21 months no water changes

[zie2695]

Just thought I would share this. I run a 210 gallon double display system on a shared refugim and have not done a proper water change in about 21 months.
For nutrient export I have a deep sand bed, refugim with 3 types of calurpa and cheato, good protein skimmer, GFO reactor, and I dose homemade nopox.
For supplements I use BRS calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium that are dosed through a dosing pump along with the home made nopox. Once I finish up this batch of BRS supplements I'm either going to order more and add HW Marine line of Trace elements or I'll switch over to the Triton line of supplements for the added benefits of the trace elements. But for now there are no Trace elements being added to my system. Calcium is kept at 420 ppm
Alkalinity is kept at 9.0 dkh
Magnesium is kept at 1380-1400 ppm

( home made nopox:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/threads/make-your-own-no3po4x-nopox-diy.773727/ )

 

[NowGlazeIT]

You are a beast!

 

[zie2695]

You are a beast!

Well thank you sir lol

 

[zie2695]

Here is an updated photo from my security camera

 

[ZoWhat]

Plz don't be offended but it sounds like you do 4times the workload just to avoid WCs. Lol

 

[zie2695]

Plz don't be offended but it sounds like you do 4times the workload just to avoid WCs. Lol

Um what work?? The GFO or the nopox that's on a dosing pump? I literally do nothing except dose trace elements and top off my ato. Oh and once a week change out gfo/carbon.
And I'm in no way offended bro

 

[ZoWhat]

Ok....if it's working for you, who am I to say to do things differently

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

but water changes are part of the fun

 

[zie2695]

but water changes are part of the fun

Maybe but for me they became too inefficient and burned a hole in my pocket. I haven't had to spend any money on my tank whatsoever this year other than the initial calcium reactor purchase but the media and CO2 should last me well into next year and will have paid for itself by the following year

 

[KMench]

Um what work?? The GFO or the nopox that's on a dosing pump? I literally do nothing except dose trace elements and top off my ato. Oh and once a week change out gfo/carbon.
And I'm in no way offended bro

Don’t you feed the fish?!?!
lol

 

[zie2695]

Don’t you feed the fish?!?!
lol

I feed them Frozen every now and again but for the most part I have automatic fish feeders as well and both sets of clownfish regularly spawn very large clutches and all my tangs are fat

 

[zie2695]

Some updated photos

 

[jgann]

Wow. Makes me re-think some things.

 

[Mrx7899]

Very nice

 

[Scotty Buttons]

Those are great looking tanks. I'm a strong believer of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"