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I know it sucks , I have gone through a tank crash as well when. My tank I grew the frags from quarter inch nubs into 8 year old colonies. It is rough but you just learn from it , let the tank re adjust and get back to normal and then rebuild. You know if you stick to softies and nice lps you...
Would like to upload a video from my phone during full spectrum lighting but not sure how on this site, and certainly don’t feel like putting it on YouTube.
I also had a few elements like iodine and molybdenum that were low on both of my old icp tests. I am not near the tank enough and don’t send out enough icp tests to be able to dose and keep these in line. With a small tank volume and overgrown sps, these minor elements get depleted very quickly...
I have it hooked up to a doser and I just let it dose. I have not been too invested in my tank anymore and nearly pay attention to it. Whatever happens, happens.
Tested a few things today to see where the checkers are adding up. I am a firm believer that every tank is different, and if properly maintained, and you have a reliable cleanup crew you can get by with having crazy high nitrates and no display nuisance algea….
I have an azure damsel and I have never seen it go after sps, they will be very territorial against over fish or my hand. A few damsel fish have been knock to be sps pest predators and eat bugs on them, but I haven’t heard the azure doing that.