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How Sandbeds REALLY Work by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com Here is the link I posted in the other thread!
How Sandbeds REALLY Work by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com Heres one article, I'll post it in the other thread as well, hope it helps!...
Nassarius spp. typically eat dead fish(carrion) leftover food and the like, they are scavangers not predators like SS stars are. The nassarius will...
The problem w/ the sandsifting stars is they eat all the life in the DSB that is NEEDED to maintain it properly! If you want a DSB to work at its...
ermano, read my post about the whole ticking timebomb aspect of a DSB in the other thread. Also the hydrogen sulfide issue is GREATLY blown out of...
I will grab you some links as well as some articles as well, but in the mean time, I just took down my 75 that had a refugium w/ a dsb and a plenum...
True, this is another reason T5 is making great strides, its more of a full coverage. The only downside is typically the lack of "shimmer" people...
The deep sandbed ticking time bomb analogy is out the window. Yes it is a nutrient "sink" BUT the flora and fauna do a GREAT job of slowly breaking...
Honestly, w/ your bio load I can't imagine the tank is TOO clean, unless you have some ATB crazy skimmer or some huge volcano or something, I have...
temp is a little high, 77 is better On a side note, 77 and "lower" reef temps are losing ground in favor of a more "natural" reef temp, such as...
Actually, most skimmers produce a very thick, black odiferous skimmate the cleaner the tank and a more wet "lighter" skimmate when the water is...
There is many colors of coralline including green, pink, purple, red and I've heard of yellow.
What do you mean by waiting and starting over? With another medicinal regimine? Ich attack works fairly well, I've used it personally on a purple...
Thank you, I think I will! ;-)
Like the title says, I'm alittle late introducing myself.;D Quick bio, I had two tanks up until sunday when I toned down to just my 180. I've keep...
Typically SPS will grow fast enough to avoid algal growth over taking it but let's say a small part of tissue receds it will be taken over with...
bump dKH to 13-14 Why do you recommend taking the kH so high? That COULD help bring the water to a supersaturation and potentially bring about a...
Honestly, I was at work one day joking around and I called myself Doc Fragenstein and we all thought it was funny. No interesting story or history,...
Next time you need "emergency" water stingray, just use plain ole distilled, it should be pure and most brands or companies DO NOT add minerals to...
The ones in pics I've seen are green and white and all sorts of colors, whereas the ones I get are usually red with hints of other colors, its a...
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