Scott What I was thinking that regardless of the system you choose to use, you still have to find a method of exportation, and a canister filter could be a part of any system??? whatcha think??
Geek thier is no substraight in BB.
Achilles
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Not that anything was necessarily missed, but there are lot of variations on those methods, particularly with plenums. Various grain sizes and depths. Some stir the sandbed others don't etc...
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This is true, on the plenum I did put Jaubert method, but I do here ya IMHO a plenum with fine sand is pretty much a DSB, no?? same would apply to a shallow fine sand substraight??
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A DSB will allow for an increased export of carbon via respiration. And not to start the whole debate again, but a DSB can place other nutrients in an exportable form, via the guts and bodies of critters like bacteria to various planktonic creatures that enter the water column. Of course the question is, can those exports keep up with imports.
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Hmmm this is another good point, the carbon exported via respiration is very small and tends to be offset, but it is still true.
Maybe I am not approaching this very well. Hmmmm Ok let me tell ya my idea and then maybe you folks can help me out with better direction.
From being in this hobby for a bit I have seen alot of concepts, some work well some dont work at all and then everything inbetween. The absolute biggest problem that I always see is that folks dont know how each system works and thus we tend to get mixed systems that fight against each other or are set up wrong. This is way I posted in the DSB thread not to debate if it works or not or a bad thing or not but to explain how it works so we could better manipulate it to work better and longer. I truely believe that any of the above systems can work if they are done properly, but at the same time can be brutal if not maintained properly. If we all understand the concepts and limitations of each system, we can devize methods of set up, methods of maintence and so on to make them last long and work more efficiently. I want to get as much input as possible from folks so we can put it together from a bunch of differing opinions, then just base it on fact and I think we all could put these systems together so newer folks get a good look at how they all work, thier pros and thier cons and the work involved with them.
What do you all think???
MIke