How do you keep your bare bottom clean?

[toddmau5]

Frag tank is bare bottom and manages to accumulate a ton of detritus that I have to manually vacuum out. I've tried increasing the flow with another powerhead at the bottom of the tank to try not to let things settle and it just ends up creating little detritus cyclones. How do you keep your clean?

 

[viper12775]

I just vac it out the best I can every week

 

[shibby1]

Just add a power head towards the bottom of the tank and let it blow up the detritus and let the filter pick it up

 

[BobbyV]

I just vac it out the best I can every week

+1

I have two MP60's on my sides and two RW15's on the back pointed down pushing all the junk toward the front.

However as it is suspended in the water column your mechanical filtration will find it.

Whatever is accumulated forward, I just suck it out during a water change.

I also have a small RW8 in the sump near the skimmer to activate for 2 minutes every night at midnight to have the skimmer suck everything up in the sump.

Vortech Schedule Associated with AFS Feeder via WXM.


Front Right MP60:

Fallback ReefCrst
Set ReefCrst
If Time 07:00 to 12:00 Then Nutrient
If Time 12:00 to 21:00 Then ReefCrst
If Time 21:00 to 07:00 Then ReefNight
If Time 13:00 to 13:04 Then OFF
If Time 15:00 to 15:04 Then OFF
If Time 17:00 to 17:04 Then OFF
If Time 19:00 to 19:04 Then OFF
If FeedA 000 Then OFF

Front Left MP60:

Fallback ReefCrst
Set Anti-Syn
If Time 13:00 to 13:04 Then OFF
If Time 15:00 to 15:04 Then OFF
If Time 17:00 to 17:04 Then OFF
If Time 19:00 to 19:04 Then OFF
If FeedA 000 Then OFF

Back Right RW15:

Fallback ON
Set RW15
If Time 21:00 to 07:00 Then OFF
If Time 13:00 to 13:04 Then OFF
If Time 15:00 to 15:04 Then OFF
If Time 17:00 to 17:04 Then OFF
If Time 19:00 to 19:04 Then OFF
If FeedA 000 Then OFF

Back Left RW15:

Fallback ON
Set RW15
If Time 21:00 to 07:00 Then OFF
If Time 13:00 to 13:04 Then OFF
If Time 15:00 to 15:04 Then OFF
If Time 17:00 to 17:04 Then OFF
If Time 19:00 to 19:04 Then OFF
If FeedA 000 Then OFF

Sump RW8:

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 00:00 to 00:02 Then RW8

AFS Auto Feeder

OSC 000:00/000:30/000:30 Then ON
If Time 00:00 to 13:00 Then OFF
If Time 13:02 to 15:00 Then OFF
If Time 15:02 to 17:00 Then OFF
If Time 17:02 to 19:00 Then OFF
If Time 19:02 to 00:00 Then OFF
If FeedA 000 Then ON

Keep it simple! :wildone: