My goal here is (using my experience) to educate people about things that I have researched and reviewed. Most of it I didnt learn in school - I learned it by reading articles - and reefing forums (such as this one). When someone makes a claim that its a good idea to do xxxxxxxx - if I find it interesting - ie something I might want to do - I go to other sources - other sites, scientific articles if there are any, etc. Do I have all the answers - of course not. If I question something - suggest something and I'm wrong -I hope people point it out. What is getting a bit tiresome is being criticized for 'asking the question' in the first place.
Like I've tried to do here - I question the rationale behind something before I change any part of my reefing method. The benefit is that here - I can question the author of the method directly. Somehow those questions have been turned into an idea that I somehow have a vendetta against Paul or his methods (nothing could be further from the truth). I have spent probably hundreds of hours reading about fish immunity, CI, velvet, etc. To benefit my own tank. Im not a marine biologist - but I am a scientist - So I have the benefit of knowing how to find articles and understand (most of them)... Im certainly not an expert like @Thales and Im not an expert like @Paul B,
The way some people respond to posts that are even mildly critical of some of the information in the article rarely address the issue that was raised (by myself and several others) - its always defending @Paul B's method as if that was the issue which to me has never been the case.
IMHO, The purpose is to discuss the article itself -not comparing QT vs Pauls tank. People that think its nit-picking to discuss the facts presented in the article should maybe go read the MULTIPLE threads that debate QT vs other methods. For those of you that don't like the discussion - I will say I have learned a lot reading and discussing this thread - and looking up the rationale for my thoughts. Just re-reading and realizing the vast amount of expertise on this forum has been fantastic.
Like I've tried to do here - I question the rationale behind something before I change any part of my reefing method. The benefit is that here - I can question the author of the method directly. Somehow those questions have been turned into an idea that I somehow have a vendetta against Paul or his methods (nothing could be further from the truth). I have spent probably hundreds of hours reading about fish immunity, CI, velvet, etc. To benefit my own tank. Im not a marine biologist - but I am a scientist - So I have the benefit of knowing how to find articles and understand (most of them)... Im certainly not an expert like @Thales and Im not an expert like @Paul B,
The way some people respond to posts that are even mildly critical of some of the information in the article rarely address the issue that was raised (by myself and several others) - its always defending @Paul B's method as if that was the issue which to me has never been the case.
IMHO, The purpose is to discuss the article itself -not comparing QT vs Pauls tank. People that think its nit-picking to discuss the facts presented in the article should maybe go read the MULTIPLE threads that debate QT vs other methods. For those of you that don't like the discussion - I will say I have learned a lot reading and discussing this thread - and looking up the rationale for my thoughts. Just re-reading and realizing the vast amount of expertise on this forum has been fantastic.