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Sluggo · 02-13-2013, 03:14 AM

I am curious about this, too. Lotta people here talk about anaerobic areas being bad in freshwater aquaria, but the whole idea of a deep sand bed in marine applications is that there are denitrifying bacteria that grow under anaerobic conditions.

02-13-2013, 03:14 AM	#2
Sluggo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Portland, Me. Posts: 187	I am curious about this, too. Lotta people here talk about anaerobic areas being bad in freshwater aquaria, but the whole idea of a deep sand bed in marine applications is that there are denitrifying bacteria that grow under anaerobic conditions.