I've done quite a bit of searching in preparation for setting up a lowboy frag tank and now have a bunch of questions but don't want to hijack members' tank journals.
People with bare bottom frag tanks mention maintaining flow to keep the bottom clean. Do you mean so detritus stays suspended and goes out an overflow?
If there is no sand and little rock, where can fish sleep? I've only read about containers of sand for wrasses. And you can't really have/provide a pleasant home for inverts such as shrimp or interesting crabs?
If you have fish, should the whole tank be covered?
I'm stuck between just placing tiles on the bottom and using raised egg crate so fish can swim all around. Would fish just swim around over the forest of frags on tiles?
I wonder if I could make half near a powerhead be bare bottom, then a couple feet of the far end have sand and rock. I do not want sand blowing everywhere, of course.
People with bare bottom frag tanks mention maintaining flow to keep the bottom clean. Do you mean so detritus stays suspended and goes out an overflow?
If there is no sand and little rock, where can fish sleep? I've only read about containers of sand for wrasses. And you can't really have/provide a pleasant home for inverts such as shrimp or interesting crabs?
If you have fish, should the whole tank be covered?
I'm stuck between just placing tiles on the bottom and using raised egg crate so fish can swim all around. Would fish just swim around over the forest of frags on tiles?
I wonder if I could make half near a powerhead be bare bottom, then a couple feet of the far end have sand and rock. I do not want sand blowing everywhere, of course.