HOW??

[Ashley786]

Here's a crazy 1.

I see these nano reefs with a few LPS and soft coral in lobbies around, with a HOB skimmer and nothing else, clearly neglected, power heads disintegrating and falling apart. Yet the coral survives. Brown, usually, not many vibrant colors. But the clown fish are fat and healthy and the coral is alive.

How is this possible.
What coral survivea a set and forget system.

 

[Jekyl]

Here's a crazy 1.

I see these nano reefs with a few LPS and soft coral in lobbies around, with a HOB skimmer and nothing else, clearly neglected, power heads disintegrating and falling apart. Yet the coral survives. Brown, usually, not many vibrant colors. But the clown fish are fat and healthy and the coral is alive.

How is this possible.
What coral survivea a set and forget system.

Nothing kills gsp

 

[Bozburn]

There is a reef builders thread on a nano they "set it and forgot it". Basically fed the fish and that was it.

 

[Ashley786]

Nothing kills gsp

I saw GSP and a bunch of cynarina looking corals but flatter and brown. Not exactly sure what you call it. Probably cynarina.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Because lps and softies like dirtier water and thrive on those conditions. A lot of your cheapy corals nobody wants, is what you see typically.

 

[Jmp998]

Goniopora (some not all). These are grown from small frags I put in my quarantine tank just for fun. No skimmer, carbon, or any other filtration. I change about 3 gallons of water (30%) once a week. Phosphates are super high as I was feeding pellets 3-4x day to put some size on my aquaculture mandarin before he went into my display.

I guess this is not 'set and forget' due to the water changes, but it is certainly a very no frills system.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Color is really for us. A coral can be dirty brown and be healthy. As long as nutrients and minerals are met they are happy. Feeding and bio waste helps feed the coral. Since color is based on algae and light and to protect and photynthesis(way to much technical data and lots more people that can help here than me lol) its a symbiosis. Because softies and lps consume less minerals than sps, they can do well with little to no dosing with adequate water changes. But if truly neglected, softies will survive but lps will not be able to grow further once minerals depleted.

 

[Tamberav]

Here's a crazy 1.

I see these nano reefs with a few LPS and soft coral in lobbies around, with a HOB skimmer and nothing else, clearly neglected, power heads disintegrating and falling apart. Yet the coral survives. Brown, usually, not many vibrant colors. But the clown fish are fat and healthy and the coral is alive.

How is this possible.
What coral survivea a set and forget system.

I changed to softies and loving it... after 15 years I need a do nothing tank for awhile!

Here is the one that comes to mind tho:

 

[exnisstech]

Nothing kills gsp

Except me
I can't grow the stuff to save my tank. It just withers and dies. But I can't grow zoas either.

 

[aSaltyKlown]

Nothing kills gsp

I have a knack for it!

 

[Jedi1199]

Because lps and softies like dirtier water and thrive on those conditions. A lot of your cheapy corals nobody wants, is what you see typically.

This statement has always bugged me. How is it that people have come to believe that softies like "dirty water"? The ocean is the ocean, there is no "dirty" water in just a certain area. What in the world makes people believe that just because a certain group of coral can survive in less than ideal conditions that these corals "like dirty water"????

 

[vetteguy53081]

Here's a crazy 1.

I see these nano reefs with a few LPS and soft coral in lobbies around, with a HOB skimmer and nothing else, clearly neglected, power heads disintegrating and falling apart. Yet the coral survives. Brown, usually, not many vibrant colors. But the clown fish are fat and healthy and the coral is alive.

How is this possible.
What coral survivea a set and forget system.

Set and forget often offer good nutrient export

 

[tehmadreefer]

This statement has always bugged me. How is it that people have come to believe that softies like "dirty water"? The ocean is the ocean, there is no "dirty" water in just a certain area. What in the world makes people believe that just because a certain group of coral can survive in less than ideal conditions that these corals "like dirty water"????

You do realize there are areas in parts of the ocean that have higher concentrations of things such as sediment, nutrients, available food, etc? The ocean just isn’t the same
Ocean everywhere…

 

[homer1475]

"Dirty water/conditions" is a subjective term usually meant to convey a nutrient rich environment. Not that they actually like "dirty" water.

 

[Jposch]

Soft coral absolutely does not like, nor need high nutrients. They require the same as anything else. But, they THRIVE when given plenty of small particle foods. AKA, turbid water. Yes, most can TOLERATE the high nutrients that usually go hand in hand, but I assure you they aren't thriving.