Remember this is a slow hobby, it is always best to take your time and not rush. It's never easy to lose a living thing but take it as a learning experience and try to figure out which parameters were out of whack. Just practice good habits and try to learn from your mistakes, best of luck!
Along those lines, I wasted to post some time lapse photos of my mixed reef tank.
1 Month:
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6 Months:
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1 Year:
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The time lapse idea is a great one...I thinkI will do an overnight on my neighbours giant tank...Set the camera up on a tripod,SO much goes on overnight when you can't see much and the lights are off. Will have to experiment with shutter etc, but he has stuff that only ever comes out at night.