Dsb Grrreeaat!!

[cgr]

After a few years of using CC in my tank and wasting a lot of time vaccuming the build up of dirt and wasted food, I decided to switch to a DSB 5+". What a difference! I switched about three months ago, and at first I thought I had made a mistake. I had several algea blooms and diatoms appeared on the sand but during the past six weeks, I have had crystal clear water, healthy fish and very limited algea growth. The only drawback is that some of my cleaning critters have starved to death.
I certainly recommend the switch but after you do it, be patient.
120 Gal FOWLR
1 Yellow tang
1 Blue tang
1 Sailfin tang
3 chromis
1 cleaner wrass
1 tomato clown
1 sleeper gobie
1 scooter blenny
1 bicolor blenny
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
2 peppermint shrimp
1 sandsifter star
5 emerald crabs, snails, blue and scarlet leg hermits
Wet/Dry filter w bioballs
5+” DSB
Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, PH 8.2, Salinity 1.024What a difference!

 

[lesa]

I done the same thing about 3 weeks ago and am going thru the dreaded diatom bloom and it is driving me crazy

 

[thomas712]

No need for the cleanup crew to suffer and starve, get some seaweed or nori, wrap it around a spare piece of acrylic, small rock, large shell with a rubber band. The hermits and emerald crabs will come a running. They make algea waffers, sinking pellets, lots of options.
Thomas