Bare bottom tanks?

[REDKID!!!]

I've seen alot of really nice bare bottom tanks and i think i wanna get one later on like when i finish highschool and i was just wondering how do they work?? Like where does the needed bacteria in the tank live? I thought they needed the substrate to live in

 

[WyldFya]

The BB lives in the filter.

 

[DeLgAdO]

with bare bottom tanks you might want to beef up your biofilteration.

it will make up the compromise of surface area from missing substrate and decorations (i.e wood & rocks)

 

[Bizzaro]

Hmm i have noidea on what i want my tank to look like so i was going BB. does it drive the wild fish nuts? LMB and Channel Cat

 

[davo]

No, it wouldn't bother your fish, although i'd still put in hides for the comfort of the fish.

 

[DeLgAdO]

Hmm i have noidea on what i want my tank to look like so i was going BB. does it drive the wild fish nuts? LMB and Channel Cat

what i would do is provide flowerpots of the correct size and cut openings in the front and back with a tile saw

looks good too

 

[importracer]

What turned me on with the whole idea of "bare" tanks was the photos coming in from Japan....Really clean looking....At one time or another, I had all my single species tanks bare....Flowerhorns, Midas Devil, and even a young shoal of rbp.....

 

[REDKID!!!]

Oh thank you everyone!

 

[RadleyMiller]

What type of fish are you planning on putting in the tank. I know a few of my fish would be stressed out if that happened to them.

 

[REDKID!!!]

well i would like to get a large one bout like 600. I would want a rather calm tank suck as maybe a couple rays, aros, some nice catfish