tank neglect

I'm currently setting up my first tank. My parents have a fish tank and I helped maintain it before I moved out, but I am setting up my own tank for the first time. A relative offered me any remaining livestock and equipment from their horribly neglected former reef tank, which had very little...

Knowing we had a Jamaica holiday coming up, beginning this past Dec. 27, I did all my maintenance… equipment checks, ATO check and fill, auto-feeder set up…a few days before Christmas. Put a limited amount of floss in my filter cups and dialled the skimmer back. We were in Jamaica till Jan 4...