Has anyone tried putting tile in the bottom of a bare bottom tank? It seems like this would still be really easy to keep clean, but wouldn't look like crap either.
Ive seen it done, i fancid doing it myself but my tanks have bottom braces so if i used tiles there would be a gap where the water would stand and go stale and cause water problems.
both my tanks are barebottom. you only need substrate if you have a fish that burrows in it. i care more about easily keeping my tanks clean than how they look