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Out of curiousity, I wondered if there is a way towards making a "self-sustaining" tank. I used "self-sustaining" in quotes, because in this hypothetical tank, it really wouldn't completely self-sufficient. There'd be the occasional dose and maybe changing of a filter.
Hear me out: how would it sound if a 125-gal tank, with standard hobby equipment in it, could create a sustaining ecosystem for just a pair of clowns and hardy corals. A few turbo snails. The entire aquarium would only house softies and zoas, maybe a hardy LPS or SPS. There'd also be a crap ton of filter media and bricks in the sump.
Before adding any livestock, the entire system would be seeded with a variety of 'pods, mysis, brine, and phyto, and given ample time for them to breed and reach a stable level. From here, the two clowns can be added, and then the corals. From there, it's just dosing two part and trace elements every so often and changing filter pad just so the tank can stay clear.
It sounds crazy to have a 125-gal tank, and I'm sure nobody in their right mind would go through setting up that big of a tank to house just two small fish and soft corals, but could ?
Hear me out: how would it sound if a 125-gal tank, with standard hobby equipment in it, could create a sustaining ecosystem for just a pair of clowns and hardy corals. A few turbo snails. The entire aquarium would only house softies and zoas, maybe a hardy LPS or SPS. There'd also be a crap ton of filter media and bricks in the sump.
Before adding any livestock, the entire system would be seeded with a variety of 'pods, mysis, brine, and phyto, and given ample time for them to breed and reach a stable level. From here, the two clowns can be added, and then the corals. From there, it's just dosing two part and trace elements every so often and changing filter pad just so the tank can stay clear.
It sounds crazy to have a 125-gal tank, and I'm sure nobody in their right mind would go through setting up that big of a tank to house just two small fish and soft corals, but could ?