Finally some photos

[1journeyman]

Thought I would share a few pics of my fledgling tank...

 

[1journeyman]

and here..

 

[1journeyman]

and finally here..

 

[teresaq]

wow how much sand do you have in there. looks like it take up half your tank. ????? rocks look good though

 

[exile415]

yikes !! soo much sand !:jumping:

 

[fishcrazy2]

lots of sand, but cool

 

[1journeyman]

Lol..Ya, the sand does look rather dominant in those photos.
I've got about 4-6 inches throughout the tank.
We'll see how it works out. I'm hoping to create a very "natural" sandbed.

 

[cowfishrule]

dam
definition of a dsb is.... ^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[kcobain111]

hahaha looks good but i've never seen so much sand

 

[g-dude]

Wow thats a whole lot of sand!!

 

[hermitkrab]

That's a lot of sand. Nice tank!
P.S.
I have a 4 inch sandbed in my 40g but it doesn't look dominant like your's. But good idea going with the deep sand bed.

 

[tomski1024]

Do you have a fuge or sump? If not, you could definately steal some of the sand from your tank and make one.

 

[hydro]

everyone is lol at your sand but from what reasearch ive done...that is a perfect sand bed and your tank will reap the benifits of that deep sand bed.....my next tank will have a deep sandbed like yours....:happy:

 

[1journeyman]

Thanks all, and thank Hydro for your support.
Hehe, it is a DSB, but I'm excited by it's potential. I suspect that the grain size and depth is going to allow for great calcium buffering as well as excellent nitrate export. (Not to mention my sand dwelling critters will be in heaven.)
The trade off, of course, is less water cloumn, but I'm not worried about that. Fish live horizontally, not vertically.