DSB or SSB?
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Drewl117
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I've always had shallow in the 5 different aquariums I e set up. I just did a 210 and went bare bottom. I wasn't sure about it at 1st but now... I love having no sand!! You can crank the flow way up with no worries of sand storms. There are some fish and creatures that need sand but just remember that when you are stocking the tank( if you go that route).
Adds complexity, but I keep aesthetic sand in my display (SSB) and a DSB in a remote tank where it can be more easily managed. Problems with DSB's tend to be more imagined than real IMO. Algae problems .... must be the sandbed. Fish dying .... must be the sandbed. Corals aren't thriving .... well, you get the idea. Opinion and suspicion masquerading as fact.
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CStrickland
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Also, an R(emote)DSB is easy to add if you decide you want it. So it's not like you are set in stone if you just put a couple inches in the tank for looks.
You can search for a thread that's called something like "dsb in a 5 gallon bucket" you'll know it when you find it cause its a million pages long
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You can search for a thread that's called something like "dsb in a 5 gallon bucket" you'll know it when you find it cause its a million pages long
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cloak
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A RDSB just means you have no faith in the DSB to begin with IMO... If worst comes to worst go down with the ship, don't cast the stowaway overboard and pretend like nothing happened. 
Here's that thread btw.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=896352&highlight=let+s+see+your+sumps
Here's that thread btw.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=896352&highlight=let+s+see+your+sumps
I typically keep a few inches of sand in my display, a bit more in some places, a bit less in others. It's primarily for aesthetics, though it clearly plays a biological role because there are countless worm tracks visible. I also keep some sand burrowing wrasses, so need some for that too. Not deep enough in the display to function as a nitrate reducer though.
jon99
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There is no right answer, just lots of opinions.... so here is my:
I don't care for the look of a bb or dsb in the display so I went shallow (0.5" or so).
I wanted the benefits of a dsb, so I installed a remote deep sand bed plumbed into the sump. This can be as simple a placing a bucket inside the sump, filling it with sand, and running a powerhead which pump water across it's surface before it overflows back into the sump. If it creates problems (as some have reported) it as simple as removing the bucket.
There is no right answer, just lots of opinions.... so here is my:
I don't care for the look of a bb or dsb in the display so I went shallow (0.5" or so).
I wanted the benefits of a dsb, so I installed a remote deep sand bed plumbed into the sump. This can be as simple a placing a bucket inside the sump, filling it with sand, and running a powerhead which pump water across it's surface before it overflows back into the sump. If it creates problems (as some have reported) it as simple as removing the bucket.
davocean
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I agree w/ this, people want to figure out what went wrong and tend to go w/ most probable suspect going by what they have heard.
All can work, all have benefits depending on your setup and what you keep, some animals require sand, some sps dominant tanks need too heavy of flow to have sand, so plan out ahead what you think you wish to keep or what are your must haves and set up accordingly.
I've had DSB's mostly over my 30 years in this to provide for sand dwelling sea anemone's and never once had any issues.
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