Dr Randy Carbon dosing help

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I’ve just started with corals earlier this year and always had fish only so just trying to do what others on here are saying. I thought the goal was to get nitrates down as low as possible and keep consistent with whatever method is doing it.

Pretty much, but if corals corals are happy stop making rapid changes just to test a different number. Carbon dosing has a lag between dose change and effect. To chase minimal nutrients can naturally lead to less feeding. The lower the residual nutrients, the more food input required(a bit counterintuitive). It's a balance. Not just getting low as possible. If corals are happy, no change should be decided/implemented in a week. Small changes, as you said- "stability".