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Old 06-02-2005, 04:39 AM
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Actually, by the time you've changed one out after 4-5 years, you will not ever want to repeat the experience (ime )
Do you mean to say that it is such a huge job that you think I would rather put up with a BB than change sand every 5 years?
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Actually, by the time you've changed one out after 4-5 years, you will not ever want to repeat the experience (ime )
Do you mean to say that it is such a huge job that you think I would rather put up with a BB than change sand every 5 years?
"put up with" is rather negative, but ya, removing a DSB is way more trouble than you'd think.
I'm really loving the look of my BB tank now. At first I was a bit unsure, but I like it a lot now. With 6000gph of flow in the tank, I don't have any choice, but BB would be my choice regardless.
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Do you mean to say that it is such a huge job that you think I would rather put up with a BB than change sand every 5 years?
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I'm really loving the look of my BB tank now.
Is that because after time you get coralline algae growing on it and it doesn't look BB anymore?
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Real bad? Nothin' a little respirator mask wouldn't take care of?

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Sounds like I'll be goin' BB in 2010!

Christy: Funny smileys. I take it they are from a download you did and not from this board? (Kinda new to actually using the internet in an interactive sense).
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Christy: Funny smileys. I take it they are from a download you did and not from this board? (Kinda new to actually using the internet in an interactive sense).
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