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fidojoe · 12-17-2003, 02:07 PM

About 2 1/2 months ago, I dumped another 1.5" of sand ontop of my old 1" SB (not the smartest idea to just dump new, dry sand ontop, but the only adverse affect was a partially cyano covered SB) So, now I'm at 2.5-3" of sand at the highest point.

So far, from what I've seen it do, I like it. Before I made it deeper, my nitrates were at a solid 25, then I deepened it, had a cyano outbreak, tested for nitrates a week and a half ago, nitrates were at ~15, tested yesterday and they are about 10-12, and I've only done 2-5 gallon water changes this month (I was supposed to be switching to a 5 gallon WC every weekend, but I tend to forget), when I normally do 2-10 gallon WC's.

As for the "timebomb" thing, I'm not going to concern myself until it is at least 2 or 3 years old, and by then, I'll probably have a bigger tank, and have this one totally redone already.

I don't think that this whole DSB thing should scare people that haven't had their tanks up long enough to even have these problems yet. I also don't think that everyone should go ripping out their dsb's, just because someones tank crashed and the DSB played a role in that happening.

12-17-2003, 02:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
fidojoe Fish Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,581 View Gallery Karma Komment	About 2 1/2 months ago, I dumped another 1.5" of sand ontop of my old 1" SB (not the smartest idea to just dump new, dry sand ontop, but the only adverse affect was a partially cyano covered SB) So, now I'm at 2.5-3" of sand at the highest point. So far, from what I've seen it do, I like it. Before I made it deeper, my nitrates were at a solid 25, then I deepened it, had a cyano outbreak, tested for nitrates a week and a half ago, nitrates were at ~15, tested yesterday and they are about 10-12, and I've only done 2-5 gallon water changes this month (I was supposed to be switching to a 5 gallon WC every weekend, but I tend to forget), when I normally do 2-10 gallon WC's. As for the "timebomb" thing, I'm not going to concern myself until it is at least 2 or 3 years old, and by then, I'll probably have a bigger tank, and have this one totally redone already. I don't think that this whole DSB thing should scare people that haven't had their tanks up long enough to even have these problems yet. I also don't think that everyone should go ripping out their dsb's, just because someones tank crashed and the DSB played a role in that happening. __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* My Tank: 90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).