New Tank! (New to me at least)

[txav8r]

Anything over 3" is a normally concidered a DSB. No need to layer different grades. It will all get mixed up in time anyway.

[Mr Cob]

Sorry for all the questions. I've done a lot of research on my own, and it only leaves me with more questions. Not to mention for every option/method out there is a a bunch conflicting advice.

Would 4" be consider DSB?
Is it 4" of the same grade sand, or different grades layered?
Any Negative aspects to DSB?

Thanks again for all your help.

Sunil

What Jack said.

Everyone has a perspective on DSB or not and bare bottom. They all have pros and cons....and most everyone is right. Just depends what is more important to you. I have done all but bare bottom. I'm even doing a part foam bottom at the moment which I think will probably have more cons than any option available but I wanted to try something new.

I have experienced the bad from DSB and the red zone of a 2" sand bed...lots of dead spots and algae control issues but.... what looks better than a nice natural looking deep sand bed? Well...that's if you can keep it clean. A lot of people run into problems at I believe the 4 year mark with DSB...but I have never kept a tank up for longer than 2 years....I have what some might call commitment problems.

Personally, I prefer DSB.

Anyways...100 different ways to do the same thing. Best you can do is ask lots of questions and see what works best for you. MAAST is a great place to bring your google research to and cross check it with the members. We have a lot of experienced members here that helped me a ton when I first got started and continue to help.

[DarkHorseMBA]

Thanks for the help everyone, think I'm going to go with 1.5" of Caribasea "Super Reef" .5mm - 2.0 mm. The company's site says it's safe for burrowers, soft Bellies and sifters. figure the larger grain will blow around less.

still looking for dry rock, but I'm leaning toward MarcoRocks.

Thanks for the help, I'll keep y'all posted.

DarkHorse.