increase height of dsb

[evanscence]

HI guys..would like to need your advise regarding the above mentioned. I m thinking of converting to a reef tank from my currently 4ft fowlre set up. The dsb in my main tank is about 4 -5 inch now. Since I m planning to do a complete rescale of my lr to faciliate the placement of corals, is it ok that i add in another 3 inch height of sand to make it an ideal height for dsb. My tanks has been running for 3 mths though the most of the stuffs has been taken over from a existing 1 yrs plus systems...THansk for all advise

[RAV-65]

Bro,

a DSB can be a minimum of about 6"... even if you wanna have a 8" DSB in the main tank, I would suggest that you add slowly the sand like maybe 0.5" every 3-4 days.... dat allows the bacterial to have time to grow on the new sand...

Juz my 2 cts...

Vincent Ho

[evanscence]

bro rav-65

my initial plan was to take out all my lr..and then add the sand..b4 rescaling, which i estimate will take me half a day... i still have about 6 fishes...somes shrimps, snails, crab cuke inside the tanks. I do not have enough equipments to house the fishes and LR for a few days....do u think i can proceed w my original plan..?

thanks

[evanscence]

Any bros can offer me more advise..thanks

[terryansimon]

do it over a period of time. take a cupful of sand and lay it down slowly onto the bottom of the sand bed. (=

[evanscence]

bros terry, according to this method, will my LR be buried deeper into the sand...is that a gd thing....pardon me for my ignorance...thanks for the advise

[terryansimon]

urh...logically, yes your liverock will have a bit more depth in the sandbed, due to the increased height of the sandbed itself.

I doubt there is anything detrimental in that. then again, I wouldn't be the best source of information when it comes to this.

sorry, can't help you. (=

[Godzilla]

bros terry, according to this method, will my LR be buried deeper into the sand...is that a gd thing....pardon me for my ignorance...thanks for the advise

think its better..i have heard of reefers LR toppling when fishes or other LS disturb the sandbed

[Marineman]

think its better..i have heard of reefers LR toppling when fishes or other LS disturb the sandbed

As far as I know, it is better as the LR has a better footing, if you go diving, the rocks are partially buried as well, so it's just natural.

[Domino]

One thing which seems important about a DSB is the sand diameter and the layering of it if you plan to have different types of sand.

check out

http://www.reef-eden.com/DSBs.htm

[evanscence]

thanks to all bros for the advise....appreciate it....

[xiggie]

remove LR temporarily add the new sand to desired depth then put LR back in ....

[RAV-65]

Hi Evan bro,

its more advisable if you add the sand slowly, if you cover the entire sandbed with new sand, there may not be sufficient bacterial to maintain your bioload.... if you take out all your rocks, you may disturb all the deritus and particles dat might take up to one day to settle.... and meanwhile, u may have to house your fishes in a big tub....

But watever u do, dun ever disturb your existing sandbed too much...

Vincent Ho

[evanscence]

Hi all, i decided not to add in more sand alreadi....advise from dr EVIL who came to view my tanks as he is dIYing lights for me...according to him my current height is gd enough neverthless, thanks for all the advise given, it been veri informative....

cheers