Nitrate confessional

[jorjef]

I know accepted line of thinking is you need to have low nitrate to have a successful reef tank. I'm starting to wonder for LPS and softies how true this is. My tank has been running for just over a year and for most of that year my nitrates have been off the charts (60-80 probably closer to 80) and still have had pretty good success with corals.

I presently have 30-35 corals in my tank, some doing great, some just happy to exist without much growth. I have tried to remedy the nitrate problem with various medias but nothing seems to be the wonder cure.

Anyone else had enough of fighting the "nitrate" war.