The choice

[Scythanith]

I feel your pain Dearth. I went through a crippling crash where I lost the majority of my SPS a year and a half/two years back. I decided we both needed our space and I let the tank do what it was going to do for 6 months. After that I started to put in the effort and got it humming again.

Our freshwater tank is similar to what you described though. We have some hella old fish and I can't bring myself to change the tank up until they are no longer with us. That could be another decade at this pace lol!