So bare bottom tank....how to keep debris up high enough to get sucked out?

[danorth]

I am wanting to go bare bottom with a 125 tank I have going in the garage. It is getting overhauled this week. I want to keep stuff from settling. Is it possible to keep stuff up long enough and high enough to get sucked out? Since this is a queen trigger tank, a clean up crew isn't an option. Should I just throw some sand in (about 1") and go back to that route with lots of flow and hope for the best? I just don't want the crap trap again.

I am placing a 40 gallon tall cheato tank under it with light above and on the side and will have LR rubble and sand in there for nutient export. I just would like some advice on how to keep stuff from settling in the main so that the cheato can do the work.

[ryanhayes96]

to keep most waste suspended in the water intil filtered use high flow. i have seen people use 40X turnover in there bare bottom sps tank to keep it clean

[danorth]

wow. That is a ton! Well, I will see what I can do. Thanks for replying!

[VolitanLioness]

Anything that settles in my tank I syphon out, I have my flow so anything that does settle, gets pushed to the right side where it seems to pile up, so it is a quick syphon. My main problem is Nori, it gets torn apart and it is messy.

I have also found, it is all in how you place your rock, I use large pieces with crevices on the bottom so I can see if there is a build up under my rock. If there is I can usually reach it with my syphon hose.

I have also seen where people cut large PVC pieces into about 1 inch chunks, than place egg-crate on top of that to hold the rock, you can avoid build up with this. Use black PVC or just wait for it to color overtime.

I have Lions and a cow so really high flow does not suit my tank.

Kaye

[danorth]

Thank you for the idea with the PVC. Maybe that is the route I will take.