Thinking of going bare bottom!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Went BB with my 210g reef at first. After 6 months, wife & I decided we hated the look so added 100 lbs of sand & voila, loved it.

If you go BB, then you can always add sand later without negative consequences if done properly.

Anthony

[banditpowdercoat]

Well, after re aquascaping my tank yesterday, pretty much bare bottom. Have a tiny bit of sand. Just enough to cover most of the bottom, but it's being blown around to show bare glass in area's. I think I like it
I'll try for a FTS today

[Leah]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Well, after re aquascaping my tank yesterday, pretty much bare bottom. Have a tiny bit of sand. Just enough to cover most of the bottom, but it's being blown around to show bare glass in area's. I think I like it
I'll try for a FTS today

Do I get a sneak preview first, just to give my approval of course!

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Well, after re aquascaping my tank yesterday, pretty much bare bottom. Have a tiny bit of sand. Just enough to cover most of the bottom, but it's being blown around to show bare glass in area's. I think I like it
I'll try for a FTS today

You likely won't go back! The glass will encrust with Coraline, you can crank up the flow big time, you overall nutrients will be less, your Corals will be happy!

[banditpowdercoat]

LOL, Leah, maybe

Ian, ya that's what I am hoping for, lower nutrients. What was trapped in my sand, after 6 months was appalling. AND stinky!!!!! Now, I have a delema of what to do with 15g of sand in a Brute garbage can, that I can't move LOL

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

LOL, Leah, maybe

Ian, ya that's what I am hoping for, lower nutrients. What was trapped in my sand, after 6 months was appalling. AND stinky!!!!! Now, I have a delema of what to do with 15g of sand in a Brute garbage can, that I can't move LOL

Mix the sand into your compost or into your garden, will work wonders for your plants considering how much nutrient gets saturated.

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

LOL, Leah, maybe

Ian, ya that's what I am hoping for, lower nutrients. What was trapped in my sand, after 6 months was appalling. AND stinky!!!!! Now, I have a delema of what to do with 15g of sand in a Brute garbage can, that I can't move LOL

When I removed my deep sand bed and went shallow I began turning that excess sand into frag disks. I've made around 80 large ones and over 200 little ones so far... and I still have a lot of extra sand. Obviously you'll want to rinse the sand as well as you can first.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59760

[Reefer Rob]

It's definitely some kind of ugly when the sand first comes out. Still trying to get used to the look of it, but I'm sure it'll look better when the coraline starts. Super cool how I can direct flow anywhere I like now. For that reason alone I think I'd find it difficult to put the sand back in.

I'm having a lot of trouble getting the last bit of sand out from between the rocks, and the sand has caked along where the rock meets the glass so it has to be chipped out. So for the next little while it looks like I'll be blasting with a power head and siphoning

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

It's definitely some kind of ugly when the sand first comes out. Still trying to get used to the look of it, but I'm sure it'll look better when the coraline starts. Super cool how I can direct flow anywhere I like now. For that reason alone I think I'd find it difficult to put the sand back in.

I'm having a lot of trouble getting the last bit of sand out from between the rocks, and the sand has caked along where the rock meets the glass so it has to be chipped out. So for the next little while it looks like I'll be blasting with a power head and siphoning

You will likely have to do this on a regular basis anyway as the debris will tend to collect in a certain area of the tank with the flow.