Thank you all for your input on my questions
Righty...... is the DSB (deep sand bed) also the same sand bed that Julian Sprung and Deebek talk about in the Reef Aquarium Vol 1 pgs 215-220?
The impression I got from this reading was, that a sand bed was actually overlooked by many aquarists in it's importance of adding to the water quality of the tank. Sprung maintains that as long as the reef keeper takes care to incorporate the right types of cleaning crews to keep the sand bed stirred up that the toxic zones that could potentially bomb a system are not a factor.
Is it this groups opinion that keeping a sand bed is not a good thing to do? I had actually considered doing a clean bottom setup without any sand. But I also agree with Sprung in keeping as natural a look as possible that a sand bed is important. I ask because as I get closer to actually setting up my 120, ,,,,,,I of course would like to keep any potential problem to a minimum.
Or am I confusing the whole matter and a two inch bed of coral sand is not the DSB we are speaking about.
I will say that this is going to be one heck of a journey

Confusing at times with so much information and opinions as to really know which is the way to go. I hope you all can have patience with me as I set my system up and I will be asking lots of questions. And if I seem lost and confused at times it probably cause I am LOL......
So my last question will be this........... Share with me what some of you did to weed thru the information overload when you were beginners and how you decided and figured out who to listen to and how if in gathering information the information you were getting was sound practice.
Thanx