Full tanks in 1 year. How can that be?

[BCReefer]

I’m perplexed about something. On some of the other reef forums I see tanks that are 1 year old and they are completely full of corals and fish. How can that be?

My understanding is that corals, like fish, must be added 1 – 2 at a time and then allow a time for the system to settle in. This is after the complete system has time to settle down which takes 1 – 2 months. So how can someone in 1 year go from a start up to a fabulous tank? Also why doesn’t the person get flamed? I see many people going too fast and then have crashes and get flamed big time. Just because the person is successful, or are they since we are never told what died along the way, they are praised for their tank.

I have had my tank for about 10 – 11 months and I am still going slow and methodical and I am another year or 2 away from a finished tank. I am not complaining but sometimes I just see a double standard. If you go fast and are successful then you get praised, if you are fast and have a failure you get flamed.

What is your point of few? Am I being too critical?

Patrick