Going Bare Bottom--Any Thoughts?

[ShaunW]

solby,what made you connect the sand bed to the main tank?

Cyanobacteria outbreak! and my feeling that I needed more surface area to harbor bacterial populations. Since I have a weak skimmer and not as much flow as I should have I was concerned that I wasn't remove enough dendritus as I should.

 

[Alex]

do you have any current pics of the setup?

 

[ShaunW]

Sure, here you go, here are a few, more can be found in my tank thread or gallery.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/9021-solbbys-tank-17.html

 

[jhale]

:scratchch maybe I'll pull the sand out of my tank and do a zoa bottom, that looks hot better than the anthelia bottom I had 2 years ago :dead1:

 

[neptune]

i dont know:scratch: but i just added a tunzie 6000 to my 90 sps tank and aimed it upwards and its seperating my 3" sandbed in half like moses parting the red sea...barebottom looks hot with zoos...i think im throwing out the sand

 

[jhale]

Neptune, what's up,
don't just toss out the sand, make sure your equipment can handle getting rid of the poop with out the sand bed buffer.

 

[Alex]

nice tank solby,thanks for the pics.