sand or bare bottom

[Justin_NY]

im still deciding to go with bare bottom or sand. what do u guys think?

 

[xxnonamexx]

aesthetically sand is better

 

[thirty6]

i had a hard time deciding on this as well.
there are a ton of things to consider. the easiest is what do you plan on keeping for livestock. i like the wrasse family and sand serves a purpose for them, same blue spot jaw fish and im sure a host of others. from what i have read, mostly here, is that a dsb creates a natural benefit to the aquarium. if you go 2" or less, many critters can keep it clean and serves an esthic purpose (what i decided on)

 

[jf2381]

I went bare bottom in my new tank and I plan on adding sand..
bare bottom is not growing on me. It is not pleasing to look at and the tank seems dark.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Go with about 1/2 inch of sand, just enough to cover the bottom.

 

[ducati335i]

i had a hard time deciding on this as well.
There are a ton of things to consider. The easiest is what do you plan on keeping for livestock. I like the wrasse family and sand serves a purpose for them, same blue spot jaw fish and im sure a host of others. From what i have read, mostly here, is that a dsb creates a natural benefit to the aquarium. If you go 2" or less, many critters can keep it clean and serves an esthic purpose (what i decided on)

+1

 

[V.Shaq]

If you go with sand get sand sifters they help alot with keeping it clean. I have lots of sand in my FO tank, I am always looking for more sand sifter makes life a little easier.....

 

[Justin_NY]

thx guys . i thnk im going to go with sand

 

[denverc]

Before i used to have sand on my tank, but then eventually i removed it because i reckon that it takes more time to clean it out, having the fact that i clean my tank fairly regularly i decided to go bare although i must admit that i did not look aethetically pleasing like when there was actually sand plus the fact that you could put more decorations to it when there is sand but then i was just being practical because i don't have much time these days so i decided to go bare

 

[E.intheC]

You can use starboard or paint the underside of the tank bottom white. That way it won't be as dark.

Barebottom requires a good amount of flow.

 

[Wolverine57]

Tried BB...definitely sand is nicer! A few years ago a member here told me the ocean is not bare bottom! Got me thinking!

 

[ducati335i]

I just feel sand does more good than bad done right.... I tried both on smaller tanks and i had better experience