idea for barebottom tanks

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Bob_I

Without opening a can of worms, (or crud) , I have become firmly convinced that crud is a necesary part of a well balanced tank.

You may be right, boB. On Saturdays, we de-crud our tanks by siphoning out the crud on the bottom of the tank and cleaning the foams in our mechanical filters. On Sunday, the crudding begins again for the rest of the week. On Friday, before the water change, I clean the glass, then turkey baste all the rock to de-crud it as much as possible. The tank is cloudy for an hour or so. Then back to the old grind on Saturday.

I can't imagine not de-crudding the tank weekly with the amount of crud we get. Our tanks are not over populated by any stretch of the imagination, either, so I don't know where the stuff is coming from. I'm guessing it's hitchhiker crabs eating algae that make much of the crud we siphon out.