An Idea I got While Watching Reef Therapy

[encrustingacro]

In episode 6 of Reef Therapy, Jake Adams said something along the lines of "if you keep parameters too stable, then your corals will get more sensitive." So maybe to make some beginner friendly corals, one could set up a frag system that would have small fluctuations in parameters to keep corals less sensitive. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[tamanning]

Reverse psychology for corals?

 

[ZoWhat]

I don't think there's such a thing as "too stable" in this hobby

 

[tamanning]

my tank has been said to be to clean.

 

[elysics]

I don't think there's such a thing as "too stable" in this hobby

Eh... With fish, the measure of health and happiness is usually whether or not they are laying eggs.

Corals could do that, but often don't because they don't get the swings they are expecting.

 

[Dcal]

High potential for a study on this

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Usually the corals we see as beginner coral or beginner sps are the ones capable of handling the swings.
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[ZoWhat]

Corals could do that, but often don't because they don't get the swings they are expecting.

These guys definitely could have used too much stability

 

[elysics]

These guys definitely could have used too much stability

Are you saying that wouldn't have happened if temperature was stable, but too high? And the same for other parameters?

 

[mdb_talon]

Eh... With fish, the measure of health and happiness is usually whether or not they are laying eggs.

Corals could do that, but often don't because they don't get the swings they are expecting.

True but corals spawning is often due to stress (and the evolutionary tactic to reproduce if death is imminent). Spawning in itself is not necessarily a sign of good conditions.

 

[tamanning]

These guys definitely could have used too much stability

What caused the reef bleaching was said to be global warming . I've not heard read or seen anything about nitrates or any other levels being to blame.