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I'm not on here ALL day.

Conversation domination is one of my special skills on my resume.

SomeTimes it's nice to sit back and watch the shenanigans unfold.
Whats that restaurant with all the stuff on the walls farva
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I could throw some dry sand in my sump though?! I just thought of it.....


First yes or no . Good idea?!
1. Sand in sump?
2. Old dry sand , never opened, kept in bag for 2 years. Any concerns?

Would go in sump compartment with skimmer.
Best of both worlds, sand in a low flow reactor. bacteria get a place to grow and nitrify, you get to keep sand out of your display, although I am very much a sand in the display kinda guy.

Turnover of the reactor keeps detritus from caking the sand up.
 
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Best of both worlds, sand in a low flow reactor. bacteria get a place to grow and nitrify, you get to keep sand out of your display, although I am very much a sand in the display kinda guy.

Turnover of the reactor keeps detritus from caking the sand up.
Good for smaller systems. I would for Sure plumb one into a bare bottom sps 90g cube.

Big water volume needs big surface area. Sand beats rock for surface area every time. Nate doesn't have much of either.
 

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Good for smaller systems. I would for Sure plumb one into a bare bottom sps 90g cube.

Big water volume needs big surface area. Sand beats rock for surface area every time. Nate doesn't have much of either.
Everything counts, it's better when everything counts in large amounts, Definitely need more rock, and super porous rock, for denitrification, but honestly I wonder sometimes if there's enough surface area in bb tanks to quickly convert ammonia.
 
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Everything counts, it's better when everything counts in large amounts, Definitely need more rock, and super porous rock, for denitrification, but honestly I wonder sometimes if there's enough surface area in bb tanks to quickly convert ammonia.
I'm honestly less concerned with dealing with Ammonia than I am having a diverse microbiome. I go minimal on rock, but it's Enough. Ammonia events are not a constant thing and I use enough rock and sand to deal. Unsightly things in our tanks being out completed and the tank stabilization overall, I believe has a lot to do with that.

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Was getting the munchies. So I got some lunch meat out, cheese, crackers.

We got chicken breast lunch meat. Then I got to thinking this chicken had to have one large breast to fit a single slice on a sandwich and not be able to see bread.
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You said breast.
 

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Right can't vac sand in a sump easy, talked me out of it.

Yeah! If @F i s h y will still have my hand in rock marriage. Or I'll have to drive to @fishguy242s and take a whole weekend. I'm off next week all week I prob could lol.
I want a divorce... your constant rambling is tiresome.

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