Bare-bottom Before/After Photos...
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PITSTOP
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fakename - yes, i use the reef as a teaching tool throughout the year - it provides endless example of biological concepts.
cougaran - I had the yellow tang for over a year before the hippo - the yellow was very aggressive towards it for about a month, then it finally gave in and now they are friends! Personally, I like my Kole tang the best!
cougaran - I had the yellow tang for over a year before the hippo - the yellow was very aggressive towards it for about a month, then it finally gave in and now they are friends! Personally, I like my Kole tang the best!
garymcgrath
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I don't see any "racks" to hold the live rock and coral off the bottom as some suggest. I am thinking of going barebottom and am not sure if the racks are needed and/or helpful. Any thoughts?
Wiskey
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Wow, what a diffrence,... How much time passed before the "sand" and "no sand" picutes?
Garymcgrath, I cut up a plastic coat hanger, drilled holes in my bottom rocks and used the coat hanger as pegs to keep the rock up a little. This works very well and is a lot easer to hide. I am very glad I did it because it makes my rockwork more stable.
Thanks,
Whiskey
Garymcgrath, I cut up a plastic coat hanger, drilled holes in my bottom rocks and used the coat hanger as pegs to keep the rock up a little. This works very well and is a lot easer to hide. I am very glad I did it because it makes my rockwork more stable.
Thanks,
Whiskey
garymcgrath
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Wiskey,
Great idea! How deep did you drill and how long do the "legs" stick out?
Great idea! How deep did you drill and how long do the "legs" stick out?
Wiskey
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I used a cheap macenry bit (rock was very easy to drill) I drilled about 1/2 inch in, put super glue on the pegs then shoved them in, being carefull not to let the rock dry. The pegs stick out 1/8 to 1/2 inch, I used 3 pegs per rock so they don't rock (no pun intended) and how far the pegs stuck out was deturmined by how I wanted the rock to sit.
Thanks,
Whiskey
Triggerfish
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basically it shows before=tank a mess
and
after=tank cleaned/rearanged/stocked
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after=tank cleaned/rearanged/stocked
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xinumaster
reef addict
Does the skimmate really has to be a lot wet when going BB?
pitstop, tank looks very clean.
pitstop, tank looks very clean.
PITSTOP
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Triggerfish - In response to your comment, before I was doing water changes FREQUENTLY and harvesting algae daily - nothing I could do to get on top of the situation. After removal of my sand (and I had the whole cleaning crew thing going on - always buying clean-up crews) the algae dissappeared (at least 90% of it), water cleared up, most importantly much easier to maintain.
Again, this is my personal experience backed by photo documentation. I have (we all have) seen amazing systems with sand beds - I am not debating the merits of DSB's. Considering my situation (classroom tank), going bare bottom was the best thing I have done.
This coral was almost dead before removal of my sand bed:
About Summer vacation - I visit the tank every 10 days or so...I always have business at the school anyway - I am the dept chair, so I have budget responsibilities, curricula to tend to, chemical storage to deal with, yadda yadda.......any excuse to play with my REEF!!!!
Again, this is my personal experience backed by photo documentation. I have (we all have) seen amazing systems with sand beds - I am not debating the merits of DSB's. Considering my situation (classroom tank), going bare bottom was the best thing I have done.
This coral was almost dead before removal of my sand bed:
About Summer vacation - I visit the tank every 10 days or so...I always have business at the school anyway - I am the dept chair, so I have budget responsibilities, curricula to tend to, chemical storage to deal with, yadda yadda.......any excuse to play with my REEF!!!!
TheCoralReef731
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I wish you were my 7th grade teacher. Wow.
Triggerfish
Active member
i think i missed it ...but how old was the DSB?
it looked very very clean.
no diatoms,dinos,ciano, on the bottom or glass, just hair on the rocks.
it looked very very clean.
no diatoms,dinos,ciano, on the bottom or glass, just hair on the rocks.
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