Sorry to hear about all the troubles, I know the tank will bounce back better that before.
I had the same problems with my dKh dropping between 11-8. I've gotten it some what under control by running my ATO through a kalk stirrer, it took some time getting everything dialed in and I'm still tweaking it a little but I'm happy with the results; my dKH stays around 10.5-10.2, Ca 440, Ph 8.1-8.3 and all my corals seem to love it.
I can't believe you don't have an ATO! 2 gallon manual top offs daily? Ay ay ay.
Wow, that was super depressing. I just looked back at all my tank pictures of alive coral that was colorful... So it's been forever. Hi everyone, I miss you all, wondered if I just popped back in if people would remember me and whatnot . For starters I still have my tank. It is very ugly lately. I killed all of my sps except one, and it is brown. My tank is very neglected, except for my fish who I feed often and are all very healthy and fat. I am now vowing to come up with a plan of action to get my tank back on track so that I can share it with y'all again. I will post again tomorrow and include some pictures and some details of what has happened to the cube over the last 6 months. I am in the market for some super awesome T5 lights, I am done running LEDs (plan to keep one unit for shimmer) since I wouldn't feel right about selling them to "grow coral". Any leads on lights for sale or brand suggestions etc are welcomed. Also for all you people out there who are wondering if bio pellets are any good... My opinion is they suck. (More explanations to come tomorrow) again missing you all and hoping to see you at some swaps this winter
Heidi
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I miss people, but my tank sucks. I just wrote a long blurb about it but for some reason TapaTalk didn't save it or something . Anyhew the jest of it was pictures and explanations to come tomorrow. And how much I have missed you all.
Heidi
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Haha Yup I live So lets see if I remember how to post pictures and stuff. First off I killed all my acros that were happy and healthy back in May I think, or I had a big alk swing and everything bleached and slowly died over the course of the summer. I am not 100% sure what killed everything, but there were 3 survivors. I can't grow acros and I am thinking it has to do with a huge variety of things one being I just didn't have time for my tank this summer and fall. I ordered a dosing pump and I am going to start dosing vodka/glucose/vinegar and also MB7 (I gave the bio pellets a go and they just aren't right. They wear down really fast if they tumble too fast, and they get clumpy and make your nitrates spike if you tumble them too slow. (Those two things also happened this summer, again with the death of so much its hard to blame just one thing, there was one point when my nitrates were at zero... my water was super clear and stuff started bleaching... lights again maybe to blame for that...) I haven't had time to test and think and read and ask and make my tank better. As most of you know I have 4 kids. Well this fall the three girls decided to do soccer. , and my son decided to do rocket football which my husband coached, so we spent very little time at night over the course of August September and October at home.. . I know excuses, excuses oh well take them of leave them thats what my fall looked like. SO without further adue here is the tank, it has turned into a fish with live rock and favia/ other simple lps tank. My fish are happy healthy and fat, (again the uglier the tank got the less I cared about nutrients and the more I feed my fish because they still bring me joy) I took these pictures quickly tonight w/o a tripod on the auto all setting so they aren't very good but the tank pretty much looks like crap so fancy good pictures won't help that just wanted you all to see what I am dealing with here.
front
right side
left side
thats good for now photo bucket is having issues
It really don't look bad at all. From the way you were talking I was expecting it to look like a city dump.
Why you wanna go and start dosing stuff again? Ever hear of KISS? If not it means Keep It Simple Stupid!!! Sometimes less is more
Glad to have you here Heidi
WOW! Ya must be frustrated ! I agree with the bio pellet comments. We lost allot of mature corals when we gave em a try as well as other reefers we knowIt would be easy to say it was something else but both mine and the wife's tank fell victim to the stripping effect of them.I even bought what is probably the most expensive reactors on the market. They now are just expensive carbon reactors. One nice thing about a crash you get to do the things that you wanted too ! I am sure your tank will be beautiful again in no time. Will be following along for sure.
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. For starters I still have my tank. It is very ugly lately. I killed all of my sps except one, and it is brown. My tank is very neglected, except for my fish who I feed often and are all very healthy and fat. I am now vowing to come up with a plan of action to get my tank back on track so that I can share it with y'all again. I will post again tomorrow and include some pictures and some details of what has happened to the cube over the last 6 months. I am in the market for some super awesome T5 lights, I am done running LEDs (plan to keep one unit for shimmer) since I wouldn't feel right about selling them to "grow coral". Any leads on lights for sale or brand suggestions etc are welcomed. Also for all you people out there who are wondering if bio pellets are any good... My opinion is they suck. (More explanations to come tomorrow) again missing you all and hoping to see you at some swaps this winter 
. Anyhew the jest of it was pictures and explanations to come tomorrow. And how much I have missed you all. 
There's nothing like being a Reefer!
So lets see if I remember how to post pictures and stuff. First off I killed all my acros that were happy and healthy back in May I think, or I had a big alk swing and everything bleached and slowly died over the course of the summer. I am not 100% sure what killed everything, but there were 3 survivors. I can't grow acros and I am thinking it has to do with a huge variety of things one being I just didn't have time for my tank this summer and fall. I ordered a dosing pump and I am going to start dosing vodka/glucose/vinegar and also MB7 (I gave the bio pellets a go and they just aren't right. They wear down really fast if they tumble too fast, and they get clumpy and make your nitrates spike if you tumble them too slow. (Those two things also happened this summer, again with the death of so much its hard to blame just one thing, there was one point when my nitrates were at zero... my water was super clear and stuff started bleaching... lights again maybe to blame for that...) 
I haven't had time to test and think and read and ask and make my tank better. As most of you know I have 4 kids. Well this fall the three girls decided to do soccer. , and my son decided to do rocket football which my husband coached, so we spent very little time at night over the course of August September and October at home.. . I know excuses, excuses 
oh well take them of leave them thats what my fall looked like. SO without further adue here is the tank, it has turned into a fish with live rock and favia/ other simple lps tank. My fish are happy healthy and fat, (again the uglier the tank got the less I cared about nutrients and the more I feed my fish because they still bring me joy) I took these pictures quickly tonight w/o a tripod on the auto all setting so they aren't very good but the tank pretty much looks like crap so fancy good pictures won't help that just wanted you all to see what I am dealing with here.
