Self Sustaining Reef

[the7ferret]

Is it possible for a reef to sustain itself? (water changes set aside)

Can a reef generate enough food to support its own bio load?

I was looking at my tank right now after the lights went off and I was AMAZED to see the amount of other life. I was peering in my rock and in every nook and cranny I see teams of little shrimp. I saw maybe 100 little shrimp in my little tank. That dosent include all the other shrimp that could be deeper in the crevices.

[reefnetworth]

sorry, i wish it were possible. there have been attemps but all have failed but one. i dont remember the gentlemans name, i think he lives in Japan. maybe someone will chime in with his name. he has the only self-sustaining tank and its been going for something like 20+ years. REEF-ON!

[Ryanqk]

Here is a related article that may be of interest to read, its from reefs.org the link is: http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/s_joshi_050398.html
I dont know who that guy you are talking about is but i seem to remember hearing about it.
Ryan