Sand or bare bottom!??

[Cottonmdalton]

starting a anemone tank and was wanting to know if I need sand or bare bottom

 

[cowboy]

It really depends on the nems your going to keep if your just going BTA bare bottom is fine but a lot of other want the sand like carpet, rock flower, tube, and LTA.

 

[Cottonmdalton]

It really depends on the nems your going to keep if your just going BTA bare bottom is fine but a lot of other want the sand like carpet, rock flower, tube, and LTA.

bta is all it will bee

 

[Cory]

I use bb because its way easier to control pollution. If you choose bb, paint the underside of the glass white. Not inside the tank, outside. It makes the glass look like sand. I used a spray paint that looks like sand, with specs of sand in it.

 

[GOSKN5]

I use bb because its way easier to control pollution. If you choose bb, paint the underside of the glass white. Not inside the tank, outside. It makes the glass look like sand. I used a spray paint that looks like sand, with specs of sand in it.

I second this... I have done several tanks that way... works great and looks good too imo..

 

[rpercula]

BB. I used black aquarium backing on outside bottom of tank to control light from the sump.
BB is easy to keep. You can siphon waste from display into a filter sock to collect the waste and just change the filter sock when done. Your siphon in effect becomes part of your drain that you direct to collect waste. Easy to clean even without water changes.

 

[Hunter S Thompson]

I think bare bottom is the way to go unless you are keeping some kind of sand sifting critters. I really like a rock bottom. Take liverock, slice down the middle with a wetsaw or hacksaw, then glue some short legs on it (tripod) and you can cover your bottom with rock while still leaving room for detritus and critters underneath (which gets vacuumed out occasionally)

 

[Cottonmdalton]

Thanks everyone

 

[FishOfHex]

Iv been running BB for years and I have no intentions on ever going back to SB. I love having as much flow as i want and a pink bottom tank is always cool.

 

[Toakhuynh]

With sand, look more beautiful. Have place for bacteria live in, but hard to clear up.
Bare bottom, easy to clear up. Need more rock in the tank or sump