[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by fresh

Many people have had successful DSB. Also many are still using crushed coral successfully.

Define successfully.

I do not know of any DSB that I would concider successful.

Personaly Ihave had all 3, my DSB lasted 2 years, in the last 4 months I was getting nussance algae I couldn't explain or get rid of. SO I went to a ssb. It was the same deal, maybe as I used the sand from the dsb to do it, but I had lots of bugs and such to keep both beds stirred. Now I am at the BB stage, I love it easy to keep clean, the rock still is more than enuf to keep my nitrates at 0. don't have to worry about a built up of nutrents in the sand bed any more.

A few thinga about DSB, th emain supporter of them, the good Dr Ron. Two years after he said they were the best thing in this hobby sence sliced bread, changed his mind. The reasoning he used was that in the hobby we can only hope to keep 10% of the different types and number of "Bugs" alive to make a DSB work, then about 1 year laiter he started on the fact that a DSB can be a nutrent/heavy metal sink if not run proper, which the previous year he said was impossable for us to run one properly.

so I decided to go BB after trying DSB and SSB and I think BB is where I will stay as I haven't found a down side yet. The bottom covers over fast with calcium deposits, then turns to coraline and you can put corals on it to cover it also like Brad has.

Steve