ridetheducati
20 and Over Club
Recommend not using glass to cover the holes, possible leak area. Use a bulkhead with a cap.
Any bare bottom tank fans?
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Recommend not using glass to cover the holes, possible leak area. Use a bulkhead with a cap.
ridetheducati
20 and Over Club
Paint the wood under the tank white, which will help reflect light back up into the tank. Free light.
FishStoreRob
New member
I've found that throwing a fitted piece of star board is a good practice, it protects the glass and if you put it in, in pieces then it allows you to grow large zoo colonies across it and makes for easy frag-age.
In the case of some fishes, they try to match their surroundings. The rabbitfish I keep at home, is a different color over sand than he is when over the live rock. When I moved and redid the gravel and had a diatom bloom- he would be dark over the gravel, and after I brushed away the diatoms- he would be platinum over the gravel all within 5 minutes. This is a very easy topic to research online-many authors have documented it, starting in the early 1930s. Speculation is fine-documentation is better. RC needs to raise the bar on information being based on science, fact and personal observation and less about opinion and polls of such. And this is not directed at Vitz-in any way- I think his theory is interesting when it comes to a transparent bottom-but not so much when the coraline covers.
As the former owner of a 916, I agree with ducatirider-bulkheads and caps is the standard way to handle that issue.
jeremyjoslin
New member
Bulkheads with caps aren't feasible due to a couple reasons I articulate in other posts. They were poorly planned hole locations with some chipped edges and recessed in plywood.
I need to do patches. Any guidance on how to improve my chances of no leaks? Do you have experience with leaky patches?
jeremyjoslin
New member
I can't.... wood is siliconed to bottom. And tank weighs 600+ lbs so can't just pick it up and pain the wood easily.
Pragmatically, anything wrong with sand-epoxy mix painting the bottom? I see from your sig you have a 300DD.... going to search for pics of your setup. Thanks for your input!
jeremyjoslin
New member
Coraline will cover a 3 foot by 6 foot tank in a couple months?
Yes over the years I have seen leaking patches- but never noted the particulars. I would use large squares of glass, and make sure the silicone between the sandwich is of even depth and level. Then I would run a continuous bead around the perimeter. I would expect success,but one never knows.
Yea mine did anyway it doesn't matter the size of the tank it's not like it covers sections at a time wherever there's light there can be coralline
Sand and Substrate
Sand and Substrate
I did the thin sand and substrate bed, and then did the thick sand be. My 92 gallon had been running for years and I had a PO4 problem, I was a rookie in some areas and couldn't figure out it was my sand. Its a ticking timebomb, I don't care what snails or how much you stir it, plus I have some pretty have tunze currents in my tank and wouldn't want a sand storm ;p
Sand and Substrate
I did the thin sand and substrate bed, and then did the thick sand be. My 92 gallon had been running for years and I had a PO4 problem, I was a rookie in some areas and couldn't figure out it was my sand. Its a ticking timebomb, I don't care what snails or how much you stir it, plus I have some pretty have tunze currents in my tank and wouldn't want a sand storm ;p
[/ATTACH]I am thinking about making a small corner of the tank substrate and coarse sand for a couple fish I want, sort of block it off with liverock, think it could work? And I can take it out when I want. Because I want a couple of jawfish and or blennies I would appreciate feed back on this Idea if you spare it..Thanks...Also listed nice trade and have a nice hawkfish XL that may be available..hes' picking on my new flasher wrasse..I can't have that S$it ;p
Have you ever seen any reefs in the wild? I have. The corals are often nowhere near the sand. So if a person was wanting to replicate the reef tops BB would be appropriate.
vitz
New member
replicating the reefs in nature isn't close to being even *remotely* possible in our teeny little glass boxes. it's a specious argument for either side. it really boils down to personal aesthetics and taste, as either method can be equally successful from a 'quality of life' perspective for the system's inhabitants. both methods have their drawbacks, and workarounds for those drawbacks.
I know some of you including my self are pushing some serious water with wave makers and if something goes wrong, its worse than a sand storm in the Middle East. I have 3 Tunze pushing water across 180 gallon tank and I had one slip off the magnet and what it did to my reef/live rock was enough damage for me..;p
BigAl2007
Active member
Dave your tank looks GREAT and has given me some ideas for my next tank build.
Thanks for sharing
reelredfish
Member
Older thread but still a goo thread.
So my 5' 180 gallon in wall tank is my first bare bottom. It has now been setup for year and one month.
I have an MP60 on one side and two MP 40's across from it. On up higher and one lower. Problem I have is the bottom is always nasty. I feel this is still a flow issue.
Now with the amount of flow I have this should not be a problem but I feel it is because of the rocks redirecting the flow.
I often place a small pump on a scraper rod and stick it down there to blow the stuff out from around the rocks and under the rocks.
This makes one heck of a mess but at least stirs it up enough to get some of the crud out of the tank or off the bottom. Not sure what else I can do????
So my 5' 180 gallon in wall tank is my first bare bottom. It has now been setup for year and one month.
I have an MP60 on one side and two MP 40's across from it. On up higher and one lower. Problem I have is the bottom is always nasty. I feel this is still a flow issue.
Now with the amount of flow I have this should not be a problem but I feel it is because of the rocks redirecting the flow.
I often place a small pump on a scraper rod and stick it down there to blow the stuff out from around the rocks and under the rocks.
This makes one heck of a mess but at least stirs it up enough to get some of the crud out of the tank or off the bottom. Not sure what else I can do????
