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Originally posted by ReefLady
Interestingly enough, I also fully believe that softies and LPS do not fare as well in nutrient-free, super-skimmed, ultra clean enviroments. Our old 75g softy/LPS tank had incredible growth rates -- the tank *always* had darn high nitrate levels, a CC substrate, a cruddy skimmer, and just VHO lighting.
I also believe that ppl tend to over-light LPS. I think too-bright tanks are the cause of many problems with Torch, Anchor, Hammer, Brains, even the elusive Elegance coral.
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My experience is very similar Teri. I have been fighting a nitarate problem which is always around 20-30ppm even with weekly 15-25% waterchanges. I'm sure having 6 fish in a 42 gal doen't help, although their small but my point is my hammer, xenia and elegance are growing at an alarming rate and I had a Sebae anemone that had tripled in size before wrapping itself around my heater and perishing all this with a minimal amount of light , relatively speaking and when I read that thread it started to make sense.