can I see some pics of bare bottom tanks?

[sdesi2005]

Amazing, simply Amazing

 

[barbra]

Kong, I read your previous posts on making the bottom, I am wondering how the performance has been over time. Did the stuff seem to leach anything? Any problems with cracking or discoloration, etc?

 

[King-Kong]

Only issue is the same one all BB'ers experience; it eventually all turns purple! (Or, in my case, a deep red corraline, as no other corralines seem capable of living under the stronger lights I use)

 

[barbra]

It seems like a great trick, I am so afraid of commitment though. Can you think of any way to make it removable if you change your mind?

 

[King-Kong]

Remove your rocks and pull the boards out? I've got thriving SPS in my system, so I dont think the board is leaching anything.

 

[barbra]

Boards? I must have missed something. I thought you just poured the mixture into the tank and sprinled a bit more sand on top?

 

[King-Kong]

No -- I poured the mixture ontop of cut cutting boards.

 

[ChloroPhil]

I'm sort of in an inbetween zone with my tank right now. I much prefer sand but thanks to the possibility of moving sometime in the next year I'm considering going bb until I've settled into a more stable housing situation. Would y'all please share your experiences with detritus and whatnot after your bb tanks become not-so-barebottom after corals start growing on the bottom?

Have you seen any negative impacts to date?


Thank you!
Phil

 

[barbra]

And it doesn't stick to the glass? Or did you put it in after it was formed?

 

[asnatlas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8733975#post8733975 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by barbra
And it doesn't stick to the glass? Or did you put it in after it was formed?

It will stick to the glass... When people do a faux BB they will cut the starboard to the size(s) they need and then I know one way to do it is to take duck tape and place it around he perimeter of the board to act as a wall to hold the epoxy in until it dries, this is all done outside of the tank...

 

[barbra]

Ah hah, seems obvious now

 

[danskim]

More pictures?

 

[ckoral]

I have a bare bottom tank, however I built an acrylic dam of sand in the front of the display sides. The rocks are stacked right up to the dam and you cannot tell it is a bare bottom tank. So I get the pleasing display of a sand bed, and the advantage of bare bottom.

 

[simion3]

Not the best pic but heres mine:

 

[juststartingout]

Could some of you BB folks please take a look at this and offer some input?

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8918024#post8918024

Thanks so much

 

[NanoGurl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7395336#post7395336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tonyscoots84
heres my 75 gallon BareBottom Tank...

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery...he exact same thing once we move. Very nice!

 

[msuzuki126]

Bump.

 

[elephen]

This is a good thread.

 

[Amador]

I am really really considering going BB. Would I have to re-acclimate all of my fish if I pull them out, drain the tank, take out sand, and re-fill it with fresh SW?

 

[SDguy]

Wow, never imagined I would post in this thread