Bare Bottom reefers, show me your tanks!

[gcarroll]

Full tank shots. Show me what you got! I'm just curious which method is best!

[jackson6745]

My tank probably isn't the best example of a thriving BB tank because I have been battling Acro flat worms and lost a ton of nice stuff :( but overall the tank still looks decent.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/jackson6745/Picture016.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/jackson6745/eec8e1a9.jpg
Hoek is dead :(
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/jackson6745/DSCN1087.jpg
torts dead :(
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/jackson6745/DSCN0801.jpg

[gcarroll]

Great tank Richard. Hopefully other barebottom reefers will join in. I'm sure we are all curious. I just love to see the photos! :D

[comatose]

well i have a few shots of what my BB tank looks like after a couple years after i covered it with crushed coral, look on my webpage under starboard in the DIY section. looks natural

[gcarroll]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7047961#post7047961 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by comatose
well i have a few shots of what my BB tank looks like after a couple years after i covered it with crushed coral, look on my webpage under starboard in the DIY section. looks natural
Are these them? I hope you don't mind me posting them. I just want people to be able to see them without much work. You know us reefers are lazy.
http://www.coszam.net/pics/2006_03_20a.jpg
http://www.coszam.net/pics/2006_03_20c.jpg
http://www.coszam.net/pics/2006_03_20b.jpg

[comatose]

yup thats them, i just get lazy constantly posting pics when they can just goto my webpage.

[Wiskey]

This is my tank, it is mostly frags though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/whiskey27/100_6949.jpg

Whiskey

[menard]

Greg, show us your set up?.I cant show you mine coz mine is none of the above.I been doing this method for 10 great yrs.none but A+'s in my book. SPS ,LPS , softies or all of them combine they all have succes w/ this method. People that fail in the past,realy got me thinking what in the hell they do different.Fail w/in 3yrs..:rolleye1:

[jsweir]

http://www.knology.net/~jrweir/temp/side.jpg

[thefuture]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7048247#post7048247 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by menard
Greg, show us your set up?.I cant show you mine coz mine is none of the above.I been doing this method for 10 great yrs.none but A+'s in my book. SPS ,LPS , softies or all of them combine they all have succes w/ this method. People that fail in the past,realy got me thinking what in the hell they do different.Fail w/in 3yrs..:rolleye1:

i think it would be pointless for greg to show his tank since this is show your bare bottum tank thread and he dosnt have a BB tank. why cant u show your tank? and what method have you been doing for ten years?

well lets see all those succesful tanks. i cant wait. Yippee, more reason for me to go BB if i get to see those tanks

[fishdoc11]

Here are some pics of my barebottom just so you won't think BBer's won't post pics of their tanks Greg;)
FWIW I personally don't feel like any established method works "better" than any other. IMO it's what works best for you:)
Right side
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/fishdoc11/Dsc01558.jpg
Left side
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/fishdoc11/Dsc01562.jpg
Full tank shot
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/fishdoc11/Dsc01549.jpg
Clams
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/fishdoc11/Dsc01556.jpg
The tank was a SSB for the first year of it's life(after transfer from another tank with a 3" sandbed). Even with biweekly siphoning of the SSB it was impossible to keep detritus from finding it's way under the rocks and nitrate levels had crept up around 10(with no obvious ill effects, I just didn't like the levels) before I took the sand out. It's been BB for several months now and will stay that way when I move it into a 120:D
thanks, Chris

[orangekush4]

58 BBhttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/84060kush.com

[orangekush4]

58 bbhttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/84060kush.JPG

[gcarroll]

I agree! with you fishdoc, it's what works best for you. I just love to see all the sweet reefs on RC. Nice pics so far!

[twon8]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/sidetank.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/fulltank.jpg

[Travis]

Mine is still a lot of frags and has a lot of growing to do but here it is anyways. BTW, gcarroll, I would love to have a tank that looks even half as good as yours some day.;)

<img src=http://www.notlehs.com/travis/3-12-06%20full%20tank%20pics/full%20tank%203-12-06.jpg>

[Cody Ray]

That montipora in the center is huge! So is the table top ;)

[MiddletonMark]

I need a picture more recent than 3+ months ago, but until then:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/503/2819658-0106.jpg

FWIW, here's a prior thread of many BB tanks photos:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=640711

[64Ivy]

http://www.moyesreef.com/uploads/Dec.-Reeftank-WA-3.jpg

[SunnyX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7050161#post7050161 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 64Ivy
http://www.moyesreef.com/uploads/Dec.-Reeftank-WA-3.jpg

"One BB to rule them all"

It was only a matter of time before you posted your reef.

