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I am not concerned about keeping it coralline free. In fact, I expect to have it more likely covered with tiles of varying sizes for encrusting corals to populate. The starboard would just be for those oops moments where I accidentally lose my grip on a rock while picking it up or placing back in the tank and don't want my glass bottom to absorb the impact.Don't silicone it. That way, if/when you get sick of it, it will be easy to remove.
I tried it for an ultra clean bare bottom look. The textured surface makes it impossible to keep coralline off of. I think a solid 3/8" thick piece of polished teflon might do it, but that sounds really spendy. Dunno what your goals are, but if easy to clean and no coralline is one, it's going to be tough. BTW, I also tried delrin (acetal). It's denser than water and smoother than HDPE (starboard), but it's pretty expensive and you have to be careful cutting it as it can shatter. Coralline still grows on it.
I use egg crate for this reasonI am not concerned about keeping it coralline free. In fact, I expect to have it more likely covered with tiles of varying sizes for encrusting corals to populate. The starboard would just be for those oops moments where I accidentally lose my grip on a rock while picking it up or placing back in the tank and don't want my glass bottom to absorb the impact.
By using removable tiles, I hope to be able to use them as a means to control encrusting corals types to stop fast growing corals from overtaking and overwhelming the slower growers.
So I am not really looking for the white bottom look, just for functionality.
I found this video on cutting and using starboard.Do you just lay starboard on the bottom tank glass or do you silicone it in place?
I know it floats without rocks on top of it.