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 ...
I took a few pictures today and thought you might enjoy them. Everything was shot with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. A 50g water change was performed tonight.
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. Wit the image on ...
I'm being cautiously optimistic that the reef is recovering properly. Here are three pictures to show you the general overview.
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 ...