What do you think?

[kingnai]

I am setting up the 180 and right now I am going to start out Fish only with live rock , but slowly upgrade lights and stuff as I can afford it.

I am thinking going bare bottom with a remote DSB or maybe just putting in a DSB in the display.

What do you think?

WWJD

what would John do ??

no offense Jesus...

 

[brucem]

I would go bb with a rdsb but that is just me

 

[boydx6]

I second the bb with rdsb

 

[kingnai]

with starboard or like on bottom or just glass?

 

[screamincamaro]

How about thin sand bed in display with rdsb? Sand looks so nice in the tank and if you go bb it will limit your fish options. Some fish like having sand.

If you go barebottom no jawfish or goby/pistol shrimps. What kind of fish are wanting to keep?

 

[ichthyman]

Re: What do you think?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14072643#post14072643 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kingnai
What do you think?

WWJD

what would John do ??

no offense Jesus...

:lolspin: :rollface: :lolspin:

SSB kept clean by regular twice weekly stirring. Mechanical filtration via frequently changed filter socks and aggressive protein skimming. Carbon source dosing for additional bio-mechanical removal of dissolved nutrients. Continuous chemical filtration with high quality granular activated carbon that is replaced every two weeks to maintain water clarity and limit excreted warfare compounds from the tank’s inhabitants.

 

[CMcNeil]

lol is that all or just where to start?

 

[ichthyman]

So let it be written! So let it be done!

 

[GrouperGenius]

John, you spend too much time on the net. LOL

 

[GrouperGenius]

Re: What do you think?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14072643#post14072643 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kingnai
I am setting up the 180 and right now I am going to start out Fish only with live rock , but slowly upgrade lights and stuff as I can afford it.

I am thinking going bare bottom with a remote DSB or maybe just putting in a DSB in the display.

What do you think?

WWJD

what would John do ??

no offense Jesus...

I will be re-doing my main tank eventually which is my Zoa dominat tank. I will be going BB with a TON of flow. I'm so sick of sand getting in and covering stuff. I will miss my Wrasses very much, but I think in the long run, the BB is way better.

 

[Postal]

Re: Re: What do you think?

Re: Re: What do you think?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14073637#post14073637 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GrouperGenius
I will be re-doing my main tank eventually which is my Zoa dominat tank. I will be going BB with a TON of flow. I'm so sick of sand getting in and covering stuff. I will miss my Wrasses very much, but I think in the long run, the BB is way better.

I'll clean out the guest bedroom in my tank in case those wrasses need a good home.

Lee

 

[GlassReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14073613#post14073613 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GrouperGenius
John, you spend too much time on the net. LOL

I was just thinking - he musta had a hellava Saturday.

 

[kingnai]

Lisa just asked if she could have a miniature great white in the 180 ... I started to laugh then she said ... just a dwarf one

 

[Postal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14073921#post14073921 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kingnai
Lisa just asked if she could have a miniature great white in the 180 ... I started to laugh then she said ... just a dwarf one

Get a GSM Clown, when they get big enough it is pretty close to the same effect.

Lee

 

[SoundsFishy2me2]

Always liked the look of a clean sand bed, the shaping of the sand, the way sand piles and helps to cove out areas under the rocks etc.. I seem to hear the same ol' things from people with BB on fighting nitrate and such, not sure I'm really sold on BB helping with tank waste isuses for the sake of loosing the realism look sand provides.

 

[SSpiro]

Huge fan of a SSB.

 

[GrouperGenius]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14074114#post14074114 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SoundsFishy2me2
Always liked the look of a clean sand bed, the shaping of the sand, the way sand piles and helps to cove out areas under the rocks etc.. I seem to hear the same ol' things from people with BB on fighting nitrate and such, not sure I'm really sold on BB helping with tank waste isuses for the sake of loosing the realism look sand provides.

My low to no nitrate tanks have been my BB tanks. Plus I have had issues with cyano in every sand tank I ever had.

No cyano in my BB tanks.

I agree though. Tanks "look" way better with a sand bottom. I personally have had too many negative issue with them. Maybe if I had a DSB tank with 6"+ of sand, it may be different.

 

[screamincamaro]

My nitrates have always been undectable on my SSB using Lamotte test kit and I have never had an issue. Change socks frequently and skim heavily.

I have had some small amount of cyano a couple of times but as long as I run GFO it has taken care of it so it has never been an issue.

 

[MHNUSF]

very shallow sand bed around rocks? Put egg crate underneath the rocks and sand, it will keep the shallow sand from drifting too much. BB looks like a frag tank unless covered with corals and rocks.

Cyano? Are you using RO DI and aragonite? I used to have cyano and once I have those two in place with good flow and a power skimmer, I had no problems.

Nice LOGO.

 

[Kubi]

plenum all the way!