1journeyman
Active Member
"don't bring your prejudices into an otherwise informational thread"
Prejudices? Anyways..
This thread's all over the map. As I said in an earlier thread, I'd love references to articles backing up your claims about cc and DSB (you offered them, and in all fairness I provided a site full of information defending mine..)
Basically, if I understand correctly, your point is that macro algaes and live rock are safer ways to control nitrates than a DSB. Is this correct?
If so, I'd argue with that premise. Both tanks have live rock so that is a wash. Macro algae can die and "crash" just as anything else. Furthermore, DSBs and macro algaes are not mutually exclusive.
This leads back to what exactly is the benefit of a CC bed? You have to vaccuum them (you don't vaccuum a DSB.), you don't get as much of a calcium buffer as you with a DSB, a CC substrate provides nothing to the nitrogen cycle.
I guess that leaves appearance. If you like it, go for it. Just don't play down the benefits of other systems in the process.
PS "This was not what I was talking about... When I said this, I was referring to people who set up their CC substrate deep like they would a sand bed. CC does not function like sand and you can't have it being 4-6 inches deep like you do with sand"
What thread are you talking about where this has occured?
Prejudices? Anyways..
This thread's all over the map. As I said in an earlier thread, I'd love references to articles backing up your claims about cc and DSB (you offered them, and in all fairness I provided a site full of information defending mine..)
Basically, if I understand correctly, your point is that macro algaes and live rock are safer ways to control nitrates than a DSB. Is this correct?
If so, I'd argue with that premise. Both tanks have live rock so that is a wash. Macro algae can die and "crash" just as anything else. Furthermore, DSBs and macro algaes are not mutually exclusive.
This leads back to what exactly is the benefit of a CC bed? You have to vaccuum them (you don't vaccuum a DSB.), you don't get as much of a calcium buffer as you with a DSB, a CC substrate provides nothing to the nitrogen cycle.
I guess that leaves appearance. If you like it, go for it. Just don't play down the benefits of other systems in the process.
PS "This was not what I was talking about... When I said this, I was referring to people who set up their CC substrate deep like they would a sand bed. CC does not function like sand and you can't have it being 4-6 inches deep like you do with sand"
What thread are you talking about where this has occured?