salt newbie01
Reefing newb
So I have noticed a lot of you guys run dsb's. I would like to hear from you. When I first got into the hobby I read alot about dsb's. The one thing that turned me off was the long term breakdown of the dsb. What happens 5 years or even 10 years down the road? What do you do to maintain oxygenation? Maybe a bunch of large snails ie conchs? Do/can you siphen the sand bed when doing water changes to export some of the detritus? or would that hurt the dsb? I really am interested in learning more about them. Aside from reading articles I really want good info from those of you that are using them and have used them for an extended time period. So please lets talk about the art of keeping a dsb.
I will be setting up a 220 FOLWR tank in the next year or so. I am debating on the entire tank set up at this point and a dsb is one of my considerations. Since I will have agreesive fish and large fish I expect to have a high nutrient load to deal with. I wonder if a dsb in addition to a large kich butt skimmer will help manage a healthy stable tank?
I will be setting up a 220 FOLWR tank in the next year or so. I am debating on the entire tank set up at this point and a dsb is one of my considerations. Since I will have agreesive fish and large fish I expect to have a high nutrient load to deal with. I wonder if a dsb in addition to a large kich butt skimmer will help manage a healthy stable tank?