Yes.Have you ever felt a loss in motivation in the hobby? I'm not sure, but lately I've been less and less inclined to invest the time and effort in my reef tank. I believe that this is because I've recently started to see 2 of my Hammer Corals start to become unhealthy, which I feel so terrible and sad about, and on top of this my rock scape is infested with Vertamid Snails - it's a bit overwhelming.
Anyhow, I'm hoping this is just a phase, and I'll be back on top again.
My first tank over 20 years ago was a thriving success. I moved/upgraded to see it get cooked in a heat wave two months later.
Fiddled with the ashes, got involved with the local reef club, met awesome reefers at the time, killed every easy sps people gave me. Shuffled to a house and a bigger tank....I'll do better this time.
Finally downsized, broke that 25 gallon on Halloween. Luckily sump was set up with a halide. Rebuilt, then got busy with my future wife, LPS died. Local reef club disbanded.
I bought one LPS just to see if it would take. It did.
Now it is practically a weed and home to my 17 year old clowns.
If I bore of the tank. I just upgrade stuff. I rebuilt my sump a few years ago. I build a mixing station in the basement. Redid my RO/DI.
There is always something I want to improve. I had to redo intake plumbing recently and want to improve in tank flow creatively.
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