demo/rebuild questions

jammerz · 03/25/2006, 06:18 PM

ok after a year and half of my tank being set up I have decided to tear it down and do a few things. The stand i currently have only allows my 29g sump to stick out of the back, so I have built a new stand so that i can run my sump parallel to my display, this is one reason i have to tear down. Also when I was super newbe i scratched the front of the tank bad with my mag float, so i though when I have the tank tore apart I should flip it around to use the non scratced back to be my new front,and paint the background black, with some super fast drying paint and then just be carefull setting it back up. And lastley I have never really liked my sandbed/or rockwork so i want to redesign it. I will have a team of tanker bros ready to help me, and I plan on doing this in one day. FWIW i have done the tear down thing and put together thing and am aware of what i will need to do to keep all my corals and fishes alive during this. I have alot of buckets and containers that i will save all of my water with. hopefully I can find my nudibranch before i tear down.

as of now I have a bout a 3-4 sand bed which is not serving the purpose of a DSB and is always dirty, i do have a 6 in sand bed with macros in my sump. I want a bright white sugary sand but im not sure how deep to go I want it to stay nice and clean so should I go shallow and have lots of sand sifters, and if so how shallow? What kind of sand can i use or should i use to do this? Do i need to worry about the reseeding of my sand bed or will my live rock about 100lbs worth, and my saved water be enough to make the tank not recycle. If I reused my sand would I need to worry about it being a nitrate bomb when I put it back in to reset up the tank?

If i paint the background on will it be safe to set up the same day?

Thanks in advance for reading this and answering.

Anything im missing?

180large · 03/25/2006, 07:22 PM

you are painting the outside of the tank right?????

jammerz · 03/25/2006, 10:16 PM

dude come on....

bump, anybody want to seriously help?

jammerz · 03/26/2006, 11:06 AM

please

03/25/2006, 06:18 PM	#1
jammerz Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boise,ID Posts: 101	demo/rebuild questions ok after a year and half of my tank being set up I have decided to tear it down and do a few things. The stand i currently have only allows my 29g sump to stick out of the back, so I have built a new stand so that i can run my sump parallel to my display, this is one reason i have to tear down. Also when I was super newbe i scratched the front of the tank bad with my mag float, so i though when I have the tank tore apart I should flip it around to use the non scratced back to be my new front,and paint the background black, with some super fast drying paint and then just be carefull setting it back up. And lastley I have never really liked my sandbed/or rockwork so i want to redesign it. I will have a team of tanker bros ready to help me, and I plan on doing this in one day. FWIW i have done the tear down thing and put together thing and am aware of what i will need to do to keep all my corals and fishes alive during this. I have alot of buckets and containers that i will save all of my water with. hopefully I can find my nudibranch before i tear down. as of now I have a bout a 3-4 sand bed which is not serving the purpose of a DSB and is always dirty, i do have a 6 in sand bed with macros in my sump. I want a bright white sugary sand but im not sure how deep to go I want it to stay nice and clean so should I go shallow and have lots of sand sifters, and if so how shallow? What kind of sand can i use or should i use to do this? Do i need to worry about the reseeding of my sand bed or will my live rock about 100lbs worth, and my saved water be enough to make the tank not recycle. If I reused my sand would I need to worry about it being a nitrate bomb when I put it back in to reset up the tank? If i paint the background on will it be safe to set up the same day? Thanks in advance for reading this and answering. Anything im missing?

03/25/2006, 07:22 PM	#2
180large Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: massachusetts Posts: 135	you are painting the outside of the tank right?????

03/25/2006, 10:16 PM	#3
jammerz Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boise,ID Posts: 101	dude come on.... bump, anybody want to seriously help?

03/26/2006, 11:06 AM	#4
jammerz Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boise,ID Posts: 101	please