Thinking of going bare bottom!

[Reefer Rob]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

I just saw a picture of your tank in your sale thread and was just thinking of how amazing it looks! Don't do it!

BB looks so unnatural and often times kind of sterile. I think most people try to recreate what might be found in the ocean and on all my dives so far, I have yet to find any glass bottoms I guess most reefs are not all that natural looking because we tend to choose a wide variety of corals from many different areas but going BB is just taking it to another level of unnatural.

I would say in your case, your tank is so nice and working so well, why change anything?

Don't take this the wrong way but it won't look anything like it does now if you remove that nice white sand.

The sand can always go back in if I don't like it. Been wanting to do the Zoa bottom thing for a loooong time.

Damn, now I have to add Rics too!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

The sand can always go back in if I don't like it. Been wanting to do the Zoa bottom thing for a loooong time.

Damn, now I have to add Rics too!

Well its all personal preference in the end. I just think the tank looks so clean and sleek that adding a bunch of zoas on the bottom will really mess with the balance and create a clutter but that's just me

There is a gorgeous 1000G tank on RC (everyone probably knows which one I mean) and the corals, aquascaping is AMAZING but then there are these clusters on clams and lps all lined up on the bottom and it just kills the over all look. He has pictures from before littering his sand with corals/clams and the tank looks a million times better.

Amazing tank regardless. Yours and his

EDIT: I assume you know Denis based on your coral collection

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

The glass is only visible for a short time until Coraline algae covers it, eventually it just looks like bare rock only flat.

[Reefer Rob]

Ya, I was looking at your tank for a while before I said "hey you've got a bare bottom". It's not that noticeable really.

[BC Mosaic]

OK guys. What do these acronyms mean?

ULNS
Starboard
FTS

Nice looking tank, Reefer Rob. But I notice there is no coraline algae on the side & back panels. Is that because you constantly scrape them away or they just don't grow that much for you?

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by BC Mosaic

OK guys. What do these acronyms mean?

ULNS
Starboard
FTS

Nice looking tank, Reefer Rob. But I notice there is no coraline algae on the side & back panels. Is that because you constantly scrape them away or they just don't grow that much for you?

ULTRA LOW NUTRIENT SYSTEM
STARBOARD ---> kind of plastic that can be placed on bottom of tank
FTS ---> Full Tank Shot

[Reefer Rob]

Originally Posted by BC Mosaic

OK guys. What do these acronyms mean?

ULNS
Starboard
FTS

Nice looking tank, Reefer Rob. But I notice there is no coraline algae on the side & back panels. Is that because you constantly scrape them away or they just don't grow that much for you?

I scrape... but not constantly. As soon as I see specks of Coraline I scrape, otherwise the job is unbearable!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Is the tank in wall? I ask because of the 3 sides being blue.

[Reefer Rob]

It is in a stand, the sides are covered.

I forgot to mention one of my other reasons for going bare bottom. I have an Orange Shoulder Tang that likes to eat sand, then poop it out all over my corals and rock work. Every day I have to blow it off my Caps. This'll fix him!

1/3rd done... what a job!