Shallow Sandbed or No Sandbed

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by LostMind

At first I thought it looked wrong... but now I am kinda liking it. Its a strange contrast. I plan to let the bottom become overgrown with zoa's and rics to make it appear a bit more natural.

Yeah, it looks wrong to me too, but, dang, I'm still seriously considering using Plexi for the bottom of our tank. May not stand out as much as the starboard, but will certainly have that sterile look

Was also considering making sure I had growth of some organisms other than coraline on the bottom. When I think of that alternative, I only see another detritus trap and more stuff to have to go around when siphoning out the bottom.

Currently have some zoo frags in my BB 2.5g nano. I feed the tank nothing, yet I get detritus just from the rock the zoos are on resulting in a bit of cyano on the back of the tank. Gotta siphon the bottom out every couple of weeks. It's kind of a pita to siphon the 2.5g. What the heck am I gonna do with a 37g, a 67g and 120g, all of which are 24" high Probably get a long freaking hose

Thanks for the pics, Rick Gives me some ideas about how my tanks might look.