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Travis youre a S*** disturber
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Sorry, this had me rollin' Mike....just wanted to share that w/ you...
as far as DSB's go....(MY opinion...take it for its worth...not much),
I'm not a fan of anything that adds to the maintenance levels of my tank. I feel that there are two basic ways of reefkeeping...maintenance intensive, or expensive....I don't like combining the two. It makes no sense to me. I'm purchasing a Calcium reactor in order to make my tank more stable and to give me break from constantly adding two part....additives...(I am redundant man, redundant man am I!....) I purchased timers to make the lights go on and off same time every night...makes the tank more stable and I dont have to remember to do it. I have an RO/Di set up so I dont have to run to the fish store every week. I have spent the last 5 months planning out my upcoming system so that I can enjoy it w/o driving myself nuts trying to keep up w/ maintenance. I have an auto topoff set up in mind so I dont have to add water to the tank everyday..I can now go 4 days....
Theres a reason I have a couch in front my aquarium ladies and gentlemen....and its not to be comfy while I'm removing my sandbed every four years. I don't quite grasp the concept of putting something in the tank, that I know will have to come out 3-5 years later, which will probably kill/or stress something that I have in my tank while its being removed.
Don't get me wrong, I think that a DSB or just an SB has a place in reef aquarium keeping. I can definately see the benefits and I understand the appeal of the DSB look. But its just not for me. I'm not looking for a maintenance free tank. I like playing w/ my tank and thinking of new ways to do something. But I also don't want to add to my scheduled work load of tank maintenance.
I guess what I'm saying is that I've planned this tank out fairly extensively, w/ the intent of making things as easy as possible for myself. Thats why I'm moving away from the DSB in the maintank mindset.