To keep a reef aquarium is to understand that a closed system growing corals is never static, it is ever changing, growing, regressing, progressing. The first few years can be challenging as the system settles in and corals grow to fill the empty canvas but eventually, you are a victim of your own success.
珊瑚生长更大，需要修剪，而有些则需要完全去除。流量受到柯拉斯的生长的限制，光线被遮蔽，怪异的事情开始发生，并且有可能因明显的原因而失去多年的珊瑚。突然，无论您多么努力，您都无法保留某种物种。您会发现自己有一个滋扰海绵或藻类，没有鱼或清理船员发现可口的。您继续修补和追逐解决方案。
Meanwhile, your aquarium stand has seen better days after numerous spills and lots of salt creep. You’ve learned to live with some scratches on the aquarium glass from a sand grain stuck in the algae magnet. The silicone seams are starting to look tattered. At what point do you declare it is time for a reboot? When is it time to switch out that rock work and start fresh? What would you do differently if you could start over?
去年我一直在想这些问题。
On one hand, my tank is doing well. Despite some setbacks with parasites and an incident related to reflooring the house in recent years, the tank is humming along. The biomass of the corals seems to be the filtration these days. But with all the growth and age, bad things are happening as well. Some SPS that I’ve had for 10 years decided to RTN on me for the first time. Then there’s the hauntings of corals I regret adding long ago. No amount of kalk paste will kill off some nasty green rhodactis.
正如我之前提到的，硬件也变老了。我的坦克看起来更像是科学项目，而不是对家庭空间的吸引力。您知道，当您重要的其他人暗示您得到一个新的坦克时，事情开始看起来很糟糕。
I’m always in awe of systems that have been running for decades. There’s something great about a closed system running that long. But there’s something to be said for doing a reboot. There’s opportunity to rid yourself of annoyances like regrettable additions or that hitchhiker. After many years with a reef system, you start to understand what you really like.
There’s always a long list of “things I’d do differently if I was starting over”. And it inevitably stokes the fires as well. Who doesn’t love a new reef build. I think it’s time to replace my 10 year old system. I’m not ditching everything. But I think I will start with some fresh rock, and frag existing corals onto that rock. My fish are like family, so they are staying as well.
重新启动可能意味着很多事情：新硬件，相同的牲畜。或相同的硬件但新的牲畜。也许这意味着要掏出旧的沙子和岩石，然后做一个新的Aquascape。如果您的坦克很长一段时间都在运行，随着时间的流逝，您看到的一些观察结果是什么？如果您可以重新开始，您会做些什么？
