Black starboard bb

[Francesco.mancini]

Hello MR,
I want to share with you my new bare bottom black starboard mixed reef.
I drained my tank, vaccumed all my fine grade sand and replaced the stand with a custom piece of 1/2" starboard. . I love look and no longer have to blow sand off my lps. All my parameters still seem unchanged. . I run zeovit so I have a very low nutrient tank. I'll keep everyone posted on how it working out for me and if you have any question don't hesitate ask. One of the best decisions I have made in the hobby other than switching from led to t5. I purchased the board from cuttingboardcompany.com

 

[thirty6]

Very nice, where did you get the starboard from?

 

[Francesco.mancini]

Cuttingboardcompany.com you tell them the dimensions you want , they instantly quote you and it shipped to you In 3 days. They also have white which reflects light very well but I chose black for the pop

 

[MikeC]

Nice! Your going to love the board

 

[Francesco.mancini]

Oh yes already do... Can't wait for my next water change to syphen out detritus from the rock

 

[pmoneyt]

I run BB and its soooo much better when it come to cleaning, just more work.

 

[OOtzie]

I run BB and its soooo much better when it come to cleaning, just more work.

are you saying having a BB is more work or cleaning the sand?

 

[Francesco.mancini]

More work regarding siphoning out the settled Debris rather than being mixed in with sand

 

[OOtzie]

More work regarding siphoning out the settled Debris rather than being mixed in with sand

your siphoning regardless :banghead:

 

[Francesco.mancini]

On a black sheet of starboard it is much more noticeable , irather than sand where you can leave debris for a week , I like a spotless aquarium so daily siphoning May be required

 

[duke62]

That sort of defeats the purpose of BB. Put a power head at the bottom of the tank if a little dirt bothers you to keep it from settling . I love my BB. My calcium doesn't deplete quickly like with sand, I can blast the power heads as much as I want and it looks so much cleaner

 

[Macropora]

Your black starboard looks cool. I use a half inch thick white starboard on my 240 cube and love the reflection it makes as if it's sand. The other reason to use it is to protect the glass bottom of my tank to prevent dropping a rock on it.