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I have 3 fish!
For that size tank thats a lot of self control. I assume your system nutrient export issues are just about zero?
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I have 3 fish!
For that size tank thats a lot of self control. I assume your system nutrient export issues are just about zero?
LOL that is typically a sign that your very confident the tank is in the sweet spotI would need to test........ and I haven’t felt the need to test!
LOL that is typically a sign that your very confident the tank is in the sweet spot
Yeah I know the feeling. You can just look at the corals and it's like they smile back at you and say yeah were happy and growing.
You may have heard it said before that a MIXED Reef Tank was harder to maintain due to the mix of corals needing different flow, different light, feeding etc..
So is a mixed reef tank harder to keep more happy and healthy?
If true why is it harder in your opinion?
If false why do you say so?
Beautiful mixed reef video via @Reefer350Khash
I agree with this. You might also set up a tank with the intent of making it an acro tank it the future, but some nice shrooms show up at the lfs. And then you notice some pretty zoas.I've also found that it is hard to predict what does well. I can set up a tank with the intent of keep LPS, high light, low nutrient, medium flow. Add LPS might do badly and an odd cheap Acropora that got thrown in does well. Now I can keep adding Acros, and I have a mixed reef doing well that could turn into an SPS tank, or I could keeping adding LPS and spend money watching them die until something changes. Planning ahead is hard.
Depends what you are mixing, and what you mean by harder.
Suppose I had an empty tank except for Homewrecker. It would be easy to maintain at first, as optimal flow, light and nutrient levels is the same for everything. But as it grew, some would have to go in places with more light and flow, and other's less. And we've all had colonies or entire types of Acropora suddenly go belly up - with one type of coral that wipes out the tank.
And then harder could mean harder to create an interesting display, not just harder to keep alive. A whole tank, especially a large tank, of one type of coral, is boring.
It’s more difficult because a sps dominant tank all you need to worry about is having high light and high flow vice versa for lps dominant. With a mixed reef you need to strategically place your corals to where their requirements are met the best. Im trying to create a mixed reef and right now I only have Montipora cap which is placed low but with higher flow only because when it grows if it is placed higher it will shadow the corals below it. Then I have few zoas, Ultra ricordia, Favias, and two acans. I placed them all low on a rock and some on substrate and even some in caves because they all require different requirements.
“It’s easy.... I put it all in my tank..... it either survives or it doesn’t........
I move stuff if it gets crowded etc, but for the most part, it’s like the Brady Bunch..... and if Bobby decides to kick Cindy in the face, then so be it.”
Oh man this made me laugh.;Hilarious That’s pretty much my reefing style as well.
You may have heard it said before that a MIXED Reef Tank was harder to maintain due to the mix of corals needing different flow, different light, feeding etc..
So is a mixed reef tank harder to keep more happy and healthy?
If true why is it harder in your opinion?
If false why do you say so?
Beautiful mixed reef video via @Reefer350Khash