As always, great tank!! :thumbsup:

[gcarroll]

I've always loved that tank 64Ivy! Sweet reflection shot.

[solbby]

My 120 gallon BB tank!

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/TankMarch2006.jpg

[solbby]

My use of the BB. From right to left across the BB of the tank.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/Right.jpg

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/Rightcenter.jpg

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/Leftcenter.jpg

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/Left.jpg

[reefing102]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7050161#post7050161 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 64Ivy
http://www.moyesreef.com/uploads/Dec.-Reeftank-WA-3.jpg

nice tank but wheres the bottom. all is see is a bunch of corals and no glass. j/k. i know its there but just like how the corals decided to cover the bottom.

one question though (sorry to go off topic) which of the efflos is the ugliest one? i see two there and your sig says you have the home for the ugliest efflo

[64Ivy]

Actually the green one is an A. hyacynthus (sp). If you look slightly to the right of it and down a bit, the bro...I mean, Earth Toned piece forming the cave is the one I refer to as the WUE.

Good looking tanks everyone...And in the spirit of March Madness: Go BB-go BB-go BB-It's Your Birthday....:confused:

[reefing102]

Hey solbby what lights are you using on your tank? you have really bright coloration

[makoJ]

My 150 BB SPS Dominated tank
http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/58407527-L.jpg

some close ups:
http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/54753920-L.jpg

http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/54753931-L.jpg

http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/46576821-L.jpg

http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/54753878-L.jpg

[dufferdan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dufferdan/702_0212.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dufferdan/702_0215.jpg

20g Long.
Its for sale by the way

[doody]

jackson6745, Great looking tank. Got a thread on it?

[concept3]

haven't posted pic in a while.........

here are some pics taken around November/December

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/canonrebelxt117.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/oct8.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/T0015.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/more%20pics/T001.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/more%20pics/T003.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/more%20pics/T006.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/more%20pics/T011.jpg

[AlgaeMan]

Could everyone post how long their tank has been up?

[MiddletonMark]

AM, my 58 has been BB since late June 2004 ... 1.75 years.
About 5 weeks longer than I've been married :D

Here's an even older pic of my BB, before the Monti nudibranchs
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/503/2819658_july5_large-med.jpg

[Deepsea2005]

Here is my 195g tank. It goes BB for almost 2 years.
http://members.cox.net/chris.huynh/khanh/tank6.jpg

[cidory]

50 Gallon BB, getting kinda full, but cant help myself, ordering a bigger tank soon, but for now.......


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/cidory/0318001.jpg


Some closeups
This cap was white 3 months ago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/cidory/0328007.jpg



One of my favorites had no color when purchased
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/cidory/0328005.jpg

[gcarroll]

Great pics everyone, fantastic colors! Good to see that the big boys in reefing have decided to post some pics. I love those close-ups concept3

[Travis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7058348#post7058348 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Deepsea2005
Here is my 195g tank. It goes BB for almost 2 years.
http://members.cox.net/chris.huynh/khanh/tank6.jpg

DANG I love this tank. It is so unique compared to the "norm". Little rock, very open arrangement, and a concentration on a small number of corals to grow out into big colonies rather than ton of corals that need to be kept bonsai'ed. I can't wait to see this tank 2-3 years down the road.:)

[mntl]

I was thinking the same thing, I'm all about growing out colonies and not fragging so much!!!!

-John-

[makoJ]

mines been up and running for 6 months but the coral was from my old 100gal that was up for a almost a year

[concept3]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7059312#post7059312 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gcarroll
Great pics everyone, fantastic colors! Good to see that the big boys in reefing have decided to post some pics. I love those close-ups concept3


Thanks!

FYI: Camera is Nikon D70S with 60 mm macro lens on the closeup, no flash.

Full tank shot with Canon digital rebel I borrowed.

[Justin/TiV]

One of my favorites had no color when purchased
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/cidory/0328005.jpg [/B]


wow...this milli looks really awesome. I've never seen one quite like that. awesome PE also...

[Gundo5000]

WOW!

Those are all some nice tanks

[jackson6745]

Mine is running for 1 year...almost

[my2girls]

Edit: I goofed

[my2girls]

Here is my 75 gallon BB. It's about a year and a half old (green monti cap and blue milli).
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/rgallinoto/dscn0768.jpg

[clkwrk]

Just noticed something they all have in common :D All BB from what I can see.

[kirstenk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7064112#post7064112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clkwrk
Just noticed something they all have in common :D All BB from what I can see.

.............maybe cuz that's the title of da thread? ;)

Want some help this weekend?

