You guys mention that when you decided to go bare bottom in the BRS 160 and started removing sand, you had some real negatives happen, but I don't think I ever heard what exactly those negatives were.
I'm currently doing the same thing in my 220 gallon - I've removed half of the sand in my tank over the last 6 weeks (started in November) and will continue to do so until there is none left. I haven't noticed anything negative happen yet, my PO4 is still around 0.03-0.04, Nitrates are staying around 5-15ppm, and I haven't had an explosion of pest algae. Curious what happened to the 160 that you guys had mentioned?
I am dosing maintenance levels of Vibrant during this too, so that might be helping.
I'm currently doing the same thing in my 220 gallon - I've removed half of the sand in my tank over the last 6 weeks (started in November) and will continue to do so until there is none left. I haven't noticed anything negative happen yet, my PO4 is still around 0.03-0.04, Nitrates are staying around 5-15ppm, and I haven't had an explosion of pest algae. Curious what happened to the 160 that you guys had mentioned?
I am dosing maintenance levels of Vibrant during this too, so that might be helping.