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  1. Can Ricordea be placed in a tank that has angels (big emperor or regal ) and wrasse? Is it safe? Thanks in advacne
  2. Hi Fellow Reefers, Its been very informative & the value of information drilled into details outlined in such a professional manner makes this thread one of the best threads I could ever ask for. I have enjoyed every bit of it. Everyone of you has contributed somewhat to my quest for better reef keeping. This also includes our BBT friends like Madmac, who hopefully can share with us more of his reefkeeping in BBT in the near future To both Bro Tuan & Ian, you guys have inspired us all by having such healthy exchange of opinions & knowledges - Strong, firm & polite!! setting good example for reefers who are new like me . Kudo!!
  3. Tuan, Thanks for such detailed explaination. I now understand better. Scarab, your question is exactly what I have in mind now that I just realized DSB needs to be "live". Has anyone searched thro' reef central for some takes on this? By the way, may be this would help. Who has the longest DSB based system here & how he/she manages to keep the sand rejuvenated. We then can learn... ?? My tank is only 1 year old. Cant say much here! Eager to learn more here
  4. I came, I saw & I left fully encouraged & inspired !! You tank is magnificent. Keep up the good work so that we can be inspired.
  5. Currently, I have a > 4" DSB for SPS dominated scape. NO3 is zero. I also had a fOWLR tank with semi sand bed (2") (size garde 5) set up long before I learnt of this DSB technique from wetwebmedia & reef invert book by Athony calfo & Bob ferner(?) . Nowaday, I stuggle hard to keep my FOWLR tank NO3 at bay by doing 15% WEEKLY WATER CHANGE with manual hard labour syphoning. Still NO3 can never drop to zero. The best, I ever get is 30-40ppm. Whereas Changing water for the DSB tank. Ha, easy does it. Just change water. No syphoning!! Now, You can see which method is my favourite!! DSB. But this BBT stuff bothers me... hence I need to find out if NO3 can be zero in BBT & "normal' LR loading. (note : normal means what we normally put in our system). what I wud like to say is I have 2 different systems running. Though not identical (one is fish mainly & the other SPS), they tell me something: "DSB is GOOD for NO3 redcution". Do I care what live forms or critters, pods still exit in the DSB? Of course NO! That's live sand. I don't want to confuse myself with LIVE SAND & DSB. You can have live sand without DSB. Can we have the reverse? I wud think so, but it is a guide NOT a must. Your critters & pods would be consumed all by your mandarin fish at no time if you do not couple with a refugium. As far as I am concerned, DSB main function is NO3 reduction & it does it well. whereas , when we mention live sand, we meant it to be BIO filter comparable with Live Rocks (LR). Though all are related in reality. BUT DSB is mainly for NO3 reduction (IMO) & there is no real substitute except:- 1. some expensive Zeovit stuff which I recently heard of AND 2. of course the PROVEN brelin (extra ++) method : LOTS of LRs in your tank & sump. LOTS. 3. Aggressive Algae harvest & export. (can get messy too). 4. some chemical stuff, which I dare not use... Goin' to the "long term" thing. If you read more in DSB, you would realise that there is maintenance like sand replacement, ensure no deritrius or dead spot on sand..etc. But I presume these quarterly jobs are better than my weekly elbowed syphoning on my FOWLR tank anytime (May be should try BERLIN ++ = LOTS of live rocks in BIG sump). Actually, there is this one lady in the reef central confessed that she has a DSB remote sump/refugium?? even she proclaimed the goodness of BBT over DSB initially. I think she is smart to have done that: having DSB in sump or refugium. right? But, I don understand why she ran down DSB? May I respectfully ask those BBT subscribers, how long have you kept your tank BBT & how do you feed? What skimmer you use? Do you add extra LRs in your sump or display? Is NO3 zero? Please don get me wrong. I really meant to learnt from all your experience & I like to constantly improve my reefing skills all the time, like manyof us here. I oso have no hestitation to switch BBT if convinced.. Thanks all in advance & I am learning from what you guys are contributing. Thanks again.
  6. Use hamilton 14000K. Looks OK. No complaint so far.
  7. Hi, How long have you converted? Whats the NO3 measurement? Does it creep up over time... longer time means higher NO3...? What's the water change regime? weekly or monthly? Any sump & what's in the sump? Is it just strictly berlin filtration with heavy skimming?
  8. I understand that One principal benefit of DSB is the Nitrate Reduction. Right? Now if we use BBT, then how we propose to reduce NO3? Aggressive skimming will remove 100% of NO3? Is this feasible? May be reduce feeding too...? BBT with strong water current, "any how shoot", is very tempting, especially SPS dominated tank. But, I am concerned of the NO3 reduction too. Any advice here? TQ in advance.
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