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Would replacing the sandbed require a recycling of the tank or will the bacteria from my live rock and filtration get it going pretty quickly again?

I've had a 55g tank with CC for about a year now and I've had high nitrate problems nearly the entire time. I bought the entire tank setup from someone so the CC had already been in use for some time. I've been considering changing it out for a live sand bed, but I'm unsure how to go about...