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BarbMazz · 01-06-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by prow

BarbMazz,
i am bacteria'd/creatured out right now

plus i am leaving to Washington D.C. for the next 5 days today

.....

football day today with some postings during commercials

.....after that

so i will link you up instead

for now anyway

will get into stuff like placing rock on the sand bed and the effects on a DSB and stuff another day.
Bob Fenner and Anthony Calfo give good intros, its not indepth or anything but good reads to get you started on sand. here is a article from each on sandbeds. something to chew on.

LiveSand
DeepSandBeds

basically a DSB is a modified "Jaubert system"-same idea but no plenum- OO and talk about a topic of big debate, plenums are right up there. i think alot of the concerns with a DSB and debates originated from plenum debates. so it might help knowing about that system before getting into variations. esp sence its not much of a variation.
here is a good article about it.
Advanced Aquarist Feature Article

then there is this old thread here i found with a good decision on DSB, its a good read~DSB...Let's Discuss!

FYI; i too am setting up a clam tank right now

and will be using a DSB. something i know you have not got into yet is the chemistry and feeding of clams, a properly set up DSB goes well with a clam tank.

Thanks for the links, prow.. I'll bookmark them and read them later.. I'm also bacteria'd/creatured out. I stayed up too late last night reading, after reading on the 'puter for too long.

Have fun in DC... is it work or pleasure? I have a son who lives there on Capitol Hill. He's a US secret service special agent (i'm proud! LOL).

You're right, I don't know about the chemistry and feeding of clams, other than they are high-light, high-flow filter feeders. I DO know why a DSB is good for them

thanks to you! So you're setting up a clam tank now! Cool... when do I get to see some pictures?!?

And, I've pretty much decided to go with un-cured LR. I mean, another few weeks spent curing rock isn't too much and then I'll know what I'm starting with. I'm going to check with the LFS I bought my tank from and see what they can do for me, plus I'll be checking out web places that other people seem to have had a good experience with.

Enjoy your football day; it's on here non-stop on that stoopid tv!