Anyone run a sump on a freshwater tank?

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Originally posted by Ron101:
Steve,

Does your 'freshwater DSB' function similar to those for saltwater?

Do you get nitrogen bubble production and the black/charcoal coloured patches?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was getting this in my smaller sand substrate tanks, in them I was using a 0.5 to 1mm pool filter sand and yes I think it did have some of the properties of a DSB (don't quote me on that though :D sence I added the MTS they keep the sand bed pretty much stired up so I don't get any pockets but I still do not have any levels of nitrate. this is also due to the plants but I do not have as many in the 20 gal as I do in the 37 gal.

delphinus, they can becom a plague but not a bad one, I find if you look in my 37 gal durning the day you might see a few. at night there are hundreds [img]smile.gif[/img] they stay under the surface of the sand for the day so you realy don't know how many you have when the lights are on. if you click on the MTS name on my web page it will take you to a good pic of them. as for clown loaches.. hmm I am not sure.. they might make it just for the fact that they stay under the gravel a lot.. but then again getting them established might be hard. they are live bearers and multiplay quite quickly. and as for any snail it will only becom a plague if you let it (ie. over feed your tank and stuff) but as soon as you get stuff under controle the 3's will settle out to what your tank can support.

Steve