Bare bottoms!!!

[pap500]

We just set up this 30g Oceanic cube bare bottom last week. We have white starboard for the base. It's our first venture into bare bottom.





-P

 

[nameissoftlover]

Bb is nice once the coralline grows in, but if you don't have patience lol, I had a jbj Bb once, coralline looked awesome till my gsp took over, then I had grass, still looked good for me, but i found it easier to just go with a deep aragonite. My zoas will eventually grow over that and then the bottom of the tank will be zoas, no more worries lol

 

[tatuaje08]

I have always read that enough current will keep detritus suspended in the water column, thus preventing it from settling on the bottom. Is this true? If so, may I ask why you bb'ers aren't doing this? I'm thinking about going bb and would like to know if I should get a powerhead solely for this purpose....or if it's just a myth.

 

[nameissoftlover]

Enough flow could, but you would have to then worry about blowing corals over, in a smaller tank it would be easy but larger tanks become hard. My 29 gallon I have 2 maxi jets 1200 on a wave maker strip, they alternative and kinda surge, this keeps my aragonite clean. This system would work great Bb, but my tank is only 29 gallons, bigger tanks would require bigger pumps and that might be to much and blow stuff over

 

[miatawnt2b]

I went with a piece of tan travertine on the bottom of my tank. It gives some texture without having the plastic look of starboard.
-J

 

[nameissoftlover]

I went with a piece of tan travertine on the bottom of my tank. It gives some texture without having the plastic look of starboard.
-J

I wouldn't mind seeing that

 

[dream54ing]

I have always read that enough current will keep detritus suspended in the water column, thus preventing it from settling on the bottom. Is this true? If so, may I ask why you bb'ers aren't doing this? I'm thinking about going bb and would like to know if I should get a powerhead solely for this purpose....or if it's just a myth.

I was told the same thing, which make sense, but not sure how true it is.
Was never a fan of BB, doesn't give me the natural look.

I had about 4-5" of southdown about 6 years ago when the system was setup, but now theres only .5-1". Does anyone have same problem?

This thread made me add 80lbs to cover up some low area, which caused the milkshake effect for the entire weekend!

 

[nameissoftlover]

I was told the same thing, which make sense, but not sure how true it is.
Was never a fan of BB, doesn't give me the natural look.

I had about 4-5" of southdown about 6 years ago when the system was setup, but now theres only .5-1". Does anyone have same problem?

This thread made me add 80lbs to cover up some low area, which caused the milkshake effect for the entire weekend!

Back in the day, I used a turkey baster to add sand after it was established, took time but no milky effect

 

[dotcommer]

I have always read that enough current will keep detritus suspended in the water column, thus preventing it from settling on the bottom. Is this true? If so, may I ask why you bb'ers aren't doing this? I'm thinking about going bb and would like to know if I should get a powerhead solely for this purpose....or if it's just a myth.

This is definitely not true for my bare bottom. I have two MP40's in a 4ft long tank, plus another powerhead on the bottom in the back of the tank and its not enough water flow to lift all the detritus. The power heads definitely help, especially in the Nutrient Export mode however, when you have a lot of rock in the tank, the detritus will find its way to an area of less flow will start to build up.

 

[miatawnt2b]

I wouldn't mind seeing that

Take a look in my gallery there are a few pics of the cube build and one showing the led lighting.