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Craig Manoukian · 01-16-2004, 11:38 AM

In my experience and from consulting with a chemist, your tank is in a constant state of change. Every time you add livestock or your livestock grows your water chemistry changes.

This is different than your tank being balanced and as RL indicated above, tank stability is a very elusive thing that is impacted by many factors. In general, I believe it takes between one and two years for a tank to mature and stabilize. This will be porotracted by the amount of changes and additions you make to the micro ecosystem.

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Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	In my experience and from consulting with a chemist, your tank is in a constant state of change. Every time you add livestock or your livestock grows your water chemistry changes. This is different than your tank being balanced and as RL indicated above, tank stability is a very elusive thing that is impacted by many factors. In general, I believe it takes between one and two years for a tank to mature and stabilize. This will be porotracted by the amount of changes and additions you make to the micro ecosystem. __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.