Sand vs. Barebottom?

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by Doug

This an old pic I found of a false bottom I once made for my 90g cube. If my memory serves me correct, I used a thick sheet of plexi glass. Put on a layer of reef safe silicone and then encrusted it with 1mm to 2mm aragonite. Lots of aging and rinsing after.

Worked and looked pretty good. Did collect detritus but could be sucked out during water changes.

Ot at least I think it did. Was a long time ago.

Now this actually looks good. For me i'm trying to create my own little piece of the ocean in my home and a with out sand it just takes away from the whole look. It looks bad IMO. I only have a 144G and run a Barracuda pump and have 2 MP40s and a MP10 all set at 80% on NTM and have sugar sand. No sand storms and even have a sand sifting goby. With proper placement of rock and the powerheads nobody should be having sand floating around in their tank.