DSB my experience

[fishywoo]

Recently I broke down my 3 year old 60 gallon tank with DSB and plenum to upgrade to a 100 gallon. My sand bed was 8 to ten inches in depth in places. I had read and observed posts over the years that said upon opening it up there would be obvious dead spots and more then likely a stinking sulpher smell.

Suprised to say I infact found the the opposite there was no smell at all and the sand looked very "clean".

 

[marrone]

I found the same thing when I broke down my 35hex, which had been up for 4-5 years. The sand bed was 3"-4" and there was hardly any smell to it.

 

[House of Laughter]

When we broke down Prattreef's tank (up for 10yrs I think) we found sand that was undisturbed in color and smell - we seeded his new sand bed with it.

Very interesting findings.

House

 

[Deanos]

A deep sandbed with enough critters to continually "stir up" the bed should not develop dead spots.

 

[fishywoo]

So this is not a lone observation. Deanos my DSB had plenty of critters and I agree that this is probably a big help. Funny I had fears of opening up this foul smelling pit. Instead I found quite the opposite. Anyone else open a DSB lately?