I'm totally going to steal this idea.
GARF's "Bulletproof Reefs" (1 Viewer)
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I'm totally going to steal this idea.
Actually, I think Garf's website is as outdated as the Jaubert method.
They don't seem to update it very much, and it's confusing to navigate. I wouldn't be surprised if they have gone bare-bottom.
storrisch
Senior Member
Actually, I think Garf's website is as outdated as the Jaubert method.
I think their methods are pretty outdated but their main page of their website has some fairly recent updates. It says their latest update was today and they have some ugly zoanthid/paly slideshows.
meisen
Senior Member
I think there is room in the hobby for folks like the GARF people. They are a bit strange and certainly their methods arent cutting edge...but then again in 20 years we are probably going to be laughing at Zeovit and Prodibio (sp?) tanks too.
I think their point is that you can do this a lot of different ways and that most of the animals we keep are pretty adaptable. Their gradual increase in lighting thing isnt a bad idea but a PITA either way IMHO. But no skimmer? Sheesh! But you hit on their most important message of all: buy our stuff too.
I think their point is that you can do this a lot of different ways and that most of the animals we keep are pretty adaptable. Their gradual increase in lighting thing isnt a bad idea but a PITA either way IMHO. But no skimmer? Sheesh! But you hit on their most important message of all: buy our stuff too.
I think there is room in the hobby for folks like the GARF people. They are a bit strange and certainly their methods arent cutting edge...but then again in 20 years we are probably going to be laughing at Zeovit and Prodibio (sp?) tanks too.
I think their point is that you can do this a lot of different ways and that most of the animals we keep are pretty adaptable. Their gradual increase in lighting thing isnt a bad idea but a PITA either way IMHO. But no skimmer? Sheesh! But you hit on their most important message of all: buy our stuff too.
Yeah, but Tyree has proven that keeping colorful sps can successfully be done long term on systems without skimmers...
The nitrogen cycle is the nitrogen cycle, there are many methods of dealing with this in closed systems. Cutting edge or not, they work, the only system that shouldn't be employed in reefs are trickle filters, they are the only system IMHO that is truly outdated.
Not to get off topic, but probiotic systems are the future, their only downside is that most of them do not list their ingredients, but now that Fauna Marine is competing in this space and soon to be Brightwell Aquatics, competition will only result in better products in this space...
dougers31
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Soon to be author of "The Audacity of Self-reliance".
Hey! Can I get an autographed copy of your book when it comes out?
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Hey! Can I get an autographed copy of your book when it comes out?
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