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08/12/2005, 03:15 PM
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Dsb, Ssb, Bb Or Starboard Great Debate
Hello fellow reefers
EVERYONE seems to have a opinion about the type of substrate or lack of for their tank. Some prefer one thing, some the others. Some have tried one and others 2 or more. I myself have crush coral, with a DSB on top of that and I like it because of the aesthetics (looks). Looks more natural to me, IMO. When I first got into this hobby, it was more of a crush coral hobby. Then came the Jaubert style, then a combination of that, and now a big skimmer and plenty of movement, closed systems, and a combo of them too. It's a endless cycle of reef tank evolution. It appears that whatever works for you it what works for you. But, when I read some of the threads, it appears that the issue is just how things look, not so much the effects on the tank overall. If you have SPS, you want a certain type of bottom, and if you have softies you want something else. And if you just want more water movement you want another. But, the waters where most of what we have in our tanks have sand, PLENTY of it. And seems to me that it has worked best that way for ions. But, just for the sake of a good debate, WHY did you really choose the bottom you chose? And why does it work for you? RevClyburn
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08/12/2005, 03:21 PM
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Simple...
Clean tank with minimal effort.  
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08/12/2005, 03:22 PM
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WHY DID YOU WANT TO START ANOTHER DEBATE THREAD....?????
( LOL )
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08/12/2005, 03:28 PM
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Sorry about the debate,
maybe because I'm thinking of starting another debate thread, lol,. No, really because of lot of newbies look at the threads and their confused by all we post. Maybe if there was thread where they could find out why people chose the bottom they chose. The choice they make would be simplier and centered around what they hope to really do with their tank. RevClyburn, not starting problems, lol
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08/12/2005, 03:30 PM
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Maybe some of you can post some pics of your tank(s) so that other can see why you chose that bottom
Rev
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08/12/2005, 03:31 PM
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If its healthy its all good----- dsb looks best when weill maintained.---each has issues though
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08/12/2005, 03:32 PM
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Weatherman
nice tank, very clean looking but is that the only reason why, cleaniness? Rev
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08/12/2005, 03:33 PM
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Re: Dsb, Ssb, Bb Or Starboard Great Debate
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08/12/2005, 03:33 PM
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True Jagsy
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08/12/2005, 03:34 PM
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Re: Re: Dsb, Ssb, Bb Or Starboard Great Debate
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08/12/2005, 03:34 PM
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Hey Bomber,
is that because orf the corals you keep too?
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08/12/2005, 03:43 PM
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After 15 months in a shallow-sandbed tank it looked like this:  Four months of being in a bare-bottom tank and it recovered to this:  And, to turn my 180 from this:  To this: 
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08/12/2005, 04:04 PM
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And, to prevent my astrea snails from dying. Something about sand turns off their “righting reflex�.
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08/12/2005, 04:40 PM
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I really think that there was more to the "before" pictures than just a sand bed problem...... Too easy to blame sand for poor husbandry........That algae was out of control for more than a sucky sand bed...... ( IMO )
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08/12/2005, 04:45 PM
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I doubt that. He works for NOAA you know ,after all
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08/12/2005, 04:55 PM
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Sand beds flux phophate. How does good husbandry help solve that. Its nature that set that up.
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#23
08/12/2005, 05:28 PM
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LOL...Really.... what's that got to do with anything..??
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08/12/2005, 05:51 PM
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Weatherman, for example knows just how and where sand flows. I bet you dont... Not to be argumental look at their occupations metorologist doctor of marine biology and pathobiology You gotta give them some sort of credit...... Plus I have read the scientifc journals that show how sand works And the evidence is all there.
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08/12/2005, 05:52 PM
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plus im beating you in posts
  kidding
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