Should I have gone bare bottom?

Justin James · 07/08/2007, 08:52 AM

I have a 150 gallon reef that is 6' feet long x 2' feet wide. I have a 3" inch sandbed. This tank is only young at 3 months old. I am slowly getting some SPS. Someday this tank will be mostly SPS and I am using high flow. My sand bed gets moved around alot by all the flow. Should I have gone bare bottom? I have a sandbed in my refugium.

Dubbin1 · 07/08/2007, 08:55 AM

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Originally posted by Justin James
I have a 150 gallon reef that is 6' feet long x 2' feet wide. I have a 3" inch sandbed. This tank is only young at 3 months old. I am slowly getting some SPS. Someday this tank will be mostly SPS and I am using high flow. My sand bed gets moved around alot by all the flow. Should I have gone bare bottom? I have a sandbed in my refugium.

You can adjust the flow pattern to help keep sand from getting blown around. Personally I think BB tanks look like crap.

seagirl · 07/08/2007, 11:19 AM

i say go bb! then you can have the flow however you want and not have to worry about all the mess that comes with sand. I have bb and will never look back.

macronut · 07/08/2007, 02:52 PM

It's a matter of preference. I prefer tanks with sand as they look more natural than rock sitting on glass or cut pieces of pvc piping.

Andrew · 07/08/2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally posted by seagirl
i say go bb! then you can have the flow however you want and not have to worry about all the mess that comes with sand. I have bb and will never look back.

Very True. Having starboard is a lot easier to clean a tank and you don't have sand getting into your pumps and you can have all the flow you want without a problem.

07/08/2007, 08:52 AM	#1
Justin James Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NS, Canada Posts: 510	Should I have gone bare bottom? I have a 150 gallon reef that is 6' feet long x 2' feet wide. I have a 3" inch sandbed. This tank is only young at 3 months old. I am slowly getting some SPS. Someday this tank will be mostly SPS and I am using high flow. My sand bed gets moved around alot by all the flow. Should I have gone bare bottom? I have a sandbed in my refugium.

07/08/2007, 11:19 AM	#3
seagirl Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,130	i say go bb! then you can have the flow however you want and not have to worry about all the mess that comes with sand. I have bb and will never look back.

07/08/2007, 02:52 PM	#4
macronut Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 405	It's a matter of preference. I prefer tanks with sand as they look more natural than rock sitting on glass or cut pieces of pvc piping.