liquidg Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 This is an example of something that a couple of guys were asking about on another forum, what is the opinion on bare bottom tanks and experiences! That’s right no substrate of any kind! This is one of two that was my pride and joy till the 2013 January cyclone power outage took it off me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 After some juggling, this was the end result and growing beautifully. The only aquarium, for several reasons,that I have been able to have all colourful algae forms with all types of corals doing beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 This was it once I got the algae going as well. Use of substrates in the display, no way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netty_3164 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Amazing colours Are you using any supplements? I would assume alkalinity/calcium etc that the sps? and acans require would be depleted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 No I didn't use any supplements for that one or the one above it! My system is based on the ocean more or less, I use to buy my gear a long time ago in the eighties, and yes we had phos sponge, activated carbon, venturi skimmers and all that sort of stuff in the eighties. I do add some of my home made stuff these days, but not back during that year and a half with the tank that the power outage killed off. It’s too hard to explain what took 30 years or so to figure out. Do some google searchs on what algae excretes, what is in all and released and made from the cells of fresh foods as they are broken down by protists and bacteria, how important cyano is to your aquarium and puts back into the marine habitat, what sponges, symbiotic or not do for the waters, the importance of nitrogen that the organics it comes from skimmers take out, the importance of not using a skimmer with the correct bio system in use,cascaded water benefits and far, far more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