[clkwrk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7065545#post7065545 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kirstenk
.............maybe cuz that's the title of da thread? ;)

Want some help this weekend?
:lol: Thats what I get for reading too many threads at once and painting with oil based paint :D

If its a go then yes help is always nice.

[MrSandman]

Just wanted to revive this thread. I'm thinking about going bare bottom on my next tank and wanted to see some more examples of what an established BB tank looks like. Since i plan to stare at this thing a few hours a day, it had better be appealing to my eyes. From what i've seen on the new BB tanks, they don't look very eye appealing to me. However, i'm willing to sacrifice that if in the long run their looks improve once established. So, please.....show off your established BB tank!!

[Travis]

Here is a picture of mine now that it has grown out a little more.

http://notlehs.com/travis/7-19-07/full%20tank.jpg

[Chrisrush]

Wow, Travis. That looks great. I was wondering how your tank was doing.

The tables and caps are getting a little out of control huh?

[King-Kong]

Travis have you been TOTM yet, cause if not, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! :)

[Leonardo_]

Travis, do you have a build thread?

Leonardo

[speedstar]

Travis what a mature tank looks sweet!


mine hopefully will grow up some day.

http://www.breakabranch.com/tank102707.jpg

[Leonardo_]

Grow up? It's already beautiful :)

Leonardo

[invincible569]

Wow Travis! Defintely TOTM! You said little growth? LOL!! You need a better camera so we can see its true representation. :)

[JOSE CASAS]

All the tanks here are very nice''job well done'':)

[uhuru]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11234487#post11234487 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
Here is a picture of mine now that it has grown out a little more.

http://notlehs.com/travis/7-19-07/full%20tank.jpg

Wow this one is so nice it needs to be posted twice! Love the "darkness"

[dukecola]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11233311#post11233311 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MrSandman
Just wanted to revive this thread. I'm thinking about going bare bottom on my next tank and wanted to see some more examples of what an established BB tank looks like. Since i plan to stare at this thing a few hours a day, it had better be appealing to my eyes. From what i've seen on the new BB tanks, they don't look very eye appealing to me. However, i'm willing to sacrifice that if in the long run their looks improve once established. So, please.....show off your established BB tank!!

Part of the problem is that many of us reefers change tanks and upgrade/move/divorce (not me)/catastropic failure, etc often. When I finally had my 200g BB running 5 yrs, it was the most beautiful tank I could imagine with tons of coraline on the bottom and the tank looked awesome. When a BB-ottomer moves a tank or upgrades, it does take a while for the new tank to start looking good. Very different that someone who simply slaps 4" of sand in their new tank.

Here's a pic of my 3 month old BB.
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/dukecola/elos70160.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

[Leishman]

Not the best pix, but...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/WAMAS_TOTM/Leishman/IMG_0271.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/WAMAS_TOTM/Leishman/IMG_0210.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/WAMAS_TOTM/Leishman/IMG_0103.jpg

[Thales]

150 mixed reef with 180 sump. I'd really rather wait 6 months or a year to post a pic, but what the heck.

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/files/dsc_4175__whole_thak_woo_web_160.jpg

[reefman77]

not meaning to Hyjack the thread but for those of you who have clams and softies in your BB tank, what is your setup for flow? right now I have detrius settling in some places and every time I try to bump up the flow, my clams and softies get POed.

[Scissorhand]

Wonder if Greg went bare bottomed?

[gcarroll]

Heck no, things are going great right now. I just am too affraid to mess with it. Maybe the next tank. Already planning!

[Unarce]

You better have a build thread for that, Greg!;)

[fishdoc11]

Picture of my newer 120 from last summer before I lost all my Acros to AEFW's:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/fishdoc11/DSC01852.jpg
Chris

[solbby]

Some new shots of my 120g BB.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/Full.JPG

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/2/3/0/aRIght1.JPG

[KEEPERZ]

Here's a few older pics-700g in the desert
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/coralkeeperz/smallfts80707two.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/coralkeeperz/smallfts80707four.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/coralkeeperz/smallfts80707three.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/coralkeeperz/smallfts80707six.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/coralkeeperz/smallfts80707seven.jpg

[salty child 79]

Here are some pics of my 40g BB.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0139_edited.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0140_edited.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0137_edited.jpg

[pheromo]

love that tank

[annamarie421]

Salty Child - your tank is breathtaking! Do you have a build thread?

Anna :)

[Devtech]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11250162#post11250162 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by salty child 79
Here are some pics of my 40g BB.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0139_edited.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0140_edited.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0137_edited.jpg

MAN THAT TANK IS BEAUTIFUL!!! Im Hoping for mine to be liek yours one day! :eek:

[Grunt007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11239586#post11239586 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Leishman
Not the best pix, but...


http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/WAMAS_TOTM/Leishman/IMG_0210.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/WAMAS_TOTM/Leishman/IMG_0103.jpg

Nice Tank! Those are some good looking and sized tabling acros. I also like how the Monti(?) is encrusting on the BB.

