| Mike
you hit the jaubert system .right on the nail.
I ran a 55 gallon system for approx. 5yrs with the plenum.fish looked good.corals seemed to love it.water parameters were always good exept i had a cyno outbreak once,but it did not last long.it was quite simple to set up the system.i had a one inch plenum space below the substrate.my first layer was crushed oyster shells,which was chicken feed,this prevented fine sand from escaping below the eggcrate.crushed oyster shell thickness was approx. 1 inch deep.On top of the oyster shells i put 2 inches of a sugar grain sand and mixed in 2 pounds of live sand.I also set up 2 other systems wich are still in operation one system is a 65 gallon using crushed coral instead of the oyster shells and uses a protien skimmer he has now installed a refugium.the other system is a 75 gallon system and has no protien skimmer the tank has been highly neglected for 1 yr tank got a hair algae problem and is finally getting back on track,cause i started *****in
of the amount of work and money that was spent.tank should look aussum by christmas.this tank also uses crushed coral.also has purchased a skimmer for tank.
I really dont see any draw backs to the jaubert system except it is designed to run without a skimmer but i do believe that you should use one.also a jabert plenum takes away alot of headspace from the tank.my first success story was with a plenum system.
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