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It means don't expect the natural way to work in a glass box. You don't have kelp forests, tropical storms, geological events, the massive water to coral ratio of the ocean, whole sections of the food chain in there, so don't expect problems to fix themselves, you need to fix them artificially and through unnatural interventions, like waterchanges, dosing chemicals, etc.Let me first say i partially agree. Aquariums are MUCH different from the ocean. However, this isn't negative it just means don't expect to be able to balance one of the most complex systems on Earth with your personal knowledge and abilities to alter the aquarium chemistry to match whatever a specific part of the ocean is like that day. However some things are natural...the microbiome of corals for instance stay fairly constant to my knowledge and while I'm sure they do change some, they change some based on environmental conditions in the ocean as well. The ocean is a dynamic system and not only that, but different areas vary greatly. If some things weren't natural "or at least similar" reefkeeping would be much harder than it already is to say the least. When someone says "aquariums aren't natural" what does that mean to you?
And don't expect all animals to show their natural behaviour