smokez01 Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 this BB and DSB talk is making me think more and more and more on what i should do for the 75 that i am going to be setting up in the long future to come. I like the idea of BB, but the look is what kills me, i like the look of sand, i am so undecided, Link to comment
Philtur Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Great links that GreenUku posted. Those articles had some very good information about the experiments they ran comparing plenums and sandbeds, deep and shallow. From what I've been seeing, it seems to me that the type of tank you have should be based on what you want. If you want corals, it sounds BB is better. If you fish, more sand is better. Perhaps we have the right balnace for both with a shallow sand bed. Corals grow slow, and fish can adapt. I also enjoy the look of sand on the bottom. So for my reefs, I think I'll go with around an inch of sand, thick enough to keep it covered and give the critters something to play in, but thin enough to see if onthefly's claims work for a little sand. I'll keep a deeper course bed for my 125 fish only tank. GARF does have some great stuff. Link to comment
onthefly Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Originally posted by Philtur From what I've been seeing, it seems to me that the type of tank you have should be based on what you want. Perfect! Everything has a purpose........even UGF's Link to comment
j_man Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I have been running a deep sand bed in my nano 24, just because I was told thats the way to go. And I have had no problems, and have infact gotten more life since. I gave never had an algea problem, and all my little sand critters love it. I do agree that it eats up reef space. Link to comment
kappa Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I don't have a choice, I have 5 inch sand on the left side of my tank, and gradually 1.5 inch to the right side of my 15 gallon regular. My pistol shrimp does the land scaping. I have to say though the land scape is unique as hell, like nothing I ever seen. A rock sits on the left side of my tank, and there is 5 inches of sand on teh left side of it, and on the right side it slopes down into a spiral to only inch of sand. I need to post a picture of this. Link to comment
perculaclownfish Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I am not a fan of bare bottom aquariums, but, saying that I do not like deep sand beds either. I like a thin layer that covers the bottom of the tank. Link to comment
AndyK47 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 one word JAWFISH.... can't go without a DSB, i've had a 4 - 5" sandbed for well over a year now, no algae problems, no detritus problems, i stir it up about once every couple of months... and just my opinion, but bare bottom looks terrible. Link to comment
pimp4cheddar Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Interest thread...but how deep of a sand bed is DEEP? I'm running about 2 inches deep and I like the look of it...It gets dirty after 2-3 weeks...but once you vac the sand...it clears up pretty good! I picked sand...cuz barebottom looks horrible. Link to comment
Nick's Reef Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I did BB fior about 6mo I thought I had plenty of flow 100x turnover but when i tore down the ap24 to transfer into the 40 boy was I wrong, had tons of crap under the rocks. Link to comment
shiver905 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Nood at work! Dosent the sandbed aid in the filtration of the tank? Link to comment
callmesaul8889 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 i have a 2-3" sandbed and im starting to see black spots at the deeper parts of the sandbed. i have a bad diatom problem and was thinking it might be due to the sandbed. any ideas on how i should switch? should i gradually remove sand every water change? should i wait until i move the tank? i'm afraid of something disturbing that black pocket and nuking everything. Link to comment
Utada Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Can it be dangerous to my tank if I have a DSB? what is DBS? I have fishes too but i dont know what is DBS? Thank you Utada Link to comment
almost Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 so the reason DSB's are bad cuz there is not enough flow cuz its to small to have tempature gradeants to make flow, so there is dead spots that make black death? what about adding pipes under the sand and pump water through it making it almost a fluidized bed filter? Link to comment
scomstock Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I have had a DSB (about 4" to 5") for about a year now on my Marineland 29Gal Eclipse 2... Never have had a big problem with algae... Nitrates get Up too high every once in a while but a water change solves that... IMO i can't stand the look of BB tanks, too bare... I dont keep corals though so i dont monitor Phos. so i cant speak to that... I have alot of bristleworms and snails constantly stirring the sandbed so this be be beneficial in breaking up pockets of cyano and such Link to comment
Nebelkind Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 so the reason DSB's are bad cuz there is not enough flow cuz its to small to have tempature gradeants to make flow, so there is dead spots that make black death? what about adding pipes under the sand and pump water through it making it almost a fluidized bed filter? So, basically an under gravel filter? Link to comment
jamme20 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I poorness to be healthy to vanish the enfeeble from the containerful. I currently love around 70x circulation and counseling on adding a bit many subsequent. To provide things get stirred up I soul my returns pointing aboveboard downwardly down my material plaything, with penductors to increse the rate. This helps record things from settling in hinder there, which is something I guess helps. I also bonk a skimmer rated for 250 gallons on my 150 congius cell. Bi-weekly element changes dedicate me to possibility to tubing up some does not get kicked up, which is not much. Link to comment
SnakPak Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 BB. While it has been a very hard adjustment to the aesthetics of the BB look, I can't go back to sand just because of the benefits. I was having major cyano breakouts with sand in my tank, that even running chemi-pure elite wouldn't fully cure. Once I removed the sand, and saw just how much detritus had accumulated, I won't look back. The one negative to not having sand, I must say though, is that anything loose in the tank gets completely blown around by my MP10. I have a large frogspawn specimen that gets moved around like crazy because there's nothing to really secure it to the bottom of the tank. I've been debating adding sand just so I have the ability to keep it in place, but I don't want to deal with the potential problems that having a sand bed could bring. Alas, I'll stick with BB. Link to comment
miniwhinny Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 BB for me. I've painted the underside sand color so it looks like it has a sand bed but stays spotlessly clean. My long term goal isn't to keep the bottom bare through - I want to cover it in different corals Link to comment
SnakPak Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I love that rockscape!!! Link to comment
miniwhinny Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I love that rockscape!!! Thanks Link to comment
iball1804 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I poorness to be healthy to vanish the enfeeble from the containerful. I currently love around 70x circulation and counseling on adding a bit many subsequent. To provide things get stirred up I soul my returns pointing aboveboard downwardly down my material plaything, with penductors to increse the rate. This helps record things from settling in hinder there, which is something I guess helps. I also bonk a skimmer rated for 250 gallons on my 150 congius cell. Bi-weekly element changes dedicate me to possibility to tubing up some does not get kicked up, which is not much. Say wahh? Link to comment
ajmckay Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Say wahh? Those are the drugs talking... Or the crazy. I can't tell for sure. Link to comment
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