One year ago I started the hobby. I was so impressed when I look at other successful reef tanks. My problem was that I could not control myself when I see some beautiful fish. I just kept buying and stocking my tank. No quarantine and of course velvet took most of it. But I still buy more like an addict. Adding corals as well which would make my tank nice for a week and eventually die. After racking up a lot of debt, I forced myself to stop and set up a fish only tank and just kept small fish (from looking at other thriving tanks) in the main reef tank. My phosphates and nitrates finally started coming down, corals are starting to open up and I think I am now on my way to have success like most of you here. It took a while to control the addiction. Time to pay off reef debt