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Fair enough JD all good points. My hypothesis which is only a theory is that the better the water quality the less ick and crypto you will have to deal with, the ultimate goal being zero. Using a powder blue which in my opinion is always one of the harder fish to keep long term as a benchmark, if it gets a tiny bit of ick now and then but none of the other fish do, and if the powder blue can shake it off then to me it supports the theory. I don't know the op's set up but there are some filtration additions for a very low spend that can help. Then you can concentrate on building up their immune systems with good feeding. Id rather drink a warm mug of skimmate than give up the tidal system
Is the OP going to purchase LR / corals as well because the water from the LFS may well contain Ick and microscopic baddies I don't see how you can avoid it.
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