For the new people in the hobby and even some of the more experienced ones you need to chill on the tinkering and constantly switching things. Unless you know for sure something is causing an issue or you are doing maintenance leave things alone. Constantly changing your tank parameters is not good practice. A simple thing like switching salt often completely alters your water chemistry. Each salt brand will have there unique formula and chemical composition and this will cause it to act chemically differently. Because of the varying ratios each manufacture uses for their salt formula. Why do you think new tanks have issues with problem algae?!? Because it has not had time to stabilize and mature is why.
If you have manly soft corals and lps and you constantly change things, the corals themselves can tolerate this instability on the surface. But that doesn't mean it hasn't been causing issues or effected growth. Algae blooms are caused by this kind of thing, especially the problem algae. It is more likely unnecessary tinkering and bad husbandry causing an issue more then a specific brand of salt or product. Unless it is a bad batch. Not to mention the tinkering and what it does to your food web and things like snails and pods. The very thing that eat algae blooms! Not because you are not using the best product. Years ago we used to keep sps, lps and soft corals with nothing more then a 6500 K MH security light or some florescent lights from a hardware store and an air stone for water movement.
The best success in this hobby isn't contingent on using the 'best' products, salt or hardware. It is your love, patience, husbandry skills and experience that effect your success or failure in this hobby. There is not some secret ultimate one way of doing things. Only the best way for you.
If you have manly soft corals and lps and you constantly change things, the corals themselves can tolerate this instability on the surface. But that doesn't mean it hasn't been causing issues or effected growth. Algae blooms are caused by this kind of thing, especially the problem algae. It is more likely unnecessary tinkering and bad husbandry causing an issue more then a specific brand of salt or product. Unless it is a bad batch. Not to mention the tinkering and what it does to your food web and things like snails and pods. The very thing that eat algae blooms! Not because you are not using the best product. Years ago we used to keep sps, lps and soft corals with nothing more then a 6500 K MH security light or some florescent lights from a hardware store and an air stone for water movement.
The best success in this hobby isn't contingent on using the 'best' products, salt or hardware. It is your love, patience, husbandry skills and experience that effect your success or failure in this hobby. There is not some secret ultimate one way of doing things. Only the best way for you.
