Bare bottom tanks...

[Mugwump]

   I'm seriously considering making a bunch of tanks bare bottom....especially a few breeder tanks.....Thinking that it'll cut down on a lot of the maintenance time.....

   I know a lot of you folks have BB tanks.....so what's the disadvantages?

[BallAquatics]

   I'm seriously considering making a bunch of tanks bare bottom....

LOL  Just shortly after telling Liz I didn't run many BB tanks, I was over-run with pleco fry.  I've set-up about 18 BB grow-out tanks..... LOL   So much easier to feed bottom-feeder fry in set-ups like this.

Dennis

[Mugwump]

   I'm seriously considering making a bunch of tanks bare bottom....

LOL  Just shortly after telling Liz I didn't run many BB tanks, I was over-run with pleco fry.  I've set-up about 18 BB grow-out tanks..... LOL   So much easier to feed bottom-feeder fry in set-ups like this.

Dennis

..yes it is....the only BB tanks I have are for bn's and cory's...

[wallace]

They are so much easier. But I have a couple of angels that seem disoriented by it. One tank I forgot to paint the bottom and then had to set it up in a hurry. I meant to at least put some pillow batting underneath but forgot, so I threw some sand in it.

[waterboy]

I don't think the BNs care but the cories would prefer a sand bottom.  I have sand in my cory tanks. Love to watch them go up to their eyeballs nose down into the sand  looking for food.

[wsantia1]

All but one of my tanks is BB. It is easier much to clean but the downside is you can also see the dirt much easier too so you better clean. lol. I keep Angels, Cories, BN's, L183s, L340 and even my Altums in BB tanks with unpainted bottoms and they are all fine with it. The Angles needed to adjust to it though.

I have a 55 with sand and it looks great after I clean it but it is a pain to clean and the glass gets scratched very easily. 

[LizStreithorst]

The only draw back I can see is that they are not pretty and people will ask you why there isn't anything in the tank for the fish to play with