Not me, right Brad ? :smile:

testing discovers problems.....i like my tank problem free:P

the easy solution was to stop testing

Not I. I only do water change because I don't dose or have reactor. For my little tank it's 5 gal a week

Marko did u get your aptasia under control

S'OK
For a minute there I thought you were drinking the salt and pouring the coffee into the tank - that would explain the dementia

Hmm ... I could be on to something here. It's a global conspiracy by salt manufacturers to keep us addicted

yes nick he did , he found out a water change was the solution to all his problems, he took out all the aiptasia rocks , did a water change and yup...no more aiptasia.....those water changes are just fricken awesome stuff:)

heres a test take one of your saltwater fish and drop it in freshwater....wait a minute or 2 if the fish doesnt die you dont need salt in your tank....right??

this is just such a confusing hobby lol

Just FYI since my refugium light died I've been doing weekly 30 gallon water changes for the past month. Got a long hose and pump.

I shut off the valve to my fuge, drain the water, refill with new water and re open valve.

Since starting these water changes my huge elegance has closed up :(

And it solved the aptasia problem with a copperband:)

See ? WCs are bad :rolleyes:

All kidding aside Marko, your elegance will come around, it's just not used to the lower nutrients/higher params

elegance hate changes of anykind....consider yourself lucky it didnt catch ECS , elegance was once the hardiest and most common lps around....now its very hard to find a healthy one that doesnt wipe away from ECS.


ECS can kill an elegnace in days or months.


ECS= elegance coral syndrome

not necessarily, elegance do not heal well or take changes well, their recovery is usually long.