Hey Brad,
Just to clarify my veiws on the bugs. I do beleive they cause damage. I just beleive they are more of an opportunist and attack corals that are less then happy to begin with. I've personally witnessed corals that have appeared damaged from the bugs but after moving or changeing something with water issues that coral is no longer bothered or appears that way at least to me. The coral may still have the bugs on them but it would appear that they no longer bother the coral to the point it's visial. With a fully stock reef it's tough to make everything happy even if the corals are from the same genus. With out the bugs it may not be so clear on which corals are not as happy but the bugs are the straw that broke the camels back so to speak. I beleive that a system is far better with out the bugs but certainly not the end of the world.
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Jamie Cross
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