A take on BB methodology.

bluebentgrass said:
My tank is prettier than most of the pictures i have seen on this frorum and i don't understand why so many are willing to go barebottom and brag when the tank looks just OK.

My tank has pastel colored corals. They are beatiful...

I will post pictures as soon as i figure out how to down load them to reef central. I use a mac computer.
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I'm sure we'd all like to see that.
 
bluebentgrass said:
My tank is prettier than most of the pictures i have seen on this frorum and i don't understand why so many are willing to go barebottom and brag when the tank looks just OK.

My tank has pastel colored corals. They are beatiful...

I will post pictures as soon as i figure out how to down load them to reef central. I use a mac computer.
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Sometimes when reading the paper in the morning, I ask my self why there is so much hate in the world.

Then you come to your favorite hobby site to relax and read a little.

And you have to listen to someone being hateful because they disagree with a method of maintaining an aquarium. I guess we all have different priorities...
 
I have been scanning this very informative thread, and it has me concerned about my system. I chose a BB setup for primarily asthetic reasons and I intend to keep mostly lps and clams, maybe some sps, I don't know yet, but I would like the option .
My concern is the accumulated detritus which I cannot reach to siphon out. To solve this problem, I am considering upgrading my return pump from 1000gph to 2400 or 3600gph in a 58gallon tank, but will the incressed flow through the sump make skimming ineffective? This skimmer is rated by euroreef for tanks up to 135 gallons, will the oversized skimmer compensate for the reduced contact time, or is my only option a closed loop?
 
For the accumulated detritus - IMO it's a better bet to use a well placed powerhead than massive sump flow.

I dunno, that's how I run my 58 - and you might like to another way. But I have a LOT of flow behind my rockwork [6060 stream] which keeps behind/under the rock clean [most of the settling in the front, where I can siphon it and where some lower-flow corals live].

But Joe likely runs his different - lots of different effective methods [probably more ineffective ones, though].
 
I agree with mark, I put two powerheads behind the rocks I could not reach, they do a great job of keeping the back of the tank perfectly clean. now all the junk is blown to one of the front corners, easy to siphon out. the ph's are hooked to a wave maker and alternate every 40 minutes or so.
 
brentp said:
And you have to listen to someone being hateful because they disagree with a method of maintaining an aquarium. I guess we all have different priorities...
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I don't think I've seen people get this uptight just because other people are talking about a filter in an aquarium.

But you know what? Let them do it, it just makes them look.......well............odd.
 
photobarry said:
My fish can beat up your fish. (They may be small, but they fight dirty!) :lol:
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I just had a visual on that. And for some reason I felt the need to bend over and crouch.

ouch!
 
Question bomber .

I know by wet skimming you need to constantly replenish SW. My question is how do you keep you salt at a steady gravity ? check the tank and adjust it accordingly then add back the SW that was lost ?
 
I was thinking of a DSB system with a Plenum in a tank with a drilled bottem , allowing for the removal of water down through the sand bed, fitted with a valve to flow through some small percentage of tank water per day.
This, placed in a tank with a floating reef and a large number of sand stirring creatures may solve the "leaking" problem so that one could keep large numbers of sps along with burrowing creatures like jawfish.
I wish I had the means to test this theory.
 
bluebentgrass said:
The only algea that growsin my tank is halemedia. I have no trouble with bubble and have only one emerald crab. I have a 125 gallon in wall tank stuffed full of acros.
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Maybe valonia was never introduced to your system.
 
Here's one. I'll have to dig and maybe reformat some others - might be a few days but be patient :)

Typical emerald behavior - the few times you see them they concern you with what they're doing. It's funny, I don't think I have any Turbo's in the tank, but the emeralds take their bulldozing job from time to time - prying the recently superglued frags off. Oh well :)

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