First--Sorry, my wife took off to a conference until Friday and took the kids and the camera with her, so no daytime pics till the weekend...
Second, I thought the pictures from TOTM turned out great, Jin, so don't beat yourself up! You folks can judge for yourselves: http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15623">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15623</a>
Third--because my new (now 7-months) job takes up my whole day and my energy is lower at night, I have slacked a bit in maintenance, and knowing that I could risk water quality degradation with pappone feedings minus my normal diligence, I have stopped the pappone method for a while. Right now I'm just letting my skimmer, phosban, and CA reactor do the work while I step back for a while. When I get a little bit more time, I'll build my automated water change system and get back into it.
Amazingly, though, growth continues to be good, though I'm sure it could be better. The colors have been a bit washed out lately, though.
When my wife gets back, I'll post some more pics. There really has been a lot of growth since May's TOTM, and I'm also babysitting some of Slayer77's corals and clams, so it looks a bit "fuller," and a few of my colonies are swiftly approaching volleyball size.