SPS why wait?

[i cant think]

I hear a lot of people say for the harder acros wait a year to 1.5 years. Which is fine but I’m wondering why. Can someone break down the science of a 6month old aquarium v a 1.5 month old tank.

Also let’s say everything stays the same . Same salt mix same dosing and same tank inhabitants. What happens in that extra year that is so different?

Your first year in the tank will almost always be trial and error, you will try something and it will more than likely fail (unless you’ve done that same thing before and know the ins and outs of it).

Acropora specifically don’t love huge swings or huge failures - I’ve got another thing about this, that may not be the most popular comment, but it’s worked for me and that is causing the swings in parameters to get those fluffy LPS and vibrant SPS - mimicking a river mouth rather than the main reef itself.

I hope that helps a bit, but in short it’s literally so you get the stability and understand the tank itself rather than to do with the coral.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Whenever I restart my tank, I tell myself I want to wait a couple of months before attempting coral again. This allows for the tank to finish going through the random ugly phases and make sure the tank has an established micro biome. Not to mention I want to make sure I have all my parameters dialed in and not random swings. Usually when people say "wait to have acros in your tank" it is for reasons similar to why I am waiting.