DSB - Good or Bad?

oceansidefish

oceansidefish

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I am surprised it refrences plenums then...I have not read the article...I should. There was some research done a few years ago on plenums, I believe out of Univ. of Hawaii on Plenums vs. Non-Plenums. I remeber reading the article right after graduating from college. Plenums were patented in the 1980's I believe and were popular for quite some time. However research later confirmed that it was the presence and depth of the substrate...Not the presence or absence of a plenum that had the impact as had been previously thought.
 
oceansidefish

oceansidefish

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3115258
go to the first link in each of these searches. Part 1 and Part 2.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=An+Experimental...ng+experiments
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=An+Experimental...ng+experiments
That would be the one! I had no idea Adv. Aquarist ran that article! I remember reading it in a scientific journal at the time however. Very interesting stuff comes out of their lab. They are actually a rather prolific bunch of researchers there. We had done a similar study at SDSU however it was not related to plenums, it was based more on particle size and buffering capabilities as it related to water treatments.
 
spanko

spanko

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3115299
Oh and as far as the caulerpa goes I in no way get any kick back from steering people to my good friend Henry who supplies most of the trade with it
Yup, first hit is free...........
 
florida joe

florida joe

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My salt water fish store said that you CAN have a DSB. but if you have a power failer for an extended period of time that is will cause you tank to crash, makin you ph to drop and killing everything in the tank
I in no way profess to know more then your LFS but IMO the reason you run the risk of a major die off in your tank with a DSB in a Prolonged power failure is due to the lack of gas exchange. At night our oxygen levels are at they’re lowest. If hydrogen sulfide is released from your DSB and not expelled via surface agitation it will quickly deplete the limited oxygen level in your tank and suffocate your fish and corals
 
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abeandlulu

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3116091
I in no way profess to know more then your LFS but IMO the reason you run the risk of a major die off in your tank with a DSB in a Prolonged power failure is due to the lack of gas exchange. At night our oxygen levels are at they’re lowest. If hydrogen sulfide is released from your DSB and not expelled via surface agitation it will quickly deplete the limited oxygen level in your tank and suffocate your fish and corals
Wow.. I dont know what to say..
You know a whole hell of alot more about this than I do
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