Clayton,
I hope "something is in the works" means you are actually adding water to this baby! Seriously, I just caught up on the build and I'm seriously impressed with how diligent and patient you have been. On the bare bottom v. sand, I think that both choices are great. For me, I am really happy with my choice on the Tropic Eden Meso Flakes. Somehow they seem to keep themselves clean and white with very little effort on my part. But I think you'll have it a lot easier in the long run with the bare bottom tank. You can always add sand later if you feel you want to change things up.
I love the choice of Pukani. As you know I went the same route and so far I have been extremely happy. The rock has so many pores and openings that it has made attaching frags really easy. I was very careful in bleaching and acid bathing my rock, and then I think adding 15 or so lbs of fresh live rock helped me avoid a bad algae cycle (at least so far - knock on wood).
Excited to see where you take this.
Cheers,
Chris
I hope "something is in the works" means you are actually adding water to this baby! Seriously, I just caught up on the build and I'm seriously impressed with how diligent and patient you have been. On the bare bottom v. sand, I think that both choices are great. For me, I am really happy with my choice on the Tropic Eden Meso Flakes. Somehow they seem to keep themselves clean and white with very little effort on my part. But I think you'll have it a lot easier in the long run with the bare bottom tank. You can always add sand later if you feel you want to change things up.
I love the choice of Pukani. As you know I went the same route and so far I have been extremely happy. The rock has so many pores and openings that it has made attaching frags really easy. I was very careful in bleaching and acid bathing my rock, and then I think adding 15 or so lbs of fresh live rock helped me avoid a bad algae cycle (at least so far - knock on wood).
Excited to see where you take this.
Cheers,
Chris