Whos running BareBottom?

[SunDragon]

Anyone here truley running a bare bottom tank?

[manderx]

i used to, didn't like it because rocks slid around too much on the glass and i didn't have enough flow at the bottom to handle gunk. but i'm about to re-do it with some starboard and a few big seios. one of the guys down here just re-did his 120 with 1/2" cuttingboard and it looks nice.

[SunDragon]

Im thinking of starboard as well. Im concerned with the well being of my scotter blennie, and yellow watchmen though.

[AQUAN8TOR]

I'm just about done plumbing the AmpMaster 3000. The 65 has 2 cuttingboards in the bottom, cut on the edge so they fit together nicely. They are roughly 12" wide, so the front 6" will be bare glass. I painted the underside of the tank white before I got the cuttingboards, so it should work well at giving a little extra light reflection. You're more than welcome to come over and see it when I get it done......which WILL be soon, hopefully today.

[prop-frags]

wow, does this mean you're still gonna host the Feb meeting?
I vote yes.

[AQUAN8TOR]

No. I'm not really up to that. I just mean that the system will be done, just minus fish and a lot of coral.

[Charlie Davidson]

Running bare bottom- Last time was a VA tech, late 70s! Oh, tanks!

(Come on, you had to see that coming)

[ranceego]

i run my sump that way, too much detri buildup with the sand.

[rufio173]

I run mine barebottom with two eductors and I don't have anything gathering at the bottom, biggest problem is I've got too much flow for some of my smaller fish and they get tired and die :( I'm going to just switch to normal outputs and hope that I can get in there every now and then to throw up the detritus. I have it collecting in the sump though, but that gets vacuumed up every weekend when I do a water change.

Peace,
John H.

[ranceego]

Originally posted by rufio173
I run mine barebottom with two eductors and I don't have anything gathering at the bottom, biggest problem is I've got too much flow for some of my smaller fish and they get tired and die :( I'm going to just switch to normal outputs and hope that I can get in there every now and then to throw up the detritus. I have it collecting in the sump though, but that gets vacuumed up every weekend when I do a water change.

Peace,
John H.
john fill me in on the eductors, not up to par with them

[Charlie Davidson]

Tommy, the thing looks alot like a trumpet, that you mount on ends of water piping coming from slump (return). It takes the water pressure of your return and uses it to enduct water from the tank- mix it and creates alot better water flow thruout the tank. The cone of water is greatly increased (wider) and more gph.. I may not be very clear- so if you look at KTH sales.com they have a easy to read explaination.
BTW, John was the one that told me about the penductor at KTH sales!

[Charlie Davidson]

BTW, they call them mixing enductors on main page.