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  1. Loving the colors I see

    I ran across a comment by one person who stated that even when my tank has issues, it still looks nicer than their reef. I completely understood what he meant, in that we are never really happy with our tanks because we see the problems and annoyances. When I stand in front of my tank I do see some pretty corals, but I also see those that aren't doing well. If it is just a couple, it's much easier to overlook. When it's system-wide, something must be done.

    I tend to tackle stuff ...
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  2. Enough doom and gloom

    I took a few pictures today and thought you might enjoy them. Everything was shot with a 50mm f/1.8 lens.

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    A 50g water change was performed tonight.
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  3. Hints of life in the carnage (of select corals)

    While a number of corals look okay, there are some that were hit really hard. One was a little SPS that never really did anything in the nine months it was in the tank, but decided to take a nosedive during the bacterial overdose. I watched it and a few others turn white, and just left it alone. When checking on this particular acropora (A. milleopora) I noticed that some life did survive even though about 70% perished.

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    Wit the image on ...
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  4. How things are looking presently

    I'm being cautiously optimistic that the reef is recovering properly. Here are three pictures to show you the general overview.

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  5. Trying to see light at the end of the tunnel

    My reef definitely got cooked by overdosing bacteria in recent months, and it took me a while to figure out what was wrong (as you know if you read my blogs). I'm doing a soft reset rather than a hard reboot now. I'm not going to dose any additives for the next six weeks. I pulled the biopellets offline to stop any additional bacteria introductions, and I'm doing some big water changes to hopefully help the corals turn around.

    I feel like anything I do will spook them, and I don't
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