DSB Heresy
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DougSupreme
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tankslave said:
Pods consume detritus, fish poop, and uneaten food. They don't absorb nutrients as an algae would, which in my opinion, would be more indicative of high levels of DOCs.
Shoestring Reefer
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Tankslave, nice Flame Hawkfish_in your gallery. Is that in your tank?
Shoestring Reefer
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Cool, I'll keep that in mind. Does he swim much? My clowns usually swim a lot, but sometimes they sit on their flowerpot saucer. What type of algae is that?
tankslave
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yea, he's actually pretty active. He'll swim up and eat off your hand, very tame =) I was afraid he would sit on my sea fan, but he never does. His favorite "perch" is the magnetic cleaner that I park close to the top of the tank. He likes a good vantage point.
That algae is derbesia, I think. I looked at some of it under a microscope to try to ID it, and from the pics I had in the Julian Sprung "algae" book, I think that's what it is. Nothing seems to like to eat it. I'm fighting back the PO4 level, so hopefully with some more persistance it will start to die back.
That algae is derbesia, I think. I looked at some of it under a microscope to try to ID it, and from the pics I had in the Julian Sprung "algae" book, I think that's what it is. Nothing seems to like to eat it. I'm fighting back the PO4 level, so hopefully with some more persistance it will start to die back.
LakesPookie
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can u say blast from the past too bad no one ever commented on how their set ups ended up ..
MDboyz
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I love my DSB. I have it since the first day. It's been more than 3 years now. I haven't experienced what others call "DSB crash". There was one time with cyano, but dued to the bad RO/DI membrance. Also, I only do like 5gal. water chance every two weeks, but the water is crytal clear, and the sand bed is white. The only thing that I do to maintain my DSB is to re-stock clean-up crews every couple months. Here is my tank right now, you can find other pictures in my gallery...
... and no I didn't test for Phosphate or Nitrate, but I haven't got any algea outbreak yet....
... and no I didn't test for Phosphate or Nitrate, but I haven't got any algea outbreak yet....
headshrink
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That could be the issue in mine (clean-up crew). Mine has gotten quite sparse.... is that a big enough factor to algae getting out of control?
Think I should give it a few months before trying cooking with new crew, or just go "cook?"
Think I should give it a few months before trying cooking with new crew, or just go "cook?"
tankslave
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6802365#post6802365 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MDboyz
I love my DSB.
...The only thing that I do to maintain my DSB is to re-stock clean-up crews every couple months.
I wonder where they go...
Here is my tank right now, you can find other pictures in my gallery...
... and no I didn't test for Phosphate or Nitrate, but I haven't got any algea outbreak yet....
where's the fish?...
LakesPookie
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as for the write up basically someone who workes at a suage plant suggested a similar model to what they use to treat water wherey by you set up a cleaning sistem within the sand bed to romove the buildup of excess crap thats counter p[roductive to your tank aka the cause of DSB crash... anyways a few people said they were gonna experiment with it with the exception of tank slave who had isuess with his sand disapearing... no one else posted the results of their experiments...
thats the summary although a very well thought out idea and theoretically it should work similiarly to how a BB works but while still maintaining the stability of a DSBV pre crash i dont belive anyone has been able to solve the RW issues of getting the proper fluid removal from the DSB without dsetrimental effects to sand level then again only one person ha resp[onded thats it in a nut shell and i know theirs typos but im at work and about to go home im not stay on for anyone
thats the summary although a very well thought out idea and theoretically it should work similiarly to how a BB works but while still maintaining the stability of a DSBV pre crash i dont belive anyone has been able to solve the RW issues of getting the proper fluid removal from the DSB without dsetrimental effects to sand level then again only one person ha resp[onded thats it in a nut shell and i know theirs typos but im at work and about to go home im not stay on for anyone
LakesPookie
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yeah tank i bet a few people thought about doing but the logistics of setting up a new tank or breaking down an old one for unproven technology probably detered the few who claimed they were gonna try ive read all 25 pages in the past and the idea certainly has merit however for the DIYer most people want something thats already proven and its just a matter of getting the proper matireals and puting things together
where as this idea would take some thought as well as a bit of enginering in order to solve certain principals of fluid dynamics and filtration that i belive are not really ready to be tackeled by a casual hobbist nor do the more expirenced hobbies care to take an experimental approch considering the costs of marine aquaria i.e. lving things in this hobbyCASH
but yeah i think with some work it might work might look into this as a final enginerring project for a phD maybe
where as this idea would take some thought as well as a bit of enginering in order to solve certain principals of fluid dynamics and filtration that i belive are not really ready to be tackeled by a casual hobbist nor do the more expirenced hobbies care to take an experimental approch considering the costs of marine aquaria i.e. lving things in this hobby
CASHbut yeah i think with some work it might work might look into this as a final enginerring project for a phD maybe
