Ok thanks lol. I see Someone else asked the question literally 10 minutes before me and I did t even notice it.
)) I used marco cement to make flat frag holders to cover the bottom of the tank by pouring the cement on a flat surface on plastic and putting frag plugs in. You have to take the frag plugs off before they harden. THe plastic easily comes off later. They are great because you don't have the shiny bottom appearance. If you are going to go barebottom I would say go very high intermittent flow, set up an auto water change, and age your dry rock a few months before adding any LPS OR SPS. I do AWC at 2 gallons a day and it has made a big difference. I use a lot of bioballs in my sump as well. I am trying the ice cap algae scrubber so I can stop buying GFO. Make sure you seen your tank with some Microbacter 7 or equivalents. I have had no issues with algae, diatoms.... I get aptasia outbursts every now and then, but who doesn't?? Also, you may get bigger alkalinity swings going barebottom so test often. After 6 months it really stabilizes (especially with AWC).
