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Old 08/20/2004, 02:52 PM
shred5 shred5 is offline
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Originally posted by thackray
I was hoping that someone might shed some light on my earlier question from page 10.

Similar processes occur in LR and DSB but somehow the live rock solves an equilibrium condition over a long period of time (bad stuff—in, ok stuff--out) that a DSB does/may not. What prevents the build up of P in the LR that occurs in the DSB?

FWIW we run shallow sand beds with lots of sand critters. We assume that our live rock is doing most of the “filtering�. The corals are primarily SPS and LPS.

Phil Thackray
it happens in rock to.. just not as bad.. My guess is less surface area.. I have seen were algae continually will grow on your rock even with the best conditions...

Dave