This should probably be called my reef revival! I setup this tank 2 years ago with the best intentions. Maintained and checked it religiously! But daddy duties and work got the better of me. I neglected the tank for pretty much 9 months. Only cleaning the powerheads to keep water moving, adding water to the ATO and feeding the fish 1 once or twice a week
So Nov 1st I couldn't take it anymore I was going to look after this tank properly or get out of the hobby. Just before this picture I had cleaned most of the green algae balls off the substrate. The saving grace of the tank was the biopellets and calcium reactor. I'm pretty sure without them I would have killed everything in the tank with my neglect. Over the last month I’ve slowly brought the parameters back to where they should be and have been regularly feeding the corals and fish. The improvement in growth and color is nice. Better current pictures to follow.
Just after setup December 2012
Nov 1, 2014
