Best option for cleaning bare bottom aquarium?

Chris918 · 03/08/2018, 02:17 AM

Hello,

In your experience, what is the best option for cleaning and removing small particles/detritus from a bare bottom reef tank? This is my first bare bottom tank and it is very obvious that my syphon hose won't pick up anything.

Thank you!

RobZilla04 · 03/08/2018, 05:09 AM

Better flow directed at the bottom. That will assist in keeping the detritus fully suspended as is the intent of the bare bottom.

kevin21 · 03/08/2018, 12:40 PM

I take a turkey baster and blow the rocks and bottom before a water change. Then just siphon out as much as a I can from the water column. I will also take the siphon and run it along the bare bottom and try to get into any tough spaces to grab any trapped detritus

oceanfan913 · 03/09/2018, 10:01 AM

Siphon and good waterflow. If doing things over, I would not have gone with fine sand but either bigger crushed coral or bare bottom.

thegrun · 03/09/2018, 11:29 PM

...cover the bottom with sand...

hersheyb · 03/10/2018, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by thegrun

...cover the bottom with sand...

works for me lol

Cancun · 03/10/2018, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by thegrun

...cover the bottom with sand...

LOL....me three!

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mitch91175 · 03/11/2018, 03:18 PM

Haha, me four!! Don't get the bare bottom idea myself.

DesertReefT4r · 03/12/2018, 11:40 AM

Me 5. Did bare bottom for a while and hated it, back to sand. You needs lots of flow in the tank, lots of flow across the bottom and run filter socks to remove the waste.

03/08/2018, 02:17 AM	#1
Chris918 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 174	Best option for cleaning bare bottom aquarium? Hello, In your experience, what is the best option for cleaning and removing small particles/detritus from a bare bottom reef tank? This is my first bare bottom tank and it is very obvious that my syphon hose won't pick up anything. Thank you!

03/08/2018, 05:09 AM	#2
RobZilla04 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: St. Augustine, FL Posts: 1,857	Better flow directed at the bottom. That will assist in keeping the detritus fully suspended as is the intent of the bare bottom. __________________ 90g Mixed Reef

03/08/2018, 12:40 PM	#3
kevin21 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 2,208	I take a turkey baster and blow the rocks and bottom before a water change. Then just siphon out as much as a I can from the water column. I will also take the siphon and run it along the bare bottom and try to get into any tough spaces to grab any trapped detritus __________________ Kevin Current Tank Info: Waterbox 50g, Tunze 9004 dc skimmer, Vortech mp10, Kessil ap700

03/12/2018, 11:40 AM	#9
DesertReefT4r Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Mesa Az Posts: 771	Me 5. Did bare bottom for a while and hated it, back to sand. You needs lots of flow in the tank, lots of flow across the bottom and run filter socks to remove the waste. __________________ Tank history 29g tropical ,55g cichlid tank, 20H softy reef, 29g mixed reef, 20H brackish goby & puffer tank, 55g mixed reef, 6g Nanocube softy lps reef, 40B sps reef, 75g sps reef, 75g sps reef in bu Current Tank Info: 75g sps reef build in the works.

03/09/2018, 10:01 AM	#4
oceanfan913 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 55	Siphon and good waterflow. If doing things over, I would not have gone with fine sand but either bigger crushed coral or bare bottom.

03/09/2018, 11:29 PM	#5
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	...cover the bottom with sand...

03/11/2018, 03:18 PM	#8
mitch91175 Premium Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 303	Haha, me four!! Don't get the bare bottom idea myself.