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Going to prove zero nutrients are not a problem :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 

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What does indicate healthy corals then? Growth?
Just added the first one and keeping an eye =)
Growth is my key indicator, others choose color …but this is just my experience but I’ve had corals grow at ludicrous speed and never witnessed any polyp extension…
 

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“Reef tanks are for rich people”.
While we do need some casual spending money, a reef tank doesn’t have to cost thousands of dollars. Sometimes equipment and livestock are free.
I used to scoff at Reefers in my area who had all the fancy controllers and lights when I got back in . But then I learned that most of them didn’t buy it all at once. It was years of accumulation.
 
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“Reef tanks are for rich people”.
While we do need some casual spending money, a reef tank doesn’t have to cost thousands of dollars. Sometimes equipment and livestock are free.
I used to scoff at Reefers in my area who had all the fancy controllers and lights when I got back in . But then I learned that most of them didn’t buy it all at once. It was years of accumulation.
I've seen people on here who run tanks relatively cheaply. I don't spend much on my tanks either and they are doing just fine!
 

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you need a lot of flow
Not a myth a lot of random flow is a key ingredient to successful reef keeping. Not saying you can put a jet stream on a single coral but you do want as much turbulent water as you can.
 

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1. Mandarins don't have real stomachs
2. 0 nitrates is the goal
3. ph over 8 is bad for the corals
4. Mandarins aren't designed to eat prepared food
5. You need a skimmer
6. They've been in the hobby forever, so they are right....
 

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You should read the article again. It never says that larger tanks are more stable. It argues stability is good, which i agree with.

The typical (false) statement is that large tanks are more stable because biology and chemistry happens more slowly but that is just not true.
Those processes are dependent on how stocked the tank is. You can have a densly stocked large tank that is more chemically unstable than a lightly stocked small tank
 
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