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I had to build some new Top Down Photo Boxes ( http://www.melevsreef.com/node/42 ) this week, so I made a new one for myself as well. Enjoy the results. I should point out that a lot of the colors you're seeing now are far better than a month ago.

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Here's a shot of the gang devouring half a sheet of nori. I do this daily, but I'm thinking I may need to offer a full sheet instead since the food is gone in less than 2 minutes. I use the MegaVeggieMag to hold it securely to 3/4" thick glass. http://melevsreef.com/catalog/megaveggiemag

I'm not going to show you the actual actinic picture because it will be dark, blue and essentially not of much interest. But somehow I need to document how this one montipora's transition from healthy to sick and back to health is a wonder to observe.

Here's the coral in the bottom left corner of a picture taken in August.

Here it is tonight.

The main area of the coral is ...

I've been working to nurse the reef back to full health and each day I see a little more progress. I'd imagine by Day 365, all will be on track once more. That setback two months ago (if you don't count the leak in 2012) really put the brakes on how the corals were faring.

So here are some of the latest pictures taken this week. The mandarin has been out quite a bit.

Look at the size ...

I've been performing 50g water changes every 4-5 days on the system, and observing the corals for indications of improvement. There are still a number of corals that need to regain their former glory, but overall things look pretty good.

The calcium reactor needs new media badly and it should arrive any day. I've been supplementing alkalinity with baked baking soda.

This acan in the Anemone Cube has been a boring brown color with only some orange around the front leading ...