Crushed coral mistake!?

[reef fool]

when I first set up my tank, I used 40lbs of live aragonite crushed coral. I hate the look and wished that I had sand. Is it a bad idea to add live sand over top? My water has been testing good at most levels (phosphates a little high) but I don't want to spike the tank and kill my corals. Anyone have any suggestions for me?

 

[aileena]

Why do you hate the look if I can ask? The brown algae on the c.c is from the phosphates. Are you using R/O water? Do you have a clean up crew? Have you siphoned it yet? There are serveral ways to remove any nuisance algae on c.c.
If you simply don't like it and want to replace with L.S good luck I am sure it can be done.

 

[dad]

Do not put sand on top. It will work to the top anyhow.
Get rid of as much as you can (if not all) and then add about 4" of sand.
There are alot of discusions on how to do this in the archives.
HTH,