So why go BB?

[reefNetWork]

true. well i got the information i wanted. thank you everyone.

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8001492#post8001492 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChinChek787
Its difficult to get good flow without blowing sand everywhere. Also its difficult to create a sturdy structure on top of sand and if u put flat pieces on top of the sand u create dead spots there.

Like i said, I've got well over 100 times turnover in my 58 with sandbed. Getting good flow is NOT tough.

As to stability, just push rocks down into the sand.

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7994791#post7994791 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChinChek787
Really it should be called the Berlin method because that is how they system is being run. Good amount of liverock, no sand, good skimming with high flow, and strong lighting. The only real difference is the way calcium is added as many use calcium reactors instead of doseing kalk. To be honest I think adding kalk would be better as it is theorized to help lower phosphate levels, another thing that people who go BB like to achieve.

Berlin method has little to do with substrate. In fact just about all the aquariums in germany that made the Berlin method famous had an inch or two of substrate. I think Julian Sprung is responsible for leading people to believe that Berlin method aquariums had bare bottoms.

 

[TWallace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8001407#post8001407 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by leeweber85
I use sand, because It looks about 10x cooler.

I totally agree.

 

[jawwad19]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8001406#post8001406 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RichConley
King Kong, I hate to bring up the debate again, but which ones of those things do you not need for a sandbed tank?


The same things that help a BB tank help a sandbed tank.



And seriously, can we stop spreading this "you can't have high flow and a sandbed" myth? I've got a tunze 6060, two maximods, and two seio 820s in my 58 gallon (as well as my return).

Do the math, thats well over 6000gph, or over 100x turnover, with a 4" sandbed..

I totally agree!
I have a 90 gallon with an almost 5" sand bed and about a 45x turnover rate (tunze 6000, seio 1500 and quiet one 3000 return) No sand storm.
Plus some of the most beautiful tanks Ive ever seen (including here on RC for TOTM utilize DSB's) I think there has only been 1 or 2 TOTM which actually were BB
But in the end it just comes down to preference.

 

[Zoos]

Oh buddy you don't know what you're starting.............good luck

I can't believe I'm actually quoting myself.

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