Subtletanks91 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Get a square jar, put a puzzle piece ugf in it and run it like that? Doc4PC2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Found this example on the net, Doc4PC2, mayphly and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbarbee54 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Randyl is a breeder and keep in canada. He is a great guy, he is the one that has brought mk breed to North America he has a great relationship with the maker. He also keeps some really high end prl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4PC2 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 What if you were to take a glass dish that is about half the size of the tank, and is two inches deep and put the substrate in the dish in the tank. So half of the tank, is substrate, but it is in a glass dish that you can just take the dish out, clean the substrate in aquarium water and put it back in whenever you need to. The rest of the tank can be bare bottom or leaf bottom with driftwood, etc? What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 LOL Look 2 posts above you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4PC2 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 lol didn't even notice that just got locked into the idea and ran with it, but yeah, that is what I am thinking of. Put the substrate in the glass pan like above. The whole idea is to have a quick and easy way to clean the tank, keep it cleaner longer, yet still have the enviroment they need. I am starting with a 16 gallon Mr Aqua low iron glass tank - 35 x 8.4 x 9.2 in inches. Trying to decide on a good external canister filter so, only the intakes and outflow shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Vol 2 of Breeders and Keepers has this article about a German (?) breeder using inert substrate for crystal and TBs. I'm trying this as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Please update us periodically on how it works for ya. It may be a nice find for us if you have good results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Oh, missed the previous replies that actually talk about me ;-) I'm that "Randyl from Canada" ;-) I will make a post about my tank setup with half bare bottom.... will copy most of it from an old post and add some new opinions here since I think I will camp on this site more now ;-) Elo500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 That would be great randy. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I would like to hear more about the advantages of that half bare system as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I would like to hear more about the advantages of that half bare system as well! It's up http://www.shrimpspot.com/index.php?/topic/1044-half-bare-bottom-tank-setup/ for discussion ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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