It's been close to a year from my previous post on this build thread. So a quick recap.
So this tank had issues after issues last year. It's been battle after battle. I had a GHA algae outbreak that took over the tank and smothered some of my corals, but I've dosed fluconazole 2x and knocked it out. Dinos (specifically Coolio) reared its ugly head on my sand, but went away when I turned off my skimmer and let the tank get diatoms for about a month. I also did a Cipro treatment to fend off BJD in my torches.
After about 1.5 years of starting this tank, I'm confident that it has finally matured enough that I don't get as much random RTN/STN and the SPS is actually growing. My softies have flourished, but my SPS has been dormant. For the most part, my PAR is on the low side and my nutrients generally runs high, which leads to slow SPS growth. My colors are decent under blue light, so I live with 1" frags all over the tank...for now. I feel like I made it through the dry rock and dead sand phase, and it's only going to get better. I'm ready for the explosive growth phase next. LOL.
Lately, I'm dealing with aiptasia outbreak, a bit of cyano popping up, and nutrients have been trending up. But I have plans to get those back in check. These are way more preferable than hair algae, cyano and brown jelly.
Side shot