6 months no water change, no skimmer, no testing and everything looks great

[Animal-Chin]

Your words

The algae on the glass was so bad, you could not see into the tank to see what was going on.

My reply

So the moral of the story is if you don't maintain your tank it will be so algae filled that you can't see whats in it but the stuff in it will still be alive?

So........ya..........not seeing what I'm reading wrong....

[gobytron]

an algae filled tank and a tank where the glass is covered in algae are 2 very different things.

seems fairly straight forward?

[christyf5]

kudos to you for providing food for your sea hare, I would imagine he's the one that kept this tank together all this time. I know mine did when I neglected my tank

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by christyf5

kudos to you for providing food for your sea hare, I would imagine he's the one that kept this tank together all this time. I know mine did when I neglected my tank

Sea hare was an important part.

As was the dsb and the LR to water ratio as well as the restricted bio load with omnivorous fish.

It was everything working together really....not just any one component.

This tank was built knowing it would be left to it's own devices for periods of time.

probably why I had better "luck" with my neglected tank.

[Animal-Chin]

Originally Posted by gobytron

an algae filled tank and a tank where the glass is covered in algae are 2 very different things.

seems fairly straight forward?

Maybe in your world, in mine if you can't see your fish though the algae, your tank is algae filled.

But whatever....

[mihaivapler]

Originally Posted by Animal-Chin

Maybe in your world, in mine if you can't see your fish though the algae, your tank is algae filled.

But whatever....

+1..
I know a guy who has a big tank,200 gallons that he does wc every 6 months but he has a huge fishroom with a 200 gallon refugium filled with 5 different kinds of algae plus a big algae scrubber,no filter sock no skimmer..if you plan it properly and do it correctly from start you can have a nice tank algae free and maintenance free...but i would prefer to do wc twice a month and have a nice tank that i can enjoy not just knowing that somewhere in there in a huge pile of algae.i the end that's why we have the tanks and spend big amount of money too enjoy them..just my 2 cent

[soapy]

I ran skimmer-less with a DSB and macro fuge for a few years and it also worked well. Certain softies loved that setup.