bare bottom?

[t_hac]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

IMO, the only thing bare bottoms are good for is spanking

I ran a heavily stocked aquapod with no skim for a year and I contribute my success to the 5' of crushed coral I had on the bottom.
Pod city and excellent bio filtration...
In a larger tank, I don't think it makes as big of a difference, but in a smaller one, makes a big dif.

yea i am now leaning to having a small amount of substrate to keep the pods happy and i forgot about the bio filtration, since i have no skimmer this will be a +