If you could solve ONE reefing-mystery

[Miami Reef]

There are many things we don’t have the answer to in the reefing hobby. We need more studies for answers, which can be limited in time, money, and even knowledge.

However, if I could grant you one wish: you could have the definitive answer to any mystery pertaining to the hobby, but the condition is that you can only solve ONE mystery...

What would you solve?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Whether iodine is needed or useful for most corals we keep, and if so, what it actually does on a molecular level.

State of the art published science does not seem to have info bearing on this question for most corals.

 

[Miami Reef]

Whether iodine is needed or useful for most corals we keep, and if so, what it actually does on a molecular level.

State of the art published science does not seem to have info bearing on this question for most corals.

As I was making this thread, I was almost certain you would choose to completely understand ORP.

I was mistaken. I didn’t even know iodine was a mystery to us for corals. Wow.

 

[Dburr1014]

How to kill aptaisia without killing anything else. Just a bottle of liquid and dump it in.

I would be a billionaire.

 

[Cthulukelele]

My answer would formulating a nutrient-dense cheap food for raising captive bred fish fry to make it more financially viable to upscale successful scientific fish breeding into commercial fish breeding for more challenging species.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

As I was making this thread, I was almost certain you would choose to completely understand ORP.

I was mistaken. I didn’t even know iodine was a mystery to us for corals. Wow.

lol

True, that's another good one.

There are a number of good mysteries and/or myths that are hard to prove or disprove or understand.

The presence or absence of any beneficial effects of natural strontium levels (vs much lower levels) is also interesting.

 

[sfin52]

Whether iodine is needed or useful for most corals we keep, and if so, what it actually does on a molecular level.

State of the art published science does not seem to have info bearing on this question for most corals.

I would like to know that too. I dose because I believe my zoas seem to respond when I dose.

 

[nuxx Verified Sponsor]

Reef safe cure for ich...

 

[chimbo84]

Targeted approach to managing/eradicating pests (aptasia, GHA, vermetids, AEFW, etc.)

 

[Fish Styx]

Targeted approach to managing/eradicating pests (aptasia, GHA, vermetids, AEFW, etc.)

Nah-uh-uh... that's 4+ wishes. Tsk tsk tsk
I've got your back @Miami Reef

 

[Fish Styx]

+1 truly reef safe aiptasia eradication solution.

 

[Sean Clark]

Having just dosed iodine, I can state affirmatively that iodine is anecdotally 100% effective in achieving its anecdotes.

 

[Slocke]

Interesting how many people just want an aiptasia cure . Shows how different everyone’s experience is.

I think some of the mystery coral diseases would be nice. Like the slime that kills euphyllia. What is it and how do you prevent/stop it.

 

[Miami Reef]

New rule: You can say more than 1, because I find this topic very interesting.

Here’s one answer I wish I had:

I wish I knew the exact cause of dinoflagellates and cyano. What causes them in some tanks and not in others? Nobody knows 100%.

 

[TrevorHenryTDH]

What makes a anemone happy, lol.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I'd want to know the benefits (if any) UV has on coral health.

 

[Reeflix]

instant pest eliminator. or a instant treatment for parasites, no qt needed

 

[Reeflix]

cant decide which is better

 

[Phil Steel]

how to cure brown jelly!

 

[pixelhustler]

Why gonis die