Remote DSB Details

[brett_mil]

Hi,

Thought it would be a good idea to have a seperate thread for people to post the details of their Remote DSB. After reading the staggering (but really awsome) thread about RDSBs . it was clear that perhaps some info could be put into a seperate thread for everyone to be able to access quickly and perhaps stop the same questions from appearing in the above thread.

See below for format of posting your info:

Tank Size: x litres
Bucket size: y litres
Amount of sand: z kgs
Surface area: 800 cm2
Open/Sealed Bucket: Sealed
Type of Sand: Aragonite
Buffering layer: N/A or 0.5" Arag
Bucket Depth: 15"
Sand Depth: 10"
Water Depth: 3"
Flowrate: 1000lph
Prefilter type: N/A or Skimmer effluent or micron bag etc
Date of Install: 01/01/2006
NO3 Test at install: 25ppm
First NO3 decrease: 01/02/2006
NO3 reading now: 1ppm

Any other changes that may have caused NO3 decrease:
blah blah blah water changes etc

Pics of setup:

Enjoy

Brett

 

[brett_mil]

Ok, so I'll go first:

Tank Size: 250 litres
Bucket size: 25 litres
Amount of sand: 15 kgs
Surface area: 800 cm2
Open/Sealed Bucket: Sealed
Type of Sand: Aragonite
Buffering layer: N/A
Bucket Depth: 15"
Sand Depth: 10"
Water Depth: 3"
Flowrate: 600lph
Prefilter type: Filter floss cleaned daily
Date of Install: 31/05/2006
NO3 Test at install: 25ppm
First NO3 dec: N/A
NO3 reading now: 25ppm

Any other changes that may have caused NO3 decrease:
None!

Brett

 

[danskim]

Wow this sure died quickly.
Maybe it can be revived...

 

[kharn101]

where the pics??

 

[danskim]

Anyone?

 

[DidYouSayReefer]

I added a RDSB to my sump about 2 months ago. My nitrates are undetectable. The water to the sump hits a mechanical filter (floss), goes through my recently added mangroves (5 for now), hits the skimmer, and then the return pump. I split the return line to the show tank and to the RSDB, which is in the sump. The water from the RSDB is returned to be filtered a second time through the sump. I have a 29 gal tank, 20 gal sump, and I use about a 1-2 liters of sand at about 6 inches deep. It is not much but it seems to working great. I also just added some bio-balls to the RDSB. I figured that water is very clean so I don't have to worry about them becoming a nitrate factory. I think the problem with bioballs is that they are usually one of the first things hit in the sump when the water is still dirty so they accumulate debris to quickly and become dirty. That is for another furom, though.

 

[BeanAnimal]

it dies because

1) not many folks use an RDSB
2) lists of parameters are more than a little boring

Photos may help your thread.

 

[mxett]

Recently installed a RDSB next to my sump in a 35 litre bin. I have about 1000 litres an hour flow over the top of it. It's only been 3 weeks to its a bit early to tell a difference yet. I didnt get a pre nitrate level, but if it keeps nitrates low I'll be happy. If it does nothing much I've lost nothing. If it starts poluting the system in a few years (which I don't think it will, as it only gets filtered water) I'll toss it.

Easy.