chasing stability, can’t find it.

[FragOut]

Boy am I glad I’m not a loner. I was at wits end, delt with massive velvet induced fish die off and nothing but corals for 2.5 months. Short of it, I stopped using kalk and went to two part and things spun out from there (my fault nothing wrong with 2 part) until my wife, sensing frustration said “go back to what you were doing before”. In other words, get back to basics. Let Alk get in a reasonable range and then started with small increments of kalk. Kalk is good for ph stability and really has do e my DT wonders. Corals look good, have growth tips and good extension. Feed, turn on lights, change water and do maintenance. Staying on task and nothing “extra”. Just sitting back and letting it be has helped most of all.
Good luck and happy Reefing.

My life has been much less complicated since I’ve taken the advice of letting it be and not worrying about testing for calcium every other day. I’m due for my first water change tomorrow and will test my numbers prior to and after the water change. The advice given has helped a lot. I’ve shut down the biopellets, (I am still running carbon so I don’t have the strong ocean smell) and everything is doing well except for my birdsnest corals. The couple acros I have are doing well and have polyp extension, first time since I’ve had them. I’m happy and less frustrated.