[Travis]

Thanks for the compliments everyone.:) Sorry, I had not gotten update notifications to this thread for some reason. No, my tank has never been TOTM. That would be my dream. But there are a lot of nice tanks out there that are much more deserving than mine.

[Devtech]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11234487#post11234487 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
Here is a picture of mine now that it has grown out a little more.

http://notlehs.com/travis/7-19-07/full%20tank.jpg

Travis ur tank is gorgeous!

[acrohead500ppm]

this is my skimmerless barebottom 58g sps tank
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reeef025.jpg

[143gadgets]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/CHR_6125web.jpg

[iantoh]

that's a very nice tank 143gadgets!!

[iantoh]

http://notlehs.com/travis/7-19-07/full%20tank.jpg

Travis, that's truly the loveliest tank i've seen! i love how grown-in and natural it looks. Kudos!!

[tfp]

travis, props out to you for growing out such large colonies! a true testament to patience, perseverance and just mad reefkeeping skills :D.

here is my humble zero substrate (officially Sept. 07) tank:
http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10447/IMG_8914.jpg

[KEEPERZ]

Bout time we get a FTS Tim-looks great man!!

[mgny]

Here's mine

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/mgny/DSC03142.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/mgny/DSC02848.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/mgny/DSC01035-1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/mgny/DSC00550.jpg

[143gadgets]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11368805#post11368805 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iantoh
that's a very nice tank 143gadgets!!

Thanks!

[New_Noob]

Just a small 55
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Magic_Carp/IMG_4491.jpg

[Wazzel]

Here are a few shots of my 150 from early October at the one year point. All corals are from frags.

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/dscn1611_137.jpg

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/dscn1614_215.jpg

[reefsahoy]

do you guys populate the glass bottom with other corals to kinda hide the fact that there's no sand?

[Wazzel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11424872#post11424872 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefsahoy
do you guys populate the glass bottom with other corals to kinda hide the fact that there's no sand?

I do not. Coraline is really starting to take off on the bottom since the Oct pictures. I do not feel the tank looks bad or unnatural without sand.

[New_Noob]

i try to keep the more aggressive corals on the bottom, so my prized pieces are not in their range, such as my hydnopora, tulip anemones, rock anemones and fast growing GSP. The other corals i keep on the bottom are either stressed, new, or low light such as my plates, lobo, and tubastreas.

[Flybynight]

Really insane tanks guys. Good work. I know that is years in the making. Good Luck.

[trueblackpercula]

some new pictures and some old Enjoy
Michael
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064mini-RIMG0001.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064mini-1052007__26_.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064mini-1052007__27_.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064mini-1052007__22_.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064mini-1052007__13_.JPG
Awwwwwwwww before the crash
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064tank1262006__18_.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/42064mini-RIMG0003.JPG

[ricks]

Our 500 BB...

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/ricksprinting/DSCN2077.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/ricksprinting/before.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/ricksprinting/DSCN2083.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/ricksprinting/DSCN2073.jpg

[TCU Reefer]

Still a young system that needs more work......and corals.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/TropheusKid/Tank%20Project/DSC01102Medium.jpg

[trueblackpercula]

ricks
that tank is insane wow do you have a tank build thread? That green slimer is huge.
Michael

[ricks]

Yeah it's in large reef tanks under our 500 gallon

[ricks]

The green slimer grew 2"- 4" a month. It was almost 30" when I started fragging it, the left side got more of the fragging. It would have grown to about 4' tall in 5 years, if I hadn't started hacking on it.. Started out as a 1" frag as most of my corals. I thinned the coral out about 4 months ago, took about 40# out. So the reef would grow in more even, and the demands on Cal and Alk were unbelievable...

Rick

[trueblackpercula]

I would love to see some more pictures of your set up.

Michael

[ricks]

more pictures in the large reef forum, under Our 500 Gallon

[trueblackpercula]

k

[REEFY1]

If you had a 2 inch sand bed, and wanted to go BB could you???

[reefsahoy]

yes, just remove sand in sections over time.

[MADtanks]

WOW! Beuts!!! i dont feel my tank is as worthy but here goes anyways :)

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/erickrm/FTS111107.jpg

[reefarchitect]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11250162#post11250162 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by salty child 79
Here are some pics of my 40g BB.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0139_edited.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0140_edited.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/JimboWarnke/PICT0137_edited.jpg

Hmmmm.....

Some of those corals and chromis look very familiar :rollface: