cryptic refugiums

Hello everyone, I am looking to try my hand at a cryptic zone in my sump, I have seen plenty of posts here about Steven tyree and his CMAT ebooks, so much so that I would like to buy it and read for myself. However it appears that his website hasn't been updated in a while and the link to...

GEO Cryptic Biological Reactor (CBR), loaded with MarinePure ceramic media balls. For those that don't know, a cryptic reactor is used for high-capacity nitrifying filtration. Water passes around and through the media, allowing the beneficial nitrifying bacteria that has colonized the media to...

As I will be moving in about 2 years and starting completely over, I've been thinking about a potential build for a complete restart. I've always been interested in cryptic zones, and growing sponges would also help if I keep any spongivores like a Moorish Idol. I have been thinking of a...

I have always considered red & green as festive colors. So I decided on ornamental seaweed mixed garden lagoon. As a way to cure diver collected “living rock” for introduction to 25yr mature 75G tank and 5yr mature 120G tank, I started up two tanks to cure 50 lbs of diver collected live sand...