[mattie]

i do not know the secrect but i tried to keep it simple
low to moderate bio-load 3 fish in 20gallon pleanty of corals a few clams ..shallow ultra fine sand bed in tank and sump refugium with 4 types of macro algae a protien skimmer plenty of light 13 hours of actrinic and 10.5 hours of 10k the lighting is 4 65w powercompacts from coralife
i have 2 drip systems one calcium and one buffer. i feed with a mixture of food frozen mysis, formula 1, frozen brine(enriched) and frozen cyclopeeze and every other day or so i add dt's phyto or kent phytoplex. every 2 weeks i do a 5-15% water change i never clean the sand. i trim the macro in the fuge every few days i clean the glass every day in the front....oh yea there no mechanical type of filter floss or sponge ...as for what makes the zoo's grow so fast i do not know others have made similar comments I just try to keep everything healthy