Doesnt Believe in Water Changes PHOTOS!!

This is my friends 75g, Says he "doesnt believe in water changes" nor does he believe in testing his water.. Had his tank up and running for 5 years. Doesnt treat treat algae blooms, or anything else, says the tank will do it itself... Heres his tank. How do you guys feel about that??

 

Is there only 2 fish in a 75g? That's how they are getting away with it.

 

so he does no water changes and doesnt test what kind of chemicals does he put in the tank?

 

as for chemicals, as far as i know he only uses B-Ionic calcium buffer

 

Hes got, a yellow tang, maroon clown, pyschedelic mandarien, and a bluespot jawfish. so 4 total

 

Ah yes... I see the tang now.

 

and about 100+ serpernt stars lol

 

I mean yes, It may not be the cleanest of all tanks. But as for losing livestock, and corals hes never had an issue, Theres been a couple of times where some corals dont look PRIME, but they always end up coming back and flourishing! Dont know how he does it, One time I saw a bad outbreak of red slime, he didnt do ANYTHING and it eventually all went away. His method as he calls it is just "wait it out. it will die off"

 

I don't know if is me or what. But to me it looks like the corals are not showing their true beautiful colors!! I think is BS not testing or keeping up with WC. As far as I have read and heard from reefers is STABILITY is the KEY!

 

To be brutally honest, other than some of the soft coral, the corals look very brown, bleached and/or just unhealthy/dying. The tang looks anorexic and there isn't anything particularly difficult to keep. He may "get away with it", I guess. However, "getting away with it" sort of depends on his goals. I'd be furious if my tank looked like that, but I am OCD and have different goals I guess LOL. Really whatever makes you happy to look at is you choice... It's not an awful tank, it's actually nice in a lot of ways, but certainly could be a lot better.