Boog, what I'm confused about here is, you only have 1 coral
and it's a hardy coarl at that. So perhaps your tank setup and no
water changes ...

"bo0ger1" .@. wrote on Sat, 02 Dec 2006:
If you have a question regarding the science I have mentioned in responses
above OR science I have not mentioned, I will try and explain things to you.

You're radically overestimating your own level of scientific knowledge.

You don't seem to appreciate that reef tanks are as much an engineering
enterprise (or even artistic) as they are science.

This is why we care about demonstrated results, not just your unusual theories.
You CLAIM that water changes are not necessary for reef tanks, but in fact
all you offer are your theories on what science would support your strategy.

What you never acknowledge is the possibility that biochemistry may be going
on that you are NOT aware of. (And you can't possibly know 100% of the
biochemical needs of 100% of reef organisms.)

But most important, you've never DEMONSTRATED success with your approach in
a reef tank. You started with your hypothesis (water changes are not necessary
in a reef tank), and you lept right to believing the conclusion (all you reef
tank fools that do water changes are wasting your time), but you've missed the
most important part: the actual experiments. You're a horrible scientist.

That's why, when you finally broke down and admitted that in reality you had
only a fish-only tank, and just in the last few weeks got your very first
coral (and a hardy one at that), nobody is very impressed. EVERYONE knows that
there is much more challenge is successfully growing difficult (e.g. stony)
corals over a long period of time (e.g. years), than in just doing a fish-only
tank, or a hardy coral for a couple of weeks. Lots of bad strategies seem
just fine in a short time period or without sensitive corals.

If you want to be taken seriously as a scientist, try to learn the difference
between hypothesis and conclusion, and maybe you should keep quiet until you've
got some actual evidence. Especially when your theories contradict the
practice of real reef keepers, who -- unlike you -- have actually demonstrated
success with sensitive corals over a long period of time.

-- Don
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Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick it once and you will suck forever.