eric

I'm not to worried about the sand making a mess in my tank, my turkey baster will make short work of that lol. Yes I was thinking of adding live sand, yes I am refering to my 24 gallon nano-cube and yes you are about right on point with regards to the display area of the tank.

I like being able to see the sand bed against the side of the glass. Besides astetics, you also get to see all of the "life" in you sand. I never really thought about reducing water volume, but it does make perfect sense (how could I miss that?).

It is late tonight but tommorow I will look up details on the Jaubert system that you mention. I don't really care for taking my tank apart so it is PROBABLY not a viable option but who knows.

Christopher