BARE BOTTOM What do you use?

danangelo · Apr 23, 2014

I like to know what material you guys use on top of glass for protection just in case a rock falls ..is pvc foam board safe or marine board from an acrylic store or any other options just curious would like to see pics thank you

nova65ss · Apr 23, 2014

Look up starboard that is what a lot of people use.

TheSaint216 · Apr 23, 2014

White Starboard and the tank I'm Building I'm using black

danangelo · Apr 23, 2014

Who sells them

TheSaint216 · Apr 23, 2014

Google white starboard for sale

Acrononomus · Apr 23, 2014

Any hdpe plastic will work as well....

danangelo · Apr 23, 2014

TheSaint216 said:
Google white starboard for
sale

Ok ill check.

danangelo · Apr 23, 2014

Acrononomus said:
Any hdpe plastic will work as well....

How about pvc boards

revhtree · Apr 23, 2014

Usually baby powder.....

danangelo · Apr 24, 2014

Lol my son covered my whole bedroom with baby powder when he was small..

Acrononomus · Apr 24, 2014

danangelo said:
How about pvc boards

I'm sure PVC will work nice if u can find it in sheet form, I found black 1/4 hdpe at menards

danangelo · Apr 24, 2014

Acrononomus said:
I'm sure PVC will work nice if u can find it in sheet form, I found black 1/4 hdpe at menards

Got any pics I want to see how it looks in the tank ..

Dan1789 · Apr 24, 2014

White ceramic tile looks cool too

danangelo · Apr 24, 2014

[QuUOTE=Dan1789;1839431]White ceramic tile looks cool too[/QUOTE]
Thats interesting got any pics

danangelo · Apr 24, 2014

I got this one abs plastic got a little bit of a sand texture look to it..

amond003 · May 3, 2014

Where did you get that?

danangelo · May 3, 2014

amond003 said:
Where did you get that?

I got it from my local acrylic place its an abs plastic

Pete polyp · May 3, 2014

revhtree said:
Usually baby powder.....

When this isn't enough a dab of A&D ointment usually works well

I didn't use anything in my 40. I figure if a 10lb rock falls 6" it's not going to shatter the tempered glass on the bottom.

danangelo · May 3, 2014

Pete polyp said:
When this isn't enough a dab of A&D ointment usually works well

I didn't use anything in my 40. I figure if a 10lb rock falls 6" it's not going to shatter the tempered glass on the bottom.

Lol...I didnt like the glass bottom look..and I was worried of dropping a rock