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There are lots of bivalves in my tank, along with quickly growing populations of feather duster worms and copepods (and the larvae of who-knows-what). If I weren't feeding a good amount of phytoplankton, all those animals would die, and the growing populations of meiofauna that I have would have never been apparent. To me, it really doesn't make sense to withhold phytoplankton from a reef tank. I suppose, if my only interest were in keeping corals alive along with some microbes, it wouldn't really matter, but more naturalistic tanks are both more pleasing to my eye and more resilient IME.
Best,
-Chris
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