Re: My first post - and my Reef 125 Gal
Thanks for your comments. Vdituri nice try with your spanish. We in Puerto Rico speak spanish but there is a big influence of the english langage.
The mushrooms were just a small rock with four maybe six years back. They spread like powder!!
I started wth this tank in 1990. Many changes resulted from different situations. I started with a wet dry, removed the bioballs many years back, a large protein skimmer and many other gadgets.
In may 2005 I started a construction and I had to move the tank. It runned for six months with only the chiller, pumps, powerheads and the lights, no sump or protein skimmer. It was amazing how well it looked.
It was relocated to the new place in december and I decided only to have the hang on skimmer and no sump. I can say that my tank is better than ever.
Before I started this tank in 1990 I had many tanks prior to that. With sand bed of different deeps, plenums with eggcrate and screens, all that stuf. They stated ok but after several years they started to get dirty and started to have algae problems. My best results were with no sandbed.
One thing that helps my system is the macroalgae. Instead of having algae in the sump I have it in my tank. It keeps the water very clean. You have to watch calcium and alk levels because the algae takes a lot of it from the water.
I know my system is little different to what others are doing but it works for me.
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