What do you guys think?

[Southern Boy]

I'm making some mods to a 12 gallon aquapod I bought that is fullt cycled and has been running for around 6 months.It has all stock media that I want to make go away.I've already to a hammer to a piece of LR from my 54 and made it into rubble.The 2nd chamber has 2 bags of ceramic rings and and the 3rd has bio balls.I want to take them all out and incorperate a fuge later.The ? is,should I leave the old media in and remove it slowly or go ahead and take it all out now due to the LR coming from an established system?

[capn_hylinur]

If you fragged the live rock and moved it between systems there still will be some cycling. I would wait another week or so and monitor for ammonia and nitrates
If you want to decided how to remove the filter media--all at once or partially unhook the filter for 24-48 hours and monitor for spikes. If not then remove all the media at once.