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02-24-2005, 05:25 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: tucker
Posts: 162
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bare bottom
how many of you locals are running a bare bottomed tank?any major improvements or problems ? im thinking of going bb or star board
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02-24-2005, 06:32 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Georgia,Marietta
Posts: 224
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I am.Nitrates dropped to zero and have remained there ever since. I only do water changes every few months.
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Oceanic 30 gallon Cube
150 watt HQI (20K Ushio bulb)
Euro Reef ES5-2
18 gallon sump
10 gallon refugium
Mag 5 return (plumbed to SCWD)
5 200 GPH Via Aqua powerheads
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02-24-2005, 06:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: tucker
Posts: 162
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what type of corals do you keep? i was thinkin about goin with a star board
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02-24-2005, 07:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Suwanee, GA
Posts: 143
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I'm starboard...I have green star polyps growing on the bottom. I'm trying for the grass effect.
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120gal RR oceanic, 2 250W AquaticCo MH w/ 2 54W T5, CS6-2+, 29gal sump, T4 return pump, AirWaterIce RO/DI
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02-24-2005, 07:48 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: tucker
Posts: 162
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any sps keepers ?
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02-24-2005, 08:18 PM
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Ghetto Reefer 101
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 1,446
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yup.....I have a bare bottom, i went BB for several reason.
Just understand that a BB isn’t the cure all for high nutrients and hair algae and such. I actually never saw hair algae until I went BB, but the Hair algae came and went fast....
What I love about BB :
Unlimited flow and at any angle you want (no more sand storms from falling power heads) and powerhead can be pointed directly down.
Astrea snails can fall and right themself now.
Easy to do water changes and suck out all the bad stuff. You'll be shocked on the amount of detritus that accumulates in the bottom of the tank (which would have been absourbed by a DSB). I pull tons of detritus out ever water change.
Easier to move stuff around, once again don't have to worry about sand storms and un-trapped gases and such.
Less money you have to spend on sand sifters and suchA DSB allows reefers to be a little more sloppy. A functioning DSB will break down nitrates and soak up nutrients.
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125AGA, BareBottom, 30gsump, MRC-2, (MRC)CR-1, REEFKEEPER controller, LittleGiant return, 540w of T5s on IC660s&WH7s
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02-25-2005, 04:47 PM
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Phish Phan
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Smyrna, GA
Posts: 1,137
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You should check this thread as well, where I did a BB poll.
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02-25-2005, 05:26 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Georgia,Marietta
Posts: 224
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Oceanic 30 gallon Cube
150 watt HQI (20K Ushio bulb)
Euro Reef ES5-2
18 gallon sump
10 gallon refugium
Mag 5 return (plumbed to SCWD)
5 200 GPH Via Aqua powerheads
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02-25-2005, 06:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: tucker
Posts: 162
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more flow is why i wanted to go bb my tank is shallow only 16" deep and my seaswirl has a mag 12 its just a huge storm i made the mistake of useing south down
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