Switching Substrates?

[cedarreef]

Well, I currently have a 46 gallon FO tank with 2 yellow-tail damsels, a LMB, and a vlamingi tang (he's small, and I don't plan on keeping him forever...), and 2 turbo snails. I'm looking to turn this into a reef very soon. The only thing I really need to do is take out all my crushed coral, and replace it with LS. I have quite a bit of CC, and I don't know how to get rid of it without tearing the tank down. Then, I know that sand clouds the water a lot, so would that be safe for the fish/ inverts? Some advice is much needed here. Do I need to take all the livestock out to replace the substrate?

 

[bruner54]

if you had a qt you could put everything in the qt

 

[shinobi9119]

I wuold do it little by little over a week or so

 

[cedarreef]

well, I would have to put the LR on the glass anyway, so I think the little by little would probably work with minimal clouding... I don't plan on having a ton of sand anyway. I just want a thin cover...maybe 40lbs?