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Debra, I don't dose or test anything, except rarely nitrates. I eyeball everything my fish and inhabitants tell me when I have a problem. All I do is water changes.To 4Ford, you are right, but for some of us "old timers" all the dosing, tests, vodka, stuff is alittle overwhelming when all us dummies did was water changes and feed. Paul brings common sense ie:food, etc that is useful. I love this site and all the friendly people who are willing to help! I also enjoy the fact that you encourage all input. I've learned so much! Thank-you to all reef2reefers. Debra
I don't have time for all the dosing and freaking out over parameters, my fish do great even very fragile fish but I obviously cannot keep difficult coral for those reasons. I did as Paul did for years but with far less success and only part of the equation. I tried the black worms and better diet but faltered somewhere or many places and fish continued to die. My "Ich management" ways worked for many species for ten years.
I will say that many tangs will not be able to handle that type of husbandry. If you think an acanthurus tang (especially Achilles, powder blue, powder brown, or goldrim) will survive with that methodology long term you're in for a rude awakening. If you do find success it'll be short run and you'll have killed dozens of them in the process to find the golden goose.
His fish he keeps are mostly hardy or less affected by parasites. It's still quite a feat, I certainly don't mean to diminish it, rather i wish to point out that your livestock choices if done correctly are limited.