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00W's AIO Smorgasbord

Aquarium Profile and Equipment

What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
Mixed Reef
Total Water Volume
115
When did you start this tank?
Jun 16, 2015
What is your aquarium made of?
Glass
Aquarium Length (inches)
48
Aquarium Width (inches)
18
Aquarium Height (