Nope, it wasn't a joke; the quote was taken from 121's thread on RC, it was titled check these out or something like that and you asked him to describe more info on his tank. He responded by saying that he would PM you the details; as he thought his methods were similar to yours and would derail the thread (paraphrasing here). Made me really curious as to what your methods were.

My methods are like Rob, I probably rely way to much on observation rather than testing. Really the only thing I test regularly is Alkalinity; as that seems to be the only parameter that fluctuates regularly in my tank. I try and do a weekly 10% water change and a 20% monthly water change at the end of the month when I change out my carbon. I try to not move things too much, but do place frags on the sandbed when I receive them and then slowly move them to the position where I want them.

Since I never seem to have any real luck selling or trading frags (shipping seems to be an issue), so I guess my new goal is simply to grow in my reef as much as possible. I'm planning to start two new tanks this summer; one is a 20L DYI all in one - it will be predominantly LPS with a few select zoas and palys. The second will be a 75gal with a 33xtra long overhead fuge and a 55gal sump; it will be a mixed reef (place for the softies, LPS, SPS, and monti caps I'm removing from my 65gal so I can go strictly Zoas in it).