The choice

[Dearth]

I added several fish about 2 months ago and lost 1 to stress right away and lost three more to other issues in my tank but I still have 9 more fish all of which are doing well. I’m thinking of doing a coral order before it gets cold again which will only be softies as my tank is setup for softies (low maintenance low stress usually)

Overall I’m pleased with its recovery and I’m going slow no sense in rushing and getting another die off due to impatience

[Dearth]

I have found that after my tank crashed I have had a hard time reinvigorating myself to properly fix up my tank. I had another partial tank crash that killed 3 fish. We have no idea how it crashed but it did.

After that I just kind of let my tank do it’s own thing while still doing basic maintenance on it.(water replacement, glass cleaning). I am trying to find the motivation to redo my tank but I still struggle with the idea my tank is gonna crash again.

I have 3 shrimp 3 fish and 2 coral and several snails and surprisingly a couple of crabs still kicking around.

I am not interested in leaving the hobby but I’ve also hit a wall of sorts and trying to figure out how to did myself out of this funk.

For those of you that went through a tank loss how did you motivate yourself to get back into the grind.

[ReEf BoSs]

Anyway to simplify the set up. Something like depending on the size; remove alot of rock and just have a simple small island in the middle of a tank. I think its the best look but not to many people do it.