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06-21-2005

Posted by miskairal on June 21, 2005, 6:43 pm

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Can some kind soul please direct me to an article about the differences
(the fors and againsts) using Deep sand beds OR Shallow sand beds.

OR give me your own experiences and opinions.

I seem to be overwhelmed with info. The only aquarium near here that
stocks marine fish and equipment is 2 1/2 hours drive away. The owner
prefers the shallow bed b/c he said he's never seen a DSB last very long
without problems. His tanks are gorgeous and fish are always healthy,
even the tropicals. However most of the forums etc I have read only
discuss DSB.

Thanks

Posted by PDS on June 21, 2005, 6:55 pm

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I prefer deep....... I start with playsand which you can get at somewhere
like a home depot or toys r us..... a couple inches makes a good base for
live rock and corals or whatever you might wants to dig into the base.. some
crushed coral on top of it all and ya got substrait that I have found
trouble free for years with normal vacuuming

> Can some kind soul please direct me to an article about the differences
> (the fors and againsts) using Deep sand beds OR Shallow sand beds.
>
> OR give me your own experiences and opinions.
>
> I seem to be overwhelmed with info. The only aquarium near here that
> stocks marine fish and equipment is 2 1/2 hours drive away. The owner
> prefers the shallow bed b/c he said he's never seen a DSB last very long
> without problems. His tanks are gorgeous and fish are always healthy,
> even the tropicals. However most of the forums etc I have read only
> discuss DSB.
>
> Thanks

Posted by Pszemol on June 21, 2005, 7:51 pm

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> I prefer deep....... I start with playsand which you can get at somewhere
> like a home depot or toys r us..... a couple inches makes a good base for
> live rock and corals or whatever you might wants to dig into the base..
> some
> crushed coral on top of it all and ya got substrait that I have found
> trouble free for years with normal vacuuming

Vacuuming deep sand bed ??? You suck out all benefitial animals this way.

Posted by lg on June 21, 2005, 7:26 pm

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Find someone wih a nice healthy tank and follow there advice word for word
and don't listen to anyone else,

lg

Posted by Nappy on June 21, 2005, 11:19 pm

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miskairal wrote:

Happy Reading

http://gutfeeling.mine.nu/my/dsb.html

Kevin

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