Hello and hopefully not goodbye!

Welcome to R2R and the salty world Danny
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Welcome! So sorry for the rough start. It is usually the first year or two that has ups and downs. Try to hang in there since stability will come, and it seems that you have succeeded through lots of obstacles already! :)
In case you aren’t aware of this, All For Reef will not show changes to alkalinity for up to 3 days, so don’t move to fast changing your dosing. It’s more important to move slow than making lots of changes since stability is less harmful than radical ups and downs.
I hope someone can help you with the bacteria bloom, though!
 
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Everyone! First off, thanks for the warm welcome even though I came in ringing the panic bell. You're all very cool people and Im happy to be part of this community! Great news. The tank survived after some serious manual clean up of the slime and some water changes (the less I learned the better). Ive attached pics of the tank in its current state. Im incredibly grateful to those who replied and gave me some advice. I have since added many coral and have found stability. Stay tuned! ( please ignore the noise/grain in the images, this is the first time I photograph my tank and I need a macro lens, I dial din the Kelvins and am happily surprised by how nice the color is)
 

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