Jonathan!
I deleted it by accident instead of editing it. Sorry about that. I thought, dang, do I retype it all in now? And then thought ... well ... laziness kind of took over at that point.
Alan: What I had tried to say (in addition to asking Jonathan about his hunger-provoking avatar there), was, don't be discouraged. Things go wrong in a tank. Sometimes because of our own doing, which can be hard to take, and sometimes despite our doing everything "correctly" and things still go wrong, which can also be hard to take. (I'm not sure which one is worse. They're both discouraging.)
You have to take the lows with the highs, and you'll appreciate the highs that much more. (The "highs" ? Sheesh it sounds like I'm talking about smoking weed. Well ... reefing IS addictive ... :rolleyes: ;) )
I think the best advice you can be given right now is: 1) keep exercising your common sense. 2) Stay the course. With "good" tank management, things will settle out eventually. (Nothing happens fast except for disaster, right? This hobby sure tests our patience, that's for durn shure.)
Whatever nasty is in your tank that has got you down about your tank, think of it this way: "it" grows in the ocean, too, right? But in the ocean things look awesome. So what's going on right now is that it has the natural advantage tipped in its favour. This can be a normal (albeit frustrating) part of the first year. While freshwater tanks can be measured in terms of months, I sometimes think we shouldn't bother measuring reef tanks in anything but years. The first year, yeah, lots of things going on. Equilibrium sure takes its time some days...
Do you remember how my 75g looked when you and Jonathan were over, cyano pretty much everywhere and it was kinda gross? Guess what, no more cyano. I think I see the tiniest patch of it lingering in one spot. The rest of the tank ... shiney clean. So ... take heart. Your tank's day will come.
[ 16 June 2002, 10:39: Message edited by: delphinus ]
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