All,

When people put starboard under their BB systems, they always say to silicone it to the bottom of the tank. Well foolishly, I thought that the weight of the rock and tiny space between it and the sides of my tank would keep detritus from settling down there. Holy god, was I wrong.

I had an evil dottyback that required me to take all the liverock out to get to him and while I was down there, I pulled up the starboard. On the starboard itself I had 5-6 massive colonies of yellow sponge that pushed the starboard up ever so slightly resulting in a 1/2 inch poop bed. It was disgusting and my corals were not pleased that I stirred it up siphoning it out. Just a word of warning, silicone is REQUIRED for starboard to be effective.

John