RDSB questions

james3370 · 02/27/2009, 03:52 PM

i bought cut pieces of glass to construct a small tank to fit in an availabe area in my stand in front of my sump tank.

the tank i am building is gonna be 30 wide x 6 deep x 16 tall. i'm gonna put a partition in the middle so i'll have 2 chambers that are 15x6x16. one chamber will hold my ATO water & the other will be my RDSB.

here is where it will be going (the open area in front of the sump tank)

my questions:

* should i paint all the sides of the RDSB chamber black to block all light??

* if so, should i also make a black top for it??

* should i instead paint it a dark grey so some light gets in??

devgru · 02/27/2009, 05:15 PM

as far as the painting goes i dont think it would matter(painting might help by allowing benthic organisms to form-only if slow flow)

are you just using it for a DSB or are you going to light it for macro?

james3370 · 02/27/2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by devgru
as far as the painting goes i dont think it would matter(painting might help by allowing benthic organisms to form-only if slow flow)

are you just using it for a DSB or are you going to light it for macro?

it will have a maxijet 1200 for its pump for flow feed. that pump will be in the bare-bottom refugium of the sump to feed into the rdsb & then dump back into the refugium chamber

the refugium will have the cheato ball that will have a spraybar to keep it tumbling & grow light on opposite lighting schedule of the main tank. it will also contain some live rock

suphew · 02/27/2009, 06:22 PM

The colour of the paint doesn't really make much difference to how much light will in, it just changes the colour of the light that does get in. It's the thickness of the paint that will exclude the light.

From the little bit of information you've given I suspect your mixing idea's from both RDSB's and DSB's. They are two different beasts. A RDSB should have no light at all.

james3370 · 02/27/2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by suphew
A RDSB should have no light at all.

that's what i was thinking....& since it will be right in front of the refugium section & in direct line of the light, i suspected i needed to paint it completely black

figured i ask to make sure

02/27/2009, 03:52 PM	#1
james3370 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: US ARMY - El Paso TX Posts: 3,678	RDSB questions i bought cut pieces of glass to construct a small tank to fit in an availabe area in my stand in front of my sump tank. the tank i am building is gonna be 30 wide x 6 deep x 16 tall. i'm gonna put a partition in the middle so i'll have 2 chambers that are 15x6x16. one chamber will hold my ATO water & the other will be my RDSB. here is where it will be going (the open area in front of the sump tank) my questions: * should i paint all the sides of the RDSB chamber black to block all light?? * if so, should i also make a black top for it?? * should i instead paint it a dark grey so some light gets in?? __________________ Yes I hear voices in my head, but they speak spanish so I can't understand anything they say. there's no place like 127.0.0.1 It's a shame that stupidity isn't painful.... Current Tank Info: currently tankless....but planning an AIO

02/27/2009, 05:15 PM	#2
devgru Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: casselberry,fl Posts: 523	as far as the painting goes i dont think it would matter(painting might help by allowing benthic organisms to form-only if slow flow) are you just using it for a DSB or are you going to light it for macro? __________________ It's time's like these when I think of the immortal worlds of socrate's who said "I drank what?" Current Tank Info: 125g w/125g sump/fuge,ACIII,RIO26hf,MAG9.5,PS,sulfer denitrate

02/27/2009, 06:22 PM	#4
suphew Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 106	The colour of the paint doesn't really make much difference to how much light will in, it just changes the colour of the light that does get in. It's the thickness of the paint that will exclude the light. From the little bit of information you've given I suspect your mixing idea's from both RDSB's and DSB's. They are two different beasts. A RDSB should have no light at all.