What have you tried, against popular opinion not to, that actually yielded results?

[ZoWhat]

Describe anything you've tried....against popular opinions not to do....and you actually saw success

Mine:

1) always read that tank temp should remain constant below 80 degrees. Popular opinion says "80 degrees or higher is too HOT". My tank is 90% zoas palys and noticed when hot summer days shot my tank above 80 my zoas palys actually looked better....the skirts and center disc fleshier. I've since dialed my tank to stay btwn 80-81 and my zoas palys not only look better but are growing faster. My fish dont seem to mind either as I've seen my tangs play in the random flow swimming backnforth. Plans are to maintain 80-81 thru these upcoming Winter months

2) always read zoas palys are mid to low light. Popular opinion says "too much white light and your zoas palys will bleach out". I also tried using my white light to PAR them out with 6hrs of high white light. Also seeing brighter colors during actinic only lighting.... and def more growth but it may be a combo of light and 80 degree water. Idk

3) always read not to use an airstone in the DT. Popular opinion says "airstone in your DT will make a salt creep mess plus your fish will develop a gill disease plus bubbles will get trapped under corals stressing and killing them"..... I do use an airstone ziptied to a PH and run micro bubbles from 12am to 9am. NO salt creep bc the bubbles are micro when they pop. No fish gill disease that's claimed also. No stressed out corals with pockets of air under them. All after 3yrs of running micro bubbles in the DT

What are your "against popular opinion" things you've tried with success?

 

[Katrina71]

An 8 gallon first reeftank.

 

[Diesel]

Don’t step on others toes, be helpful, respectful, fair and honest.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

dosing bleach

 

[Diesel]

dosing bleach

That ain’t a joke.

When I had fish in the first week of observation I dosed Pharmaceutical bleach in low doses to the tank.
Never killed a fish

 

[Sallstrom]

We put up a 600W green house LED over a SPS tank. Lots of red diods, more than 50% of them.
The lamp is still up after two years,the corals are doing fine.

But I think one important factor might be that the corals also get a lot of light from metal halides. So don't try this at home

 

[Diesel]

We put up a 600W green house LED over a SPS tank. Lots of red diods, more than 50% of them.
The lamp is still up after two years,the corals are doing fine.

But I think one important factor might be that the corals also get a lot of light from metal halides. So don't try this at home

So if I can’t try this at home where you want me to try it then?

 

[Sallstrom]

So if I can’t try this at home where you want me to try it then?

Find a two meter deep tank

No, I just don't anyone to try lots of red light and have corals dying You need to have some other wavelengths too to get the corals to be able to handle red light(I've done a long term experiment on red vs red+blue).