I've been thinking........no sniggering at the back please!
But are we making a fundamental mistake with our tanks? Hear me out. Different seas and oceans have different parameters. For example, the Red Sea has high salinity and higher average temperatures than other bodies of water. Is the Indian Ocean different to say, the Pacific, or the coast around Australia?
The fish we put into our tanks tend to come from different areas. Our Yellow Tangs come from Hawaii, and many other fish come from the Red Sea, yet we put these fish from different water climates into the tank and expect them to be happy with our 'general parameter' tanks.
Should we be spending more time and effort in making our tanks more area specific, for example a Red Sea tank with fish from the Red Sea and where the conditions in the tank are kept (in as close as possible) to the conditions found in the Red Sea?
By the way, I am not knocking anyone here. I'm just putting this out there for discussion.
But are we making a fundamental mistake with our tanks? Hear me out. Different seas and oceans have different parameters. For example, the Red Sea has high salinity and higher average temperatures than other bodies of water. Is the Indian Ocean different to say, the Pacific, or the coast around Australia?
The fish we put into our tanks tend to come from different areas. Our Yellow Tangs come from Hawaii, and many other fish come from the Red Sea, yet we put these fish from different water climates into the tank and expect them to be happy with our 'general parameter' tanks.
Should we be spending more time and effort in making our tanks more area specific, for example a Red Sea tank with fish from the Red Sea and where the conditions in the tank are kept (in as close as possible) to the conditions found in the Red Sea?
By the way, I am not knocking anyone here. I'm just putting this out there for discussion.