Why my Reef Tank is barebottom despite sand looking better 19 0

Reef tank 7 years ago 3,147 views

I've run 10" deep sand beds, shallow sand beds, sugar sized, course sand ect but bare bottom seems to work the best. My tank stays clean and I have no nutrient issues. At times I think about adding a sand bed but when you see what I remove weekly from the tank you'll know why I don't. If this was my final dream tank I probably would go with a shallow course sand bed and just vacuum it every single week with pockets of deeper fine sand for wrasses and other creatures to bury.

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Koaleigh Aquaria - 6 years ago

Slowly removing the sand from our 125 gallon reef tank now too, I think the benefits of bare bottom far outweigh the visual appeal of sand.

ReefTank123 - 7 years ago

How do you get the detritus off the bottom (it can be "sticky") from all places around and under rocks to a place where it can be siphoned?

Average Reef - 7 years ago

The way I have my flow most of the detritus ends up on the far side of the tank. The small rock structure on the right is moveable so I just siphon from there. I'm not trying to remove 100% it's good to have a bit for pods worms bristlestars ect but I get lets say 90% of what is created weekly so I don't have a massive buildup 6 months or a year later.

Northwestern Reefer - 7 years ago

Very nice system. I have subbed.

Cesca's Reef - 7 years ago

Nice video the reef looks lovely. I have just started a new reef build and thought about a bare bottom but will go with a small layer of sand :)

Serenity's journey - 7 years ago

I love your tank man!

Average Reef - 7 years ago

TMG vlogs thanks!

laminar flow - 7 years ago

Got to say it again, so above average. Don't think I could sell here bottom to my wife...

laminar flow - 7 years ago

Average Reef keep the videos coming, I really enjoy them

Average Reef - 7 years ago

I don't really think it's better but it works better in this case. If I had planned to keep it bare bottom I probably would have put starboard down on the bottom. As for the average comment thank you. I call this tank average reef mostly because it's just an average tank both in size and in content. While I'm certainly happy with how it looks I used to have much nicer livestock in the past and more tanks so I still have along way to get it back to where it once was. Besides the crashes I have endured over the years I moved 700km away far from all LFS which further complicates things. That being said I have a lot of time these days to work on the tank which is why I started to create videos.

Daily Reefing - 7 years ago

Beautiful corals!!

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