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Berlin Method Overview Parts Sourced from The Reef Aquarium, Volume 1, J. Charles Delbeek and Julian Sprung The modern "Berlin method" of aquarium keeping began with the work of Peter Wilkens and the marine aquarium club in Berlin. Although these systems are called natural systems, they do differ from those described by Eng (1961) and Emmens (1986) by incorporating protein skimmers in their design. 
The basic elements to a Berlin method aquarium include: strong light, live rock and sand, protein skimming, and calcium additions. A trickle filter is not used as the live rock and sand perform the biological filtration. It is also common to see automatic top-off systems in place to offset water evaporation due to the strong light. This site is dedicated to sharing with others my efforts to create a successful reef tank based on the Berlin method. |