Bare Bottom

[cane76]

i took the gravel out of the new tank to change it for sand but im starting to think i like it like this
it brings the colour out of the fish,i wont need to gravel vac and it stays cleaner

 

[Nick16]

you will still need to vac, but not gravel vac.

 

[invader]

I definitely see what you are saying... the ray's colors look great on the bare bottom.

The sound at the end of the video scared the crap out of me!

 

[Mikaila31]

I like bare bottom tanks. My tanks are either densely planted or bare bottom.

 

[dthoffsett]

The sound at the end of the video scared the crap out of me!

Me too, my cat (currently draped across my arm) completely ignored it though.

Cane - I like it, without the plants it might be boring, but all the fish/plant colors pop.

Out of curiosity, don't rays generally spend time sifting through sand looking for food, do you think it'll get bored?
Probably a dumb question, but IME with mbuna having sand cut down of fighting because they had somthing to do. I realize rays aren't mbuna, but I thought it might be the same concept.

 

[blue acara]

What a great fish! Yep the colour popps against the black looking bbtank.

 

[SJ2K]

Id imagine the rays probably miss having substrate to bury in but it does look pretty neat, nice.