bare bottom

To me it seems like it can go either way. If you have a sand bed for your frag tank you need something in there sifting it. In addition you have increased media for stability and filtration If you have a bare bottom you in theory don't need anything or just a minor cuc. I want to see what...

Hi, Tanks been running for 9 months, all parameters in check except phosphate which I can never seem to get down. Moving house in a few weeks and currently have a 2 inch sand bed. Constantly covered in cyano/algae which I’ve been battling since tank started. Heard that bare bottom tanks can...

I don't want sand or agronite on the bottom because it always causes a sand storm. I also dislike bare bottom. Anyone make a great stuff foam bottom. Like they do with backgrounds, but for the bottom. Is it too boyant? I would weigh it down with live rocks. Tank is a new 125 build. It would be...

I have always wanted to get into saltwater tanks had a bunch of freshwater from imported flowerhorns to a big Rubbermaid with motoro stingray and catfish but never took the dive but October 2023 I took the dive after being out of keeping fish for 4 ish years after tub crashed from dead fish...

Hey folks. My name is José and I currently live in Augusta Georgia with my wife Erika who contributes a great deal to this tank as well. I'd love to introduce you guys to our new Nyos Opus G2 69 gallon tank! Unfortunately, our previous 50 Gallon SCA cube tank crashed back in September...

Hi all. 15g nano reef cycled up and running. It is a bare bottom setup with real reef rock. Return pump at 24x GPH. I also have an ecoTech pump placed at the bottom at high flow for detritus, etc. Pair of clownfish. I don't have any experience with shrimp. I would like to get a fire shrimp...

I just got my bare bottom tank up and running. Im using dry rock. Does anyone know what kind of bag or container I could use to hold live sand in my sump or display without it spilling out. I do not want loose sand in the system im just using it to help seed Biome. I was thinking those Keruig...

Hey guys, Sorry I haven’t been able to get to the posts on my last thread, I was busy and I just finished my big task of the day. My mom, dad and I just finished removing all the sand from the tank! We were thinking about it and as we sat in front of it after having the tank fallow and before we...

Recently got a new 15 gallon tank and just tested after adding zoas and a gsp frag. Noticed they weren’t doing well compared to my 13.5 tank. These are the results. Need help in trying to figure out a solution. Doing a water change now hoping it’ll help. Tank has a filter sock and filter floss...

Looking for ideas to improve my nano

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Hi. I been wanting to get a bamboo shark for my 220gal tank but it has been bare bottom for two years. Have any of you kept a bamboo shark in a bare bottom tank or should I put in sand before getting the shark?

So this is a thread to document my new reef tank. I'm returning back to the hobby after a 10-ish year hiatus. I had three previous tanks 29L, 40B, and a 58. All three were what I'd call science projects, lots of DIY, used equipment, lots of learning over 4-5 years. That was back in the reef...

This is my 3 gallon cube that has been up and running for almost a year now. It runs on 3 items. A top fin HOB filter, a coralife light capable of supporting soft corals, and a small heater.

Too many questions so sorry in advance¡ For a nano aquarium (<30 gallons) I’m curious if you add a Tupperware or like a Pyrex container ( # of such containers depending on the size of the aquarium) and filled them like 3/4th full with sand would that speed up the cycling process¿ If so, when one...

I’ve been thinking about removing my sand but I do have a melarunus and a yellow corris wrasse. I would like to add a second gyre to blow on bottom of tank. Is it possible to keep these wrasse in bare bottom? I really don’t want to get rid of them.

Starting with dry rock and cycling with a raw store-bought shrimp Display Volume: 70 G Overflow Volume: 3.7 G Sump Volume: 15 G Total Volume: 88.7 G Equipment: - ReefBreeders Photon 50-V2 Pro LED Lights - EcoTech MP-40 - EcoTech MP-10 - BRS 600W Titanium Heating Element - BRS Temperature...

This is weirding me out a lot because the tank is taking forever to cycle, and now I'm getting these growths out of nowhere. I've been cycling a barebottom tank with dry rock from Aquaforest for weeks now. I used Bightwell Microbacter Start XLM with Brightwell Microbacter QuickCycl (Ammonium...

Hello! Wasn’t sure where to post my question. I just got into the hobby. Decided to save some money and build an acrylic tank. My tank is 36x24x12 (lwh). Sides are 3/8” and bottom is 1/4” thick.I have attached some pics as well. Before I add water and start cycling, I was wondering if anyone...

Will be setting up a new tank, upgrading and learning from prior mistakes that I made with current tank(6 years running). It will be dry rock and bare bottom. Starting sterile and keeping up with a good quarantine regime to avoid pests issues, bare bottom for flow for SPS, and for cutting down...

Hello felow reefers! So I decided to start documenting my RSR 350 journey of the past 4 years finally. Im constantly making tweaks, changes, and additions so I thought this would be the best way to document everything. So, I began reefing around 7 years ago and started with a 60 gal cube. it...

I’m currently transitioning a 45 gallon freshwater tank to a saltwater one. I was wondering if i could keep it simple with maybe one medium/big fish, sand or bare bottom, and little to no decor? I don’t see much on simple set ups like this. Are there saltwater fish that would be comfortable? If...

1) Problem: (Growing Despair) 75 gallon, bare bottom, dry rock fishless cycle using Microbacter7 (per instructions) using new API tests. Now at 7 weeks I still have a consistent 2ppm ammonia (initially from raw shrimp, and now Dr. Tim's ammonia) but the ammonia level never drops, and I've...

Hi guys, does a tank with white sandbed really have better PAR distribution inside in comparison with the same tank, but with bare bottom and let say black cabinet top? I noticed that lower parts of acroporas branches aren't colored as good as upper and have significantly less polyps number...