Resin sand bed

[salty]

Hey!

My 10 gallon has no sand right now, but the bare look isn't the best. I heard some people using a mix of aquarium-safe resin and sand to put into the bottom of a tank. The best of both worlds. I'm worried the resin will be too visible on the tank, and there may be some air bubbles trapped in. Maybe a safe spray adhesive, or a thin layer of sand onto some epoxy?

What are your thoughts on this? Thanks

 

[enderg60]

If the "sand" doesnt move it will grow algae.  If youre lucky coralin, or some other encrusting coral.

 

[dball711]

How it looks is individual taste, my opinion is bare bottom is easy to keep clean, looks good and less maintenance.  If you have a sand bed you must take action to keep it clean otherwise its a time bomb just waiting to go off (not if but when). I keep a couple 20-40 lb rocks in my tank and listing them out to clean underneath was no longer an option.  I leave about 3/8" - 1/2" of space under my rocks and just turn up the flow to remove anything that settles.

Coraline will eventually grow and look great.  I know this can be a touchy subject with folks committed to both sides bare bottom or sandbeds but this is my opinion...

 

[snowmansnow]

I looked into the resin beds when I restarted some things 3-4 years ago. I decided against it because of being afraid water would get underneath along with plenty of other macro nasties and create a plenum. I ended up going with a bare bottom, but ultimately added sand I wanted wrasses and things that... well like sand