Questions about major changes to my Aquascape

Well, depends on what you're doing and the likelihood of squashdom. Personally I do leave mine in but they are fairly hardy and I just go carefully when shifting the stuff around.

This was basically my thought process. Some people don't like to move things around while their fish are still in the tank. It's just as stressful leaving them in as it is taking them out IMO so it really comes down to how comfortable the OP is with it.
 
I decided to leave the fish in while I did the planting. Actually the majority of the fish seemed to take advantage of the new plantings as soon as they were in. I will post some photos when the water clears?
 
I always rescape with the fish in the tank. Ive seen my water pretty stirred up and no harm to the fishies......
 
I did a major rescape of my 20 gallon today and I left the fish in. They look the same as they did an hour ago, so I assume they did fine.
 
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