FWDSB
Seedling
- Joined
- 27 Apr 2012
- Messages
- 13
Hi to all this is my first proper post on this forum, just been reading since registering so much info so little brain space remaining lol.
So as the title suggests I would like to do a deep sand bed low tech tank, the main reason being to be honest I am quite lazy and hate the old weekly water change scenario I currently face with my 190l which just has some fine'ish gravel of a horrible colour, think it was called roman gravel anyway a truly bad choice on my part and some massive amazon swords the water changes kill me.
I have a 70 litre which I used to use for a hospital/quarantine tank however it is now sitting empty, so I thought before taking the plunge on switching the big tank over I would try it on a small scale.
My main question is has anyone on this forum ever tried one? if so how did it go ?
As it would appear this practice is almost unheard of amongst us uk hobbyists however I have found limited evidence of people in the US especially San Francisco having great success with this type of bed here is a link to my main source of info for this little endeavour http://wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_7/volume_7_1/dsb.html.
As I said earlier I am struggling to find anyone else who has tried this as a result I am struggling to even find someone to supply me the sand .
My goal with any luck is to create a self sustaining tank which will need minimal interference from me other than feeding the fish.
So I guess my other question is do people think this idea has potential?
So as the title suggests I would like to do a deep sand bed low tech tank, the main reason being to be honest I am quite lazy and hate the old weekly water change scenario I currently face with my 190l which just has some fine'ish gravel of a horrible colour, think it was called roman gravel anyway a truly bad choice on my part and some massive amazon swords the water changes kill me.
I have a 70 litre which I used to use for a hospital/quarantine tank however it is now sitting empty, so I thought before taking the plunge on switching the big tank over I would try it on a small scale.
My main question is has anyone on this forum ever tried one? if so how did it go ?
As it would appear this practice is almost unheard of amongst us uk hobbyists however I have found limited evidence of people in the US especially San Francisco having great success with this type of bed here is a link to my main source of info for this little endeavour http://wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_7/volume_7_1/dsb.html.
As I said earlier I am struggling to find anyone else who has tried this as a result I am struggling to even find someone to supply me the sand .
My goal with any luck is to create a self sustaining tank which will need minimal interference from me other than feeding the fish.
So I guess my other question is do people think this idea has potential?