Barebottom ????

[jbittner]

I have a 55gal with a glass bottom. Will the glass bottom look ok if I go Bare??? Will my softies be ok in a bb system???

 

[flyyyguy]

yes just dont drop any big rocks on it. I cracked a tank a month ago becasue it didnt have starboard bottom and a big rock fell......

I LIKE clear glass bottom for watching critters from below sometimes.........

your softies will be fine.....just may have to feed a couple of them

 

[n2prelude03]

it might have some ph problem, but alot of people are able to go bare bottom so it ok i think.

 

[garvondavis14]

the point of bb is to be able to have maximum control of your tank...by adjusting feed, skimming, and flow, you can make your tank as dirty or as clean as you would like.

 

[panic]

Make sure your rocks won't move. Softies do great in BB in my experience. I can't kill a patch of mushrooms and aptasia in my bb to save my life. My LPS are doing great also - hammers, frogspawn, plates, favia.

 

[jbittner]

my rocks have always sat on the glass anyway. I am looking to get rid of the cc w/o putting sand back in. Most of the creatures in my tank are between 4-8 yrs old (probably bulletproof by now). I am looking to convert to SPS but don''t want to get rid of all my softies. Thanks everyone. The transformation begins today.

 

[ScallopKing]

You could experience (as I did) continually very high nitrates after the switch to BB and is difficult to maintain and get back under control. No matter what I did it wouldn't drop back down to 0 ever. I finally put a remote sand bed in and is running good now and nitrates are considerably lower (0-5 now). HTH, Sean.