Live rock on eggcrate, sand or on bottom?

[hillegom]

I put eggcrate down first and then the LR. You could just use pieces of eggcrate under the rocks. I used eggcrate because I think it spreads out the weight of the LR. Also, if you have burrowing fish, the LR won't shift and or scratch the glass. Not that that matters IMO.

[Nano]

eggcrate

[NU-2reef]

Also if a larger piece of Lr were to fall and displace the sand, then the eggcrate will prevent the glass bottom from breaking.

[Bblinks]

+2 eggcrate

[cale262]

Originally Posted by hillegom

I put eggcrate down first and then the LR. You could just use pieces of eggcrate under the rocks. I used eggcrate because I think it spreads out the weight of the LR...

+1 for the same reasons...

Although, I'm considering placing a piece of black acrylic on the bottom of my next build with no sand...

[Reef Pilot]

Sounds like eggcrate is the winner. Thanks everyone for your help.

[lockrookie]

depending on your substrate your power heads/ fish may move your sandaroundand youll see the egg crate i may put acrilic down personally should give enough protection from falling rocks especially with sand to cushion it

[reefwars]

if you do go eggcrate leave it 2" away from the edges all around that ways you can still scrape the glass to the bottom with a blade and if you have any sand sifters it wont show eggcrate right up against your glass;P


not a fan of just eggcrate under rocks as if your like me i change my scape quite a bit

[Reef Pilot]

All good points and advice. Thanks again. guys.

And I guess detritus collecting in the eggcrate is a non-issue?

[Beverly]

With what I siphon out of my tank every week, there's no way I'd ever have a sandbed again, nor would I use eggcrate. Both trap detritus and ultimately cause problems. Here's what I siphoned out of my 10g at the end of curing LR....

10g Water Change