A shallow sand bed has no nitrate reducing qualities. All of the reading I have done has led me to believe that it is purely asthetic. If I understand it correctly, a shallow sand bed can become a nitrate factory. Maybe I'm out to lunch but that is what I have read.
Why would I ditch the filter floss? It is my only means of removing larger particles before they settle.
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72g bowfront, t5.
29g JBJ nano cube, ATI 26HD.
Livestock: clown fish, chromis, coral beauty.
Corals: Toadstool, maze brain, candy cane, mushrooms (purple & green hairy), button polyps, green zoas, GSP.
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