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09-23-2010, 04:34 AM
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I would suggest looking at other members tanks and see what you find appealing , then do a wish list of the fish you want and see if a bb works for you. Give this thread some time and you'll get a better scientific response, I'm only speaking from experience. I'm sure bb had it's advantages as well like weight on your glass, moving your tank, not as much sand floating around .it's a decision I wouldn't take lightly and won't work for all set ups but may be better for some
 keep researching and then post why you wanna go the route you choose
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09-23-2010, 04:48 AM
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I run a bare bottom. No worries about to much flow stirring up sand. Much easier to clean if necessary. A fellow canreefer asked me the other day where my detritus was, I don't have any since there is no sand bed for it to settle on. It takes most people at least 10 or 15 mins to notice there is no sand in my tank since they are busy looking at all the fish and coral. It doesn't look as nice as a white sand bed but it will blend in with coraline over time.
A SSB is really only for aesthetics and I could never keep it clean anyway and a DSB is to hard to maintain IMO so BB is my vote.
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09-23-2010, 04:54 AM
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i had a 3" sandbed for about 1 1/2 years recently moved and went with a shallow (under an inch) sandbed and like the look much better but its only been running a week like this so my opinion is based purely on aseticitcs
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09-23-2010, 05:01 AM
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From one new guy to the next. I love the look of the sand bed but man am I having troubles keeping nice and clean. I am seriously thinking about getting rid of mine.
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09-23-2010, 05:17 AM
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09-23-2010, 05:23 AM
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During the first year your tank will see all colours and problems it has to learn to stabilize kinda like a child learning to walk, the ultimate solution is patience every reefer wants to solve problems or ditch the real trick us playing things out. Sandbeds have a knack for solving their own problems and messing with it doesn't help and removing it doesn't get rid of the problem, it's all part of becoming established. Some systems establish rather quick some take forever that's where making patient decisions and informed decisions cones in
Someday I'll be doing a bb tank ive seen some real nice ones
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09-23-2010, 06:23 AM
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bare bottom is easier to keep clean, as well as safer in terms of "Old Tank Syndrome", when deep sand bed accumulates so much dirt that tank is polluted with Hydrogen Sulfide and everything is dead in very short period of time.
If you really want sand keep it at 1" inch level.
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