the other tang
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I am building a rdsb for my 40g reef using a 5g blue water container " wal-mart $9.99 like the ones you take camping. I saw this oh 30-35 pages back and like it much better than a bucket for me. Unforunately My tank is not drilled, so I have to get creative. i need some input here. I wany to use my water coming out of my skimmer but can't just deadhead the flow into the rdsb because it would cause backpressure in my skimmer and it would not work, hell it might overflow. I am going to put a plastic collection container" like the ones stores use after they catch fish" directly under my hob skimmer output, them put a powerhead in the container to the rdsb. The skimmer should be uneffected by this and I should have good water too. I will return into a decomissioned penguin 330 so i can run carbon. I will also have an airstone or two inthere to help the o2 level get back up and bubble out the nitrogen. I don't believe I will get all the nitrogen out but this should help. I am thinking about seeding the sand with live out of my dsb in my tank. I read that all 3 types of bacteria can survive in an o2 rich environment, which should kickstart this bacteria. Ok, if sugar boosts bacteria in the tank wouldn't it boost it in a dsb? If so you could mix in a tsp with the live sand to get it going...right?
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