Hey everyone I’m getting back into the hobby after an extended break. So much has changed. Tridents, roller mats, leds (that work), and high flow gyro pumps to say the least. Somethings stayed the same or got worse like silly names tied to high prices
what I don’t get is all this ‘nutrients are too to low’ talk can someone fill me in, my previous goal for keep sps was to keep my corals fed but never led them swim in their own waste.. so ie high import high export, shooting for low numbers, and that worked well for me.
so what changed the here? When did we switch from trying to feed our corals food to giving them nitrates and phosphates or is there a general misunderstanding that’s being repeated amongst us reefers these days? Am I missing something?
One of my previous tanks, phosphates always shot for .03 or less, and nitrate were usually at 0
what I don’t get is all this ‘nutrients are too to low’ talk can someone fill me in, my previous goal for keep sps was to keep my corals fed but never led them swim in their own waste.. so ie high import high export, shooting for low numbers, and that worked well for me.
so what changed the here? When did we switch from trying to feed our corals food to giving them nitrates and phosphates or is there a general misunderstanding that’s being repeated amongst us reefers these days? Am I missing something?
One of my previous tanks, phosphates always shot for .03 or less, and nitrate were usually at 0
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