What do you think about a Bare Botton tank ??

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I've been tossing up the idea of going bare bottom for awhile but every time i go to do it i back out..
For those who dont know my tank it only has a small amount of sand in it anyway just for looks . My sand stays bright white but my problem w/th it is when i cut the flow up for my sps it blows the sand all aroung leaving the bottom glass exposed anyway..

What do ya'll think ???
 
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I went BB for yrs and when I redid my tank back in Oct I put sand back in. Now I wish I would of stayed BB. I like the look of sand but hate the cleaning and it getting blown around. When I upgrade (hope this yr) Im going back BB with star board on the bottom
 
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I went BB for yrs and when I redid my tank back in Oct I put sand back in. Now I wish I would of stayed BB. I like the look of sand but hate the cleaning and it getting blown around. When I upgrade (hope this yr) Im going back BB with star board on the bottom
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I did the same thing this past year. I'm going to suck the sand out soon.
 
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I like sand and I wish it would stay put and clean. But I can't see mine without sand, it just doesn't do it for me.
 
I will probably just tick you off. but you know how I feel about bb.


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I seen a build once that someone took a piece of acryllic cut to the size of the bottom of the tank then put resin on it and then sand. Then shook the extra off and then put in the tank. Then put your sand on top. What it does is if the sand does blow around then there is stilll no bare spots because of the sand glued to the acryllic. Thinking of doing this myself but not adding the extra sand and just keeping the acrylic on the botton, nice look of sand wit out the maintence. JMO
 
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We went BB on our 120 upgrade. I hate it. Does not look natural to me. I can't wait to go back to sand.
 
Shawn d,

Thats a great idea with the acrylic and sand i wish i would have thought about that when i set the tank up.... It just so happens that where the flow blows my sand up it shows a sticker i didnt get off the under side of the bottom glass.

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Hey sorry for the post wasn't thinking just giving Brandon2432 a hard time
 

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