure someone isn't hanging on that's going to get trapped. It would definitely be a good idea to put them in a separate container while you are doing it.

 

[Aquarist007]

if you have a sump then I would baste the live rock first with a turkey baster--get some of the debris back into the water column where it can be filtered off. I wouldn then run a micrcon filter soak for 24-48 hours and then finally move around the rock

 

[Tswifty]

I usually have done my aquascaping with my fish in the tank... However if I do a major overhaul then it's a different story... Regardless, I would do a water change within 24hrs... I would recommend 20%