No tests... ever.

[MoreReef]

If you’re asking why and how in earnest then I suggest approaching it with the scientific method. Like… “does testing need to happen on a reef tank to be successful?” Putting your hypothesis down which is obviously “no”, setting up control/variable groups to test. Then you come to a thread like this with some statistics and findings. The trick is removing subjectivity from the equation. Why do you think you’ve been successful without testing? (Careful when you answer… you may end up injecting some science) I agree you don’t need to be or consult a microbiologist to keep a successful reef but some of that is attributed to the science that happened before you had your tank. I can assure you there’s still science behind what is happening whether it is acknowledged or not.

Lol... oh man... you guys... you're seem pretty rad though so I'll let ya know what's up. It's not like I threw a bunch of stuff into a tiny little tank to have it just look cool lol.. tank is actually little older than 8/9 months. That's only how long it's been fully stocked though. It ran empty for about 3ish~ months before i threw any kind of fish or coral in there lol so the cycle ran extra. Which I'm sure benefited the tank in the long run. It was just the sand and the main acro rock and it just looked bleh... lol but I had the smaller tank running at the time as a mixed Reef so I wasn't completely bummed about not having a tank at the time. At about month 4 I added most of my acro pieces and upgraded the light, filter, pump and heater to what's on there now. I've been running chemipure in the filter since and add about a pound of new live ausie collected rock to the tank every other month since month 4. Lol and with the rock I change out I decides to ditch the mix Reed and add the live rock there. Its been about 3 pnds since I started doing this and I'm about to set up another nano for the rock that's about to come out soon lol. The favia garden came in play at about month 5ish because why not... favia gardens are supposed to be again impossible so another challenge taken... lol and I'm not testing because I doubt I'm lacking in any trace elements now or will in the future with the amount of water changes being done on this thing. And unless I dose or have have catastrophic failure on my end I don't see why the tank should be tested. Part of me thinks that people just hate seeing homewrecker, captain crunch, orange passion, space invader, bounces, aoi's etc in a pico/nano. Other part thinks they just hate the laxd approach I have towards something they put so much effort into... while accomplishing great results imo. Lol... there's alot of no no's going on in this tank but I have so far found them to be just false preconceptions, or most atleast. Try it... don't let others tell ya how it should be done. Lol CHILL MORE TEST LESS!!!!!

 

[Forty-Two]

I’m going to call this one a Troll. It’s a shame - I’ve been seeing more and more of these lately.

This was a good community for a time. Hopefully they go away.

 

[MoreReef]

I would agree that this nano hasn’t reached packed status with stony corals covering the rocks and sps frags turning into mini colony’s, so we haven’t reached a final destination with nutrient and chemical needs to declare water changes a full solution…I know they also worked for a time with my nano, until it didn’t

On maturity I guess who’s-to say, but I noticed stability around the two year mark in my nano, but I bet the new standard will be biome tests and comparisons?

at the end of this I don’t think this method will have long term success especially with z acros (referencing hitlers acros, hilarious YouTube video btw)
And it definitely feels like fishing or an angry internet troll throwing out decades of experience and success getting kicks on the weekend lol

Z acros ?!?! Lol I have to watch... well hopefully none of this happens. Maybe it will maybe it won't. Maybe I'll have dose and test someday... who knows lol

 

[MoreReef]

I’m going to call this one a Troll. It’s a shame - I’ve been seeing more and more of these lately.

This was a good community for a time. Hopefully they go away.

Reef trolls ?! Lol you're a joke.

 

[MoreReef]

Royal grammas max out around three inches. It must hide pretty good in that tank.

Right behind the favia rock. Lol

 

[MoreReef]

This tank was 7 months old in march, now 4 months later is 8 months old . Did you had to re start the tank?

New nano

Tank is about 7months old now, just recently started to fill the main rock with frags and I believe I'm out of space... Sps dominant aside from the blastos and zoas. 5 gal...

www.reef2reef.com

the sand bed seems full of diatoms is that because you didn’t test also?

8 months since added coral and changed EVERYTHING in it lol. It cycled for like 3 4 months...

 

[MoreReef]

Some folks must be thinking that we on R2R can’t see the truth past a picture and a statement.

Lol you need alot of pictures. You have underlying trust issues. Don't come here for that.

 

[MoreReef]

There’s a difference between “set and forget” and “never testing.”
I’m sure you tested your specific gravity when you first started your tank, picked the salt mix with parameters you wanted, and along this do good husbandry (water changes?).

it’s misleading to newbies to throw this out there with no specifics of at least husbandry. I listened to someone that did this and I lost hundreds of dollars in acropora that were doing fine until I stopped testing, to catch a problem that I would have caught by testing (magnesium dipped hard, gotta roll your salt buckets…).

I’m glad it works for you and is great but for the sake of the hobby we aren’t trying to throw out anecdotal evidence out the window due to one person claiming they don’t ever test. You have to test - how do you know your salt is mixed right, your temperature? Failing heaters? I’m just talking bare bones here.

Cal, mag, alk, nitrate phosphates... everything was tested on a Hannah ONCE along time ago... in early stages. But nothing I got then should apply now. I didn't test before I added any frags

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

This

That^

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Lol... that and a few loose Polyp extension while they encrust or grow... but you already know that... you're certified reefer.

Didn't you see my handle "reef master" aka can't learn any more!

 

[sixty_reefer]

Lol you need alot of pictures. You have underlying trust issues. Don't come here for that.

Good Luck :)

 

[MoreReef]

Didn't you see my handle "reef master" aka can't learn any more!

Lol... ! No

 

[MoreReef]

Good Luck :)

this will be the new build thread for the nay sayers. Lol

 

[Tamale]

I remember this tank from a post in April I think. Went back and it was. That second tank (the older one) looks different than the one in April. What happened to that tank? There were some great looking corals in it!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

this will be the new build thread for the nay sayers. Lol

I want more pictures of that adorable dog :)

 

[MoreReef]

I remember this tank from a post in April I think. Went back and it was. That second tank (the older one) looks different than the one in April. What happened to that tank? There were some great looking corals in it!

They're both the same tanks. They've just changed... ALOT. the smaller tank I used to cycle live rock in for the bigger tank lol so I got rid of everything that was in that one. Lol

 

[MoreReef]

I want more pictures of that adorable dog :)

Odie !!! Maybe I'll have more luck and friends instead of negative Nancy's on r2r.

 

[MoreReef]

Lights don't come on till 12 and run till 930... so yall going to have to wait for more pics. Lol is my light schedule ok or am I also screwing that up?

 

[MoreReef]

My fish is bigger than your tank

 

[sixty_reefer]

this will be the new build thread for the nay sayers. Lol

The “nay sayers” already know how the story ends.