ok here it goes please answer honesty.
I was going to have a DSB with some home made live rock for my tank 280 gallons
is this enough for the fish at the bottom of my signture.
The reason i'm asking this that you need 1gal of bio balls will do 20 gallons, I have 10 gallons and can get more. Ok what I'm asking is that can i have say 20 gallons of bio balls and a slighty bare bottom tank, will this equal the DSB and will this give me more of a biological load for the tank in stead of having lots of rock and a DSB