A computer that makes changes based on its test results could be a blessing or a tank crash!
I’d love to take advantage of that simplicity on my busier days, but it almost takes the challenge/fun away from reefing. We’d all have computer based aquariums that look amazing. Lol. Nothing to distinguish one tank from another.
Even unintelligent people would have amazing SPS reefs.
Do unintelligent people not deserve an amazing SPS tank? [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
Joking aside, I do get what you're saying. I worked hard to learn the science behind the hobby, how to keep parameters stable, best practices when things fail, how to keep a schedule of maintenance so you don't get caught unprepared when something eventually fails... And pretty soon someone will be able to plug and play an amazing reef tank and it'll take care of itself.
While a part of me feels the hours I put in learning the hobby may mean less when everybody is doing it mostly automated, I just like to think that the journey to get here was worth every minute I put into it.
And now that I've made that journey myself... I'm okay handing some of the controls over to my Apex, alkatronic, reactors, and calcium reactor and sit back and just enjoy the tank with my fellow reef buddies, those that are old school and also the new ones that dig the technology side of it and embrace its simplicity.
