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01-24-2007, 03:27 AM
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Ive found that the snails do well with a BB as Beverly mentioned, but for hermits, Ive found that stocking lighter is nice since they have nowhere to hide.
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01-24-2007, 03:56 AM
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Thanks for the info, from the sounds of it going BB isnt going to limit my livestock choices at all - is that correct?
Besides appearences (according to some, I have seen some nice BB tanks), what are some of the cons of BB?
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01-24-2007, 05:41 AM
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don't go there
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 this tread will turn into a 50 page of the on-going debate. do a search on "pros cons bb" and you should get more than you can read in a day
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01-24-2007, 06:22 AM
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Really no cons that I can think of, and lots of pros. If you can handle the appearance initially, you'll have a cleaner tank.
That being said, I have moved existing sandbeds without any problems in the past, so you could do that if you wanted. I kept lots of inverts in there with a bare bottom, no issues at all.
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01-24-2007, 06:27 AM
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Cons?
Less natural look. Here it is in a nutshell: 1. Pros of a BB tank is that it's easier to maintain. Simple. 2. Cons of a BB tank is that you won't have access to the microfauna/organisms that come naturally when you have a sandbed (of a certain depth). BUT, since this is Calgary, even if you had a sandbed, how ARE you going to obtain organisms anyway? Alot of the organisms in question are obtainable in the States but extremely hard to get here. It's a no-brainer that there will be someone who disagrees and wants to venture into minutia about the specifics of a sandbed without regards to what is obtainable here in Calgary (Canada, even) but I think I pretty much summed it up.
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