why are we running DSB and is it for the right reasons

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by sumpfinfishe

To make a final comment on this great thread, I am planning next year to clean 50% of my entire DSB. Sure this is going to be a major rip-out even in a 27gl, however I would rather spend an entire day cleaning my reef rather than loosing 6 years worth of hard work and beauty.
cheers, Rich

See you are never letting your bed get old. by changing it you are getting rid of saturated sand and replacing it with new. what you are doing was originally described as a no no by Dr Ron as the original premise of the DSB was to never to disturb it.

It is the Germans that are being portrayed as not using DSB's anymore. (I haven't been able to get ahold of my cousin to get him to check into this for me) but from what you discribed they are not realy running a DSB in the true sense. they are manipulating it to drive it closer to a bacterial driven bed than a "critter" driven bed. So same name but two different animals.

Steve