Well it has been ages since I have looked/ updated my TJ so thought I should pull my finger out and do something about it.
Wishing I had left my finger where it was now though as I had forgot how nice the tank looked back then
Now im just kinda depressed.
Oh well, A couple of months after my last update I received a bad batch of NSW which caused some major dramas which over the next 6 months caused me to lose the majority of my SPS.
Despite all tests coming back good I just kept losing stuff which was really frustrating to the point I had considered pulling the tank down and starting again. I know believe the bad batch of water i got contained a certain strain of bacteria that the bio pellets kept going strong and was getting excessive bacterial slime which apart from stinking the house out was suffocating my corals.
I took the pellets off and added a miracle mud sand bed and 2 days later I was getting colour back into my remaining sps that had been brown for months:D
I have also replaced my T5s with 2 Mitras LEDS
It has been about 6 weeks now since removing the pellets and despite a initial nutrient spike the mud and macro are doing a great job at keeping nutrients where I want them.
The majority of corals have regained their colours and have started growing again , so hopefully down the track the tank will regain some of its former glory.
During the crap period I took the opportunity to do a major re aquascape giving me a more open style scape.
Any way heres a few catch up pics
Tank at one of its worst stages :(
How it is today
FRONT
LHS
RHS
And some random coral pics