Reef Aquariums have become so sophisticated and能如此复杂,以至于“铁杆礁”几乎像一项运动一样对待新的礁石坦克的设计和建造。一个看众多的构建线程足以证明我们在建造礁石罐中获得的全面接触,但是在另一个更基本的频谱上简单的礁石可能同样有意义。
Reef aquarium husbandry pioneer Jean Jaubert has been tinkering with the most simple, balanced and functional side of reef keeping for some time now. The epitome of this balanced reef keeping is realized in Jean Jaubert’s latest reef bowl, a 5 liter vessel of aquarium water which is completely naturally filtered, and has no mechanical moving parts.
The lighting of this very basic 5 liter (1 gallon) fish bowl is provided by a simple LED light, and there is no pump or filter. A sand bed provides for the necessary biological filtration and the ‘water motion’ is provided only by the pulsing of theXeniasoft coral.
The Jaubert reef bowl is populated only by Xenia, Capnella and one bicolor dottyback, and it enjoys only a small 10% water change each month. We are enamored with the reef bowl for its extremely low tech approach to keeping marine animals alive in a small balanced ecosystem. So many reefers go off the deep end with the highest tech equipment, and overdoing with excessive lighting, water flow, overfiltration, yet achieve results that are no better than having a well-balanced aquarium. This reef bowl is not breaking any records, but it does show that sometimes a smart approach to reef aquarium design is better than taking the ‘kicthen sink’ approach.
“下面我已经建立了大约6个月前的5升纳米,而且功能非常好。它包含软珊瑚(Xenia宏spiculata和Capnella spp。)和1条鱼(Pseudochromis paccagnellae),并且在生态上完全平衡。确实,它起作用,只有简单的床头灯的光。换水限制为每月10%,泵送Xenias产生搅拌,没有其他。”