10/29/2017 - Poll Of The Day - Bare Bottom of Sand?

[njtiger24 aquariums]

Do you run a bare bottom or sandy bottom tank?

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

I tried a bare bottom on a 10g tank (in my girls room) but never liked it. Its just something about the look of sand that make it more of a reef/ocean for me.

 

[Exarkun1178]

I use very fine sand.

 

[Mark Shelly]

I used aragonite live sand to bring in ocean bacteria and help jumpstart the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate cycle.

 

[Mikeamadio]

I use the acc substrate

 

[mikem]

I use sand in the back of the tank and sand-stone tiles in the front of the tank. Makes it look like sand.

 

[myrjon]

sand in my daughters tank. sand in mine also . frag tank bare bottom.

 

[Mark_C]

Depends, I have both.
Running a 10g pest tank (GSP, Xenia, etc) that was constantly in need of maintenance, got rid of the sand and all is groovie.
Had a 25g softie reef that was bare botttom and kept having diatome probs and algae ggroowth, dropped in 15 pounds of sand all all well there.
Just set up my 2.5g with a 1.5" reef sand bottom, will see what happens.
So, for me its a tank to tank thing.

 

[techhnyne]

i really wanted to find tropical edan reef flakes but I also like a bare bottom

 

[Andy G]

I started with fine Caribsea Fiji Pink sand. I love the look, but in the first couple of months the sand found a way to get to the sump.

After it settled, I no longer face this issue.

I would actually recommend it, because it looks great.

I see the benefits of a bare bottom, just don't love the looks for LPS that go in the bottom.

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[Trio91]

To me BB doesn't give me that natural look n feel of a reef. I don't think I'll ever run a BB tank unless I go full sps

 

[JRWOHLER]

Sometimes when I come home from the beach I have a bare bottom of sand......oh wait your talking about our tanks....DSB main tank normal sand for son.