Advice needed please

[Steve'o]

Is it a good idea to put egg crate on the bottom of the tank before putting in your sand and for support of your Live Rock?

[viperfish]

Originally Posted by cadmandu

Is it a good idea to put egg crate on the bottom of the tank before putting in your sand and for support of your Live Rock?

Some people have done this but I personally do not. Detritus will get down in there and it gets very difficult to remove, sand sifters have a tough time getting to it there as well. Lots of people place live rock directly on the bottom in a bare bottom setup with no problem, I like to spread a layer of sugar fine sand, then a coarse layer on top to prevent any pressure points on the glass.

[fishytime]

Looks to me like the bottom half plumbing needs to changed too..... The primary drain in a herbie should be plumbed below the water level in the sump.....I would also consider removing the egg crate and the bio-ball box that is in that drain chamber....you don't need it there

[mark]

Originally Posted by cadmandu

Is it a good idea to put egg crate on the bottom of the tank before putting in your sand and for support of your Live Rock?

with the old tank having a DSB I made boxes out eggcrate for the LR to sit on. As the LR was being placed before the sand, reasoning was "why bury the LR in 4" of sand'. Current tank is BB, LR just sits directly on the glass.

Nice to see you've started with a Herbie.