"Inabón Yunes" wrote in
:

amen!
So far three people in this newsgroup do little or no water changes at
all, you, blackhole..., and myself.
It is true what you say, it is just lack of knowledge.
My system is similar to blackhole's except that I don't add any
supplements but I will start using them after seeing his tank.
I use Rowaphos for the PO4 and my circulation system is producing a
lot of debris with lots of PO4.
As soon as I change the lighting system, T5, I will post some pictures
here.

See, the three of us have some level of knowledge on science.

See, I'm curious. Why is it that you feel your "knowledge on science"
somehow trumps others' scientific skepticism? When you get past the ad
hominem attacks, assertions of superior authority, flame wars, nym-shifting
etc, what you have are basically attempts to have booger 1) show evidence
of the success of his assertions, and 2) specify further the conditions
under which he obtained his claimed success.
It seems to me like you're suggesting that, since booger's experiences
correlate with your own, that should somehow validate his unevidenced
assertions scientifically for the rest of us. If so, I think you need to
brush up on your science fundamentals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

Even with those two above points adequately addressed by booger, and
accepted as valid, your "knowledge on science" should also allow you to
discern that this amounts to a grand total of one (1) data point in
opposition to the accepted practice of small regular water changes. In
booger's case, you cannot even apply that data point to the realm of reef
aquaria (he has a FOWLR tank, remember?).
*shrug* Sorry, Inabon, my "knowledge on science" tells me that is not
sufficient data to warrant a change in my habits. Add yours, and
blackhole's contributions to the pile, and that is three (3) data points.
That's a start, and maybe even motivation to try some experiments myself
(I'd be pleased to try to mimic a setup like blackhole's) but its hardly
substantive enough to give your collective opinions any level of authority
in the matter.

This people rely on LFS for their decisions, feel sorry for them, lol

Mmm. Neither Delbeek, Tullock, Sprung, Fenner, nor Fellman work at my LFS.

Regards,
DaveZ
Atom Weaver

At least IY didn't reference a Grand Water Change Conspiracy by the Man,
to Keep a Brother's Reef Tank Down.