Any bare bottom tank fans? - Page 3

NastyZ · 01/16/2014, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremyjoslin

Coraline will cover a 3 foot by 6 foot tank in a couple months?

Yea mine did anyway it doesn't matter the size of the tank it's not like it covers sections at a time wherever there's light there can be coralline

solojrbb · 01/19/2014, 07:51 AM

I did the thin sand and substrate bed, and then did the thick sand be. My 92 gallon had been running for years and I had a PO4 problem, I was a rookie in some areas and couldn't figure out it was my sand. Its a ticking timebomb, I don't care what snails or how much you stir it, plus I have some pretty have tunze currents in my tank and wouldn't want a sand storm ;p

solojrbb · 01/19/2014, 07:56 AM

[ATTACH]Attachment 261602[/ATTACH]I am thinking about making a small corner of the tank substrate and coarse sand for a couple fish I want, sort of block it off with liverock, think it could work? And I can take it out when I want. Because I want a couple of jawfish and or blennies I would appreciate feed back on this Idea if you spare it..Thanks...Also listed nice trade and have a nice hawkfish XL that may be available..hes' picking on my new flasher wrasse..I can't have that S$it ;p

barjam · 01/19/2014, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ca1ore

Not a BB fan at all. My goal is to try to replicate as closely as possible the natural reef and I have yet to see a BB reef in the wild

Plus I keep sand wrasses so I need sand. Just my opinion, but BB tanks always end up just looking messy to me.

Have you ever seen any reefs in the wild? I have. The corals are often nowhere near the sand. So if a person was wanting to replicate the reef tops BB would be appropriate.

vitz · 01/19/2014, 02:41 PM

replicating the reefs in nature isn't close to being even *remotely* possible in our teeny little glass boxes. it's a specious argument for either side. it really boils down to personal aesthetics and taste, as either method can be equally successful from a 'quality of life' perspective for the system's inhabitants. both methods have their drawbacks, and workarounds for those drawbacks.

barjam · 01/19/2014, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by vitz

replicating the reefs in nature isn't close to being even *remotely* possible in our teeny little glass boxes. it's a specious argument for either side. it really boils down to personal aesthetics and taste, as either method can be equally successful from a 'quality of life' perspective for the system's inhabitants. both methods have their drawbacks, and workarounds for those drawbacks.

Totally agree I just hate seeing the argument.

solojrbb · 01/20/2014, 08:56 PM

I know some of you including my self are pushing some serious water with wave makers and if something goes wrong, its worse than a sand storm in the Middle East. I have 3 Tunze pushing water across 180 gallon tank and I had one slip off the magnet and what it did to my reef/live rock was enough damage for me..;p

BigAl2007 · 01/21/2014, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by AcroporAddict

Here are a couple videos of the tank, first from 9/12 shortly after setup, and the second eleven months later, on 8/13.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab2Ib7aFN84

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLDEHvCqg9Y

Dave your tank looks GREAT and has given me some ideas for my next tank build.

Thanks for sharing

reelredfish · 10/11/2015, 04:40 PM

Older thread but still a goo thread.

So my 5' 180 gallon in wall tank is my first bare bottom. It has now been setup for year and one month.

I have an MP60 on one side and two MP 40's across from it. On up higher and one lower. Problem I have is the bottom is always nasty. I feel this is still a flow issue.

Now with the amount of flow I have this should not be a problem but I feel it is because of the rocks redirecting the flow.

I often place a small pump on a scraper rod and stick it down there to blow the stuff out from around the rocks and under the rocks.

This makes one heck of a mess but at least stirs it up enough to get some of the crud out of the tank or off the bottom. Not sure what else I can do????

01/19/2014, 07:51 AM	#52
solojrbb Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Anderson, South Carolina Posts: 324	Sand and Substrate I did the thin sand and substrate bed, and then did the thick sand be. My 92 gallon had been running for years and I had a PO4 problem, I was a rookie in some areas and couldn't figure out it was my sand. Its a ticking timebomb, I don't care what snails or how much you stir it, plus I have some pretty have tunze currents in my tank and wouldn't want a sand storm ;p __________________ Silence is Bliss But Duct Tape is Silver Current Tank Info: 29 Gallon Biocube, 180 Gallon, glass, drilled aquarium, 3 Radium MHs, Reef Octopus, forget the right size, the one bigger than this tank, 75 gallon homemade sump/fuge, Tunze wave makers, Tunze auto top-off, Blueline pump, BARE BOTTOM Reef Tank

01/20/2014, 08:56 PM	#57
solojrbb Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Anderson, South Carolina Posts: 324	I know some of you including my self are pushing some serious water with wave makers and if something goes wrong, its worse than a sand storm in the Middle East. I have 3 Tunze pushing water across 180 gallon tank and I had one slip off the magnet and what it did to my reef/live rock was enough damage for me..;p __________________ Silence is Bliss But Duct Tape is Silver Current Tank Info: 29 Gallon Biocube, 180 Gallon, glass, drilled aquarium, 3 Radium MHs, Reef Octopus, forget the right size, the one bigger than this tank, 75 gallon homemade sump/fuge, Tunze wave makers, Tunze auto top-off, Blueline pump, BARE BOTTOM Reef Tank

01/19/2014, 02:41 PM	#55
vitz Moved On Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 987	replicating the reefs in nature isn't close to being even remotely possible in our teeny little glass boxes. it's a specious argument for either side. it really boils down to personal aesthetics and taste, as either method can be equally successful from a 'quality of life' perspective for the system's inhabitants. both methods have their drawbacks, and workarounds for those drawbacks.

10/11/2015, 04:40 PM	#59
reelredfish Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: DFW,Area Posts: 798	Older thread but still a goo thread. So my 5' 180 gallon in wall tank is my first bare bottom. It has now been setup for year and one month. I have an MP60 on one side and two MP 40's across from it. On up higher and one lower. Problem I have is the bottom is always nasty. I feel this is still a flow issue. Now with the amount of flow I have this should not be a problem but I feel it is because of the rocks redirecting the flow. I often place a small pump on a scraper rod and stick it down there to blow the stuff out from around the rocks and under the rocks. This makes one heck of a mess but at least stirs it up enough to get some of the crud out of the tank or off the bottom. Not sure what else I can do????