Removing sand bed / going barebottom??

[Anonymous]

Hey galleon!

Does anyone have any actual data on DSB or BB yet?

Hey Righty,
If you're alluding to the ashing idea that Shane and I were throwing around a few months ago, to determine % organic composition of a DSB sample, it doesn't look like that study is going to develop any time soon. With a big thanks to Shane for doing the digging and finding the key paper, it turns out that the previously standard method of ashing for organics can give startlingly innaccurate and imprecise results. The method that is now in the process of being adopted is rather beyond the current capabilities of the labs I'm at, and where Shane is at as well.

Bummer about the ashing.
The way it looks from here is that everybody has their favorite idea of what is happening, but there is really no data either way.

 

[Unarce]

Righty,

I agree with you. Although it seems simplified, the 'set it and forget it' idea is usually the case when a DSB is set-up. A DSB can be maintained problem-free for years if techniques like vacuuming and hurricane effects are used.

 

[Anonymous]

you mean people who have the set it and forget it mentality in regards to DSB's

Righty

Is there anything that needs to be done to a DSB over time? besides adding a bit of new sand to make up for the sand that dissolves?

I might have that mentality, perhaps I missed something that I need to be doing

My tank is doing great with the dsb

Bryan

 

[Anonymous]

I would also be curious to know what some one like len who has had one set up for 10+ years did as far as maintenance on their dsb

What is Hurricaning?

Bryan