When I first started in the hobby I tested my water constantly and the numbers would always frustrate me no matter what I tried to do and I almost crashed my entire tank with NOPOX so I stopped testing completely except for salinity during my weekly maintenance. I know it can be important especially during cycling or if you are trying to keep difficult coral or super sensitive fish/inverts or are dosing medication! I want to hear your thoughts. My philosophy now is if everything looks fine once the tank is cycled/established and all is well then that’s good…it’s also why I won’t get SPS they are too demanding and needy for me haha. I now believe there’s no perfect number just ideal ones and I was trying to achieve that perfect numbers and it did more harm than good.
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