I see a lot of people have said water changes as the most important thing for sps. I have not ever done a water change on this tank. I do think water quality is the most important thing on the list but its not always achieved by water changes.

I am not saying my reef is a master piece but i do think it looks great for being low maintenance and low tech.
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An attention to detail and a desire to never stop learning about the hobby. That way you know exactly what's happening to your tank and you can go out and find your solution.

Usually with cash. :lol:

totally chris, I rarely change the water on the SPS 60 and my growth and color is awesome. After I moved it to my parents and I wasn't there to freak out because of the smallest thing (hand in the tank moving stuff) things started to explode.

I think people complicate SPS tanks to much dosing this and that and I myself am guilty of it. On my 25 I kept changing everything from flow, light intensity and than had this great idea to go full zeo which ended up taking me a month to bounce back.

Dez also said a great comment on sps. My frags have no outgrown my sps colonies. my success rate with frags blows store bought colonies away.

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***Education & Understanding***

Forgot to mention a forgiving wife lol.

I second that..... without a understanding wife your doomed!

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Ya, that's probably the single thing that determines success or failure...

All of the above! :lol: