Hey Mike, I was under the impression from Randy, Bomber and my own experence with fresh water tanks and DSB's that it was the bottom level (the anoxic zone) that actualy did the final nitrate to nitrogen gass conversion.
I have been running a DSB in my fresh water tank for 3 years now but I also have a ton of plants in there which help take the nasties out of the sand bed, could we set up a salt water plant remote bed that would work the same way?
I don't want to use macro algae or algae period, as it alwasy finds its way into the main tank but maby some grasses or other rooted plant would work.
Steve
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