I understand where your coming from.
The is nothign hear say with fauna, have a look through the fauna marin review forum, I hope then you will see how compelling this system is baove others, there is no hype here, it works
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=149
We have two live field trials going on right now, one is ahuge in length and it started out as a review on ultra clam and move swiftly onto ultra lith
The other is by Fencer
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45707
You will see in both how they get to grips with the system and then amazed at the results.
Mikes photos (sorry mate) dont do the system justice in the clam review at all
he is working on getting someone to take proper photos, but his discription says it all for sure.
Fauna marin is developed by probably Europes leading aqua culture specialist and what Claude does not know about corals and ULNF is not worth knowing for sure, this is what makes fauna so different, they are not just bottle shifting manufacturers.