Reef Then and Now: Share the Story Behind the Photos
A pair of reef photographs can start an interesting conversation when the dates and the story are honest. This invitation does not include a fabricated member tank or an invented success story. ## Choose your own comparison Use photographs you took or have permission to share. State when each was taken and whether the lighting, camera, filter or editing differed. A new camera setting can make color and apparent growth look more dramatic than the biological change. ## Add the context - How old was the tank in each photograph? - Which animals or pieces of equipment changed? - What maintenance or husbandry changes did you make? - What remained uncertain, or did not go as expected? ## Avoid a single-cause success claim Several things usually change over a long period. A then/now pair alone does not prove that one additive or intervention caused an improvement. Setbacks and stable periods are welcome too; the aim is to exchange useful context. ## Share with consent Remove private information from screenshots and confirm permission for anyone else's photographs. Posting to a discussion is not blanket permission for other people to reuse the images commercially. The graphic contains labelled spaces for your photos, not a real before/after reef. ## Join the discussion What changed most in your reef?
Source: Original Verdant guide