I used to be really good at this reef tank thing...

[WarDog]

Sorry to hear. This is by far the most depressing hobby I've ever dabbled in. Not sure why we do it. Lol.

[Frogger]

From what I have seen, experienced and read reefers have been successful with a wide range of methods and tank parameters.

I have yet to see someone be successful in keeping corals doing well whose tank parameters keep changing.

I believe stability is the key to successful reefing and any change has to be done so carefully and slowly.

[Animal-Chin]

agree 100%. My carbon dosing was done super super slow though and it ended up with a lot of death. The phosphate removing happened way to fast, I had no idea roaphos could totally eliminate all traces of phosphate in 5ish days.

I honestly think keeping it simple may be my best plan. Filtersock->Skimmer->refugium with algae....done. All natural, no chemicals or additives or anything feric. Just a good skimmer and waterchanges is what I'm gonna do from now on...