Remote(ish) DSB, Lighted or not

[sasquatch]

building a new fuge 32x 24x 12 tall, a partitioned area at the back 32x6x10 will be filled with sugar sand for my DSB, I expect this to not have the the life present that a display dsb would have, so should this be a black out area or just open to light, Im thinking black out for algae control, what do you guys think? Steve

[Witfull]

Black out.

[sasquatch]

Thanks Mr Poobah!

[Witfull]

for some reason i feel close to Kathy...it must be the Poo~

[sasquatch]

an earthy girl in touch with matters of great hubris.(correction! not hubris, Humus lol)

[Frankie]

I am just learning that remote DSB's should be one 5 gallon bucket per 100 gallons of tank water. That is with a sand bed 4-6" deep. Hope this helps you a bit Sas

[sasquatch]

Thanks Frankie, I have read up quite a bit, thats why I opted for a minimal amount of sand in the tank, the remotes a different biologically and im assuming reach a greater level of denitrification as well,the light issue seems more nuisance than beneficial, for depth? Ill end up with about 8'' deep but only 6''wide, if I had math skills I could figure out the lbs of sand but its roughly 7gallons, right on the mark

[boozeman]

there once was a man from nantucket
who kept his DSB in a bucket
he thought with a grin
while scratching his chin
when it gets full of nitrates, I'll just chuck it !

[Witfull]

there once was a man from nantucket
who kept his DSB in a bucket
he thought with a grin
while scratching his chin
ive got algae, oh F*ck it~

[sasquatch]

another critic lol. which ear was it again?

[Witfull]

middle ear you deaf hobbit~

[sasquatch]

do I have to get the soap again?

[kathywithbirds]

*shudders* Something just ran over my grave....

[Witfull]

no,,its just Poo settling~

[cheeks69]

Don't see any benefits of having light, I say blackout also