Barebottom question

[beaupierce]

Dont mean to sound like a total newbie again... but I am thinking about going bare bottom this time and wanted to know if you just rest the rock right on the tank acrylic or do you use a buffer ( egg crate or something) I dont want to damage the tank

Pls help

Cheers

 

[reefdan]

i laid a thin sheet of acrylic on the bottom of my tank to help diffuse the weight off the glass. i would think that would have the same effect on acrylic. lots of people (i think jason "eight") use starboard to line the bottom -it makes it look like there's sand on the bottom.

btw, BB is the way to go!

 

[A_Lee]

My tank is not acrylic, but FWIW, I have nothing between my rocks and the bottom of my tank.

 

[yardartist]

Acrylic and mine is directly on the bottom. I set up the rock so I have space for a magnet scraper. Should have saved more space from the rock to the sides. Hands are too clunky.

I say this because I siphon the weekly water change water, from the bottom. I left a good gap in the center of my stack of rock, but not enough to get around under the rocks as I would like. I would not use flat rocks on the bottom layer. Try to make legs to give you space under the rocks.

You should like how the bottom covers in coraline.

 

[beaupierce]

thx guys...i look into the starboard too...
Rock legs...interesting

 

[moo0o]

might be a bit hard to put starboard in acrylic tanks, i know the openings on the top are sometimes small, especially with truvu tanks. It looks nice when the starboard is just one big piece instead of 2-4 pieces.

 

[tuberider]

Mine is just resting on the bottom of the tank.