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Larah
03/06/2008, 05:27 PM
Ok so I've decided I really don't like sand....
It's dirty...
It gets onto my corals....
It shifts into big "Mountains" and leaves bare spots from
the flow.... It's driving me INSANE!
Everyday, I vow, "I'm not gonna stick myhands in the reef..." and everyday I end up d oing it anyway, becaus the sand is killingme...
HELP!
xenon
03/06/2008, 05:30 PM
Welcome to the bare bottom club! :)

I enjoy pointing my powerheads to the floor towards the rear and all the detritus collects in the front of my tank and then I can siphon it all out. :D
Capt_Cully
03/06/2008, 05:32 PM
I hear ya. I started with a DSB. Aced that in the new tank. Started an SSB in that one. Now I have a partial BB and partial SSB. If I have company I spruce up the tank with some fresh aragonite, but sooner or later I siphon it out. I can deal with the look. The inhabitants seem to like the cleaner tank much better.
Larah
03/06/2008, 05:45 PM
Well I'm glad I'm not insane alone...LOL!
next tank WILL be BB... Long and aggressive! Muwahahahahaha!
Capt_Cully
03/06/2008, 06:15 PM
:lol:
Ratpack
03/06/2008, 06:36 PM
Yep, right there with you. New tank will be BB and as I siphon the sand out of the current tank, it will convert to mostly BB.
SDguy
03/06/2008, 06:41 PM
My plan was to add sand eventually. I never did.
Larah
03/06/2008, 07:27 PM
Be gald you didn't!
That damn sand is the bane of my existence rightnow! LOL!
bill-fit
03/06/2008, 07:42 PM
My tank was set up with sand, had all the problems your having,
now I'm finishing up my barebottom refit.
lancer99
03/06/2008, 08:12 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12027993#post12027993 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Larah
Ok so I've decided I really don't like sand....
It's dirty...

That's too bad. A DSB, given a modicum of thought, is the easiest way to reduce nitrates, process detritus, and add bio-diversity to your tank.

-R
Gary Majchrzak
03/06/2008, 08:14 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12029424#post12029424 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lancer99
That's too bad. A DSB, given a modicum of thought, is the easiest way to reduce nitrates, process detritus, and add bio-diversity to your tank.

-R
agreed- but don't put the DSB in the main display!