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Me too!Everything I do is old school because I am old.
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Me too!Everything I do is old school because I am old.
1. Keep it simple, try not to use every new gadget - since when one of them fails, there goes your stabilityHello all,
Stability is something most reefers will attribute their beautiful show tanks to. What does it mean to you, and how do you achieve stability in your aquarium?
Long term stability is something I've struggled with from time to time with my 40g tank. It's my number one area I've marked for improvement with my newer 120g system. I'd love to hear others input on how they keep their tanks stable.
I also find it interesting to see all the really stupid things I did and how many fish I killed. But in my defense, there was no one around with a salt tank and no real books that made any sense.Your handwriting is really nice. I'd probably write things down if I could even read my own handwriting...
I caught you on the reef bum podcast a while back Paul and I got a kick out of you talking about putting pennies in your reef tank back in the day.
I am starting a new system with dried structures and with live rock and live sand. I am using dried rock to build two structures that wouldn’t be possible stacking live rock only. I am leaving some space to add a number of premium live rock pieces in the display tank. In a cryptic sump I will use all live base rock and the display tank will have live sand. Still debating on a refugium or not.I did start my new tank with dry rock, but ended up seeding with a few pounds of live rock and sand a few months in. I'm hoping this has a similar effect to starting live rock, with less cost. If I had to do it again, I'd probably go full live rock, just so I could stop wondering "what if?".
<Highlighted>By looking at my tanks, and testing parameters as frequently as required. Even with automated equipment, something always seems to happen that could compromise stability if I didn’t pay attention. Also by doing what I know needs to be done when it needs it. Procrastination kills stability, imo.
to me stability lays more with livestockHello all,
Stability is something most reefers will attribute their beautiful show tanks to. What does it mean to you, and how do you achieve stability in your aquarium?
Long term stability is something I've struggled with from time to time with my 40g tank. It's my number one area I've marked for improvement with my newer 120g system. I'd love to hear others input on how they keep their tanks stable.