New Mars Reef member here, so please forgive me in advance if my questions are out of place or improper (or have already been answered elsewhere). I just received delivery on a REEFER-S 850 and can't wait to get it going. I'm transferring rock and animals from a Reefer 350 and have decided to go bare bottom this time. Do you find that the euro brace at the bottom of the aquarium is a detritus trap? Did you use some sort of cushion between the base rock and bottom glass? And are you happy with the black bare bottom? Asking because I originally planned to add a white textured ABS cushion as per BRS (
What's on the bottom of your bare bottom tank? - #AskBRStv), but to do so I would have to (a) run the ABS up only to the euro brace or (b) build it up with ABS to the height of the euro brace and then put another white textured ABS sheet on top of that.
FYI, this is my to-be-installed S 850 equipment:
Red Sea ReefLED 160S x3
Red Sea Reefer RSK-900 Protein Skimmer
Red Sea ReefWave 45 x2
Red Sea ReefDose 4
Red Sea ReefDose Deluxe 4-Color Tube Kit
Sicce Syncra SDC 9.0 WIFI Return Pump
Inkbird ITC-306A Dual Digital Aquarium Heater Controller WiFi
Finnex TH-0800 Deluxe Titanium Heater 800W x2
Red Sea ReefMat 1200 Filter Roller
AI Prime 16HD FUGE Aquarium LED
AI Prime 12in Flex Arm
Avast Marine ATO
Avast Marine Diaphram Pump
Coralife 12X 36W UV
Any/all tips and lessons learned are welcome!