Gbeef's MINIBOW 7gal

[Carrera75]

Originally Posted by gbeef

If your going to have a sand bed i do not suggested 2 fish, because the waste stays in the sand and the sand inst deep enough in a nano to do any denitrifying.
BAREBOTTOM KICKSA$$ i will never go back to sand. I had sand in my old 50 gallon and was nothing but problems.

Im going to set up my first nano within the next few days and I wonder if it would be better to go barebottom rather than having sand.

cheers

[Fish]

Gbeef,
This tank looks awesome! I can't wait to see how it develops.
I totally agree with you on BB. I wouldn't put sand in a tank unless I really wanted to keep something that depended on sand. Other than that, no way!

- Chad

[gbeef]

Its all perosonal perference and as fish stated critters of course, but sand in a nano is more cosmetic. I love the look of sand, but when it comes to cleaning up and not worrying about tank crashes, algae, stuff detirus you can beat barebottom.

I put i a sheet of cutting board on on the bottom of my tank. for protection and for costemtic (more so protection) also read up on barebottom vs sand and keep in mind your going to setup a nano not a 100Gal tank with a 6inch sand bed. Theres a bunch of people on this board who have converted to barebottom.

If you go barebottom you can always add sand if you dont like it. removing sand from a setup is a messy job. If you also go barebottom you may want to get Aquaclear filter and stack it with Liverock. Also use RO water or goto the store and buy RO water. its only 5 bucks for 5gal.