LOL, indeed! I thought he was serious! You hear a lot of unusual opinions in this hobby so jokes aren't all that obvious unless you know the person.LOL Tg. I believe Steve was making a point with Ron on his comments.
That reminded me of a comment someone made - something about Fenner's and Calfo's book stating that 1-2" sand beds can actually detrimental unless well maintained. Do you know anything about that, Mike?What are the consequences of adding say 1" of live sand to a tank versus a deep sand bed?
EXACTLY!!!!!I'm not sure why having a remote sand bed would pose a problem as far as getting detritus to it. If I had only the dsb in my fuge and none in the display, I could easily add enough flow to the display to keep detritus in suspension long enough to carry it through the overflow to the dsb in the fuge.
Water changes are rather easy as compared to Maintaining a DSB
ReefGeek,I agree that remote sandbeds (unless equal in size, length x width, to the display tank) will always be less efficient than a DSB in the display.... You cant do a 180G bare bottom display with a 50G fuge w/ DSB and expect it to be as efficient as a 180G display w/ DSB. That is simple math
DOH!!!! I'm screwed!this is a thinking hobby.
Originally posted by tankgirl
That reminded me of a comment someone made - something about Fenner's and Calfo's book stating that 1-2" sand beds can actually detrimental unless well maintained. Do you know anything about that, Mike?
Scott this is a double edged sword. While in a system with out a DSB you get parameter changes quicker, in a DSB system it takes a lot longer to recover from it.remember without a DSB there can be quicker swings in water prams. That is one plus of a solid running DSB
Originally posted by Maxx
Wow Travis,
Sure you don't wanna discuss politics, religion or gun control instead?