Thinking of going bare bottom!

[Reefer Rob]

Darn, I have to work till 5:00. I'm getting sooo excited about this. Can't wait to point my closed loop nozzles anywhere I want!

Planning on mounting a Maxijet mod on a Wavy Sea centered on the back wall. Something that would now make a huge sand pile.

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

Darn, I have to work till 5:00. I'm getting sooo excited about this. Can't wait to point my closed loop nozzles anywhere I want!

Planning on mounting a Maxijet mod on a Wavy Sea centered on the back wall. Something that would now make a huge sand pile.

Rob,

Don't remove all the sand at once! You are essentially removing a large portion of your bacterial colonization. If you remove it all at once you may cause unwanted issues, ie RTN-STN due to increases in Nitrate and Phosphate. You also need to consider adding more rock to your sump/refugium in order to replace the medium that the bacteria just lost.

I run zeovit and biopellets so these two items make up for a lack of substrate...

Ian

[Reefer Rob]

My sand is just a skiff really, barely covers the bottom. Nutrients are very low, pretty sure I won't notice it.

Thinking about the Bio-pellets, been reading about them on RC... one thing at a time

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

My sand is just a skiff really, barely covers the bottom. Nutrients are very low, pretty sure I won't notice it.

Thinking about the Bio-pellets, been reading about them on RC... one thing at a time

Okay,

Just making sure!

[mseepman]

I'm really looking forward to seeing some pictures of your tank Ian. I'm planning a new tank and my two current tanks each have about 1 1/2" of sand. I think I would miss it a lot if it was gone but love the idea of easy detrius removal and big flow without sandstorms.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by mseepman

I'm really looking forward to seeing some pictures of your tank Ian. I'm planning a new tank and my two current tanks each have about 1 1/2" of sand. I think I would miss it a lot if it was gone but love the idea of easy detrius removal and big flow without sandstorms.

Pfft, Ian's tank has too many colors in it. I disapprove. Not enough brown. More brown plz.

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Pfft, Ian's tank has too many colors in it. I disapprove. Not enough brown. More brown plz.

LMAO, I do have one brown colony to give away but it is about the size or bigger than a basket ball! Does have blue tips though!