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06-24-2006, 06:11 PM
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I think R.D.S.B means remote deep sand bed. There is a big thread over at Reef Central over here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=595109
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06-24-2006, 11:49 PM
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Yes it is a remote DSB.
The RC thread says it all. In my case, instead of a bucket, I sectioned off a chamber in my sump 36"L x 5"W x 12"H fed by my skimmer return line and draining into my return pump chamber. I filled it with a coral based substrate. Here's a pic during the building phase (The plastic plants were there to better highlight the refugium chamber). The sump flow initially goes: Display drain (black PVC pipe), Mechanical filtration (AC 500 Sponge), Skimmer chamber. From there it goes either: Skimmer returnline, R.D.S.B., return pump chamber or: skimmer chamber, Refugium chamber, baffles, return pump chamber.  Coderad, What size of display do you have and what does your sump look like? Is it a prefab model or just a tank? How you set up a sump depends somewhat on the space available and the livestock you intend to keep. ________ BMW R1150RT Last edited by Dale; 01-21-2011 at 01:18 PM.
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08-14-2006, 11:03 PM
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Sorry about the delayed reply. My display is a 32 gal, it is a FOWLR right now 2 clowns a bunch of snails and and eurchant and a couple zebra hermit crabs.
Hopefully I will be adding some easy corals this fall. The sump is a prefab 10gal here is a pic of my sump. Last edited by Coderad; 10-08-2006 at 01:15 AM.
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08-15-2006, 11:25 PM
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I just took everything out and run it bare now... I'm SO sick of nitrates!
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium!
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08-16-2006, 01:01 AM
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Nope... I had about 60 lbs in there and a RDSB... You shoulda seen the crap in there when I took it out... and STINK! I'm almost ashamed... I can't believe my fish lived in a system with all that crap in it!
The school of thought is constantly changing... some stuff you may have read may suggest using media in your sump, and believe me I had all that too as do many people, but now thought is swinging to keeping even less rock and having more flow around it to make it more efficient... rocks & sand in a sump tend to act as detritus collectors so read "higher nitrates"... I LOVE my sand in my system and all the critters in it, but after this I am seriously considering removing all of it if I can't get zero nitrates using other methods.
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium!
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