Clay4AU;926940 wrote: You worry too much, its not good for you. This hobby should help you relax not keep you stressed out.
Before I was ever in this hobby, my brother kept a reef tank. It was full of soft corals and polyps. I don't think he had a single stony coral in his entire system. But still, it fascinated me, and I spent hours upon hours in his room staring at his beautiful reef. Just watching the fish and corals.. something that I rarely do with my own tank. It did</em> relieve stress! Something changed. I'm so focused on building a "better" reef. Or a "better" system.
You know what the coolest coral I've seen in the past few months is? Not a Scolymia, or an ultra acan colony. The coolest coral I've seen and the one that I really want was a http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+467&pcatid=467">fox coral</a> (Link provided in case you've never seen one, because I never had either). I completely lost touch with this fascination that I had about keeping, and sustaining, these beautiful corals in one's own bedroom, or living room. And yes. I like blue/green chromis. I like them a lot. They have great color, They add movement to a tank, and as a friend of mine said "They let the other fish know it's OK" :)
When I build my new system, I'm going to focus on creating something elegant, something like this:
[IMG]http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/the-elegance-of-simplicity">The elegance of simplicity.</a>
[QUOTE=][B]<span style="font-size: 13px;">The elegance of simplicity</span>[/B]
[B]By Leonard Ho - Posted Jan 29, 2014 10:00 AM
This is the 80 gallon rimless reef aquarium of Nathan Hall. Nathan eschews the trappings of trendy reefkeeping for something much more simple (in the best possible sense of the word). He manages to distill reefkeeping to its fundamental beauty.[/B]
Watching Nathan's video, I can't help but relive my early days reefkeeping ... days before exotic rockwork, "designer" corals, unobtainium fish, fancy lighting that requires a pHD degree to operate, and dosing everything under the kitchen sink.
Simple, healthy, big coral colonies swaying in the current — I ask you: What more do we really need?
Nathan describes his system:
My 80 Gallon rimless reef aquarium. Mostly soft corals and LPS with a Derasa clam. Equipment consists of 6x39W T5HO, 40 gallon sump, Avast Marine CS-1 skimmer. I perform weekly 10 gallon water changes with Reef Crystals salt.
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<div class="gc_ifarem_title">80 Gallon Rimless "Lagoon" Reef Aquarium in HD - YouTube</div><iframe style="width: 70%; height: 400px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B391RZHcFRw"></iframe>
Now tell me that is not a beautiful reef tank.