EggCraste or Not?

[chunchma]

Does any one here use eggcrates on the bottom of your tank? Do you have a spraybar behind it all?

If you have do not use this method how do you clean your tank without disturbing the live rock and the growth on the rocks?

 

[Anonymous]

Unless you put it on legges I would not use it. Each little square is a place for crap to settle.

 

[chunchma]

But if you have your eggcrate raised on pvc and a spraybar that would keep all the crap being pushed to the front of the tank? Right?

 

[Anonymous]

I think would depend on the overall water flow pattern in the tank. If you didn't set it up just right it would be effective.

 

[ChrisRD]

Raising rockwork up on plastic eggcrate with PVC supports under it would work fine, although most would have a problem with the aesthetics of this setup in a display tank. It's pretty common in frag growout tanks and LFS stock tanks though...

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

I think would depend on the overall water flow pattern in the tank. If you didn't set it up just right it would be effective.

That's quite the statement there Lawdawg :wink:

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

IMHO It would be a pain in the ass to set this up and it would look really ugly.

 

[Tackett]

wise man say:

little superglue and many rock make eyeballs happy

 

[Anonymous]

I think would depend on the overall water flow pattern in the tank. If you didn't set it up just right it would be effective.

That's quite the statement there Lawdawg :wink:

would not be effective


d'oh!

 

[Anonymous]

But if you have your eggcrate raised on pvc and a spraybar that would keep all the crap being pushed to the front of the tank? Right?

I have seen pics of tanks set up this way. A little time and well places rocks can make it really nice. I would just go for an open rock pile and not worry about the egg crate.

 

[mark78]

but what if you encrust the eggcrate in an encrusting SPS... 8)

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/download.php?id=18911

But use... http://www.dfwmas.com/iB_html/uploads/post-9-11651-Mont_Purple_Polyps.jpg

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

It'll look like ugly egg crate encrusted in coral. Unless you like the waffle-coral look I'd stay away from it. Sorry to be negative but I think that LDP (light diffuser paneling or egg crate) only belongs below the tank or out of sight.

 

[Anonymous]

when i set my last tank up i put all the rock on elevated eggcrate and really liked the current flow underneath the rock.
uneaten food would pass right under the rocks and re-emerge somewhere else where the fish could find it.
i couldn't get the whole thing to look right and finally compromised by raising the rock with pvc stands and using eggcrate in select areas. i still don't like the look but i know it can be done right, i just don't have the time or i lack the skill.