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Stephane,

For the most part I agree with what you have said.

The thing is when it is someone new to the hobby I will and always recommend them to test for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and pH to start. Once they feel they are comfortable with how those go and interact with each other they can lessen the amount of testing. If they don't tho they won't get an idea once they do have corals in a tank what the different changes in how a tank looks actually means.

In time an experienced reefer can sit back and just look at the tank and get a feel for how it is doing. I know I have my signal corals that tell me what is going on. But you have to remember with someone new they need to learn these things.. It doesn't come magically. [img]smile.gif[/img] Tho to some of us it seems like it.. ;)

Give it time Jeanna.. [img]smile.gif[/img] start testing and recording everything you see. keep an eye on what happens with the numbers you see. [img]smile.gif[/img]