I guess I'm supposed to do this?

[cba191]

A full tank vid. I'm hoping I'm getting better at this.

 

[LJ Tropicals]

I just started and have no clue what I'm doing. I've wanted a reef tank since i was a kid.
Just started my cycle today.

Welcome to r2r, be patient and have fun.

 

[cba191]

My printed goni rock is workig out well.

 

[slingfox]

Very nice aquascape!

 

[cba191]

He's less than an inch long!

 

[mcarroll]

I would give it like 2 months with just coral and inverts before adding your fish. This will help skip the ugly algae phases and will create an ecosystem before adding the fish that eat inverts and produce waste.

Add that stuff already?

I started my system this way...seemed logical with the Berlin System framework, and I was too budget-limited for fish at the beginning anyway.

I recently realized that Straughn (1954) suggested this approach as an "expert move" in his book 70-some years ago. It's hard to imagine a concept that has been better-validated research-wise in that time. Coincidentally, most of my website is article references around this idea....stability from the bottom up, not top-down.

Funny how some great ideas just never really catch on to become popular tho.

But definitely not unheard of....just do some searching.

 

[cba191]

It's been running for about 8 months now.

 

[mcarroll]

Looks good at least from a distance! Nice!

 

[cba191]

Whiter light.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Whiter light.

Loving all the corals in your tank!

 

[cba191]

Whiter light.

Loving all the corals in your tank!

Its weird that youtube links don't show up in the app, but straight uploads don't. The web site is the opposite.

 

[Crabs+Shrimps-69]

What size tank do you have?

 

[offthehook]

It's not great, but i think it will work. A shade for the A500X!0

Are you still enjoying the Kessil a500x?

 

[cba191]

Added a glitterbomb to the garden.

 

[cba191]