advice needed --> advice taken -->update July 27

[christyf5]

ok so I've done a 35 gal waterchange. Pretty much just emptied out the sump, shopvac-ed it and refilled it. Then did a 15gal waterchange on the main tank with what was left. Got the sump running and skimmer hooked up (some freaking disgusting stuff in there!!), carbon going. Can't find the filter floss but thats ongoing, its in one of these boxes around here somewhere. The water is much clearer and I can see most everything now.

So far I've lost a milli colony, handful of other smaller colonies and a couple frags as well as a clam . So far all of my stuff on the frag racks seem to be ok. I've gotta get in there with some clippers and have a go at my big blue stag which is about half gone, also lost half my blue tenuis. I think I've given enough pieces away to find that one again. As for the others I couldn't recognize them and sadly, my tank is so full I couldn't tell you what they were anyways.

I think I may be on the road to recovery.

I'm saying that in a whisper in case the tank hears and goes to ****