Bare Bottom Tanks

[danny zubot]

This stood out in my mind...

The problem with the life in the sand bed is that acording to the good Dr. Ron (who started this sand bed craze) we can only support 10% of the number and viriaty of "bugs" that it takes to make a sand bed work properly.

What he didn't tell you that has been recently dicovered is that the 10% of those "bugs" account for about 85 to 90% of the denitrification process, all of which occures withing the first 3/4 inches of sand in an aquarium.

I'm not taking sides with the issue as I almost went bare bottom with my new tank. Instead I went with a 1 inch bed and utilize a diverse cleanup crew. I enjoy watching those little guys almost as much as the fish, thus I have placed more importance on a sandbed.