Barebottom or sandbed Poll

[ReeferMan]

Curious to how many people actually have a Barebottom tank. If you do please let me know what your maintanance schedule includes. I recently went BB and have read so much but would like to see what people on WAMAS do.

 

*Chip- you dont have a BB tank so i dont want you making smart comments*

[Bendalat]

You saw my tank already.

Here is a recap:

 

400g total

~40x turn over

Big skimmer (rated 1,000 gallons)

30 gallons water change every 10 days

 

I have big fish (es).

I feed once a day but a lot.

Hope it help.

 

Khanh,

 

 

 

Curious to how many people actually have a Barebottom tank. If you do please let me know what your maintanance schedule includes. I recently went BB and have read so much but would like to see what people on WAMAS do.

 

*Chip- you dont have a BB tank so i dont want you making smart comments*

[treesprite]

well, it WILL have a sandbed... right now there's some stuff that sort of blows around

 

So I see you did not include crushed coral on that list... maybe not seeing it will encourage users to get rid of it.

[Guest NSC]

Currently have a sandbed and am working through whether or not going barebottom. There are pros and cons to each; BB=more flow possibilities so more SPS also easier to clean, but do I want to not keep softies/LPS by going tsunami??? Each has its limitations with corals and livestock, I suppose you just need to know what you really want to keep. The internal debate rages on...

[ReeferMan]

i think most softies and LPS will be ok in high flow. The concept of BB is just a different approach than the sand bed. This includes siphoning out gunk weekly, running a large skimmer and UV. Increase the flow to keep stuff from settling so the skimmer can remove it. So far i like it but my rocks are shedding so there is alot of stuff on the bottom of the tank that settles.

[jamal]

i used to be really hardcore on sandbeds but now thati have decided to upgrade in a while and turn my 180 to all sps i am starting to see the appeal of bb tanks and will prolly go that way for the sps tank.

[jason the filter freak]

I think the sand beds have it

[Donny]

my 125 is bb, weekly maintenance includes....

 

 

siphoning all the snail poop and ditritus out aswell as shedding from rocks

 

20% biweekly water change even though this past month i didnt do one at all and i didnt see a rise in anything.

 

my return is a mag 12 and i run 1 vortech at full blast (3000gph)

 

my skimmer is a kent skimmer skimming really really wet...(1g a day of skimmate.)

[ReeferMan]

People that have BB tanks, what do you use as a cleanup crew?

[bigJPDC]

Donny - 1 gallon of skimmate a day?

[Guest Pumping Fe]

Bare bottom FTMFW

[bk_market]

im planning to go like 1~1.5" sand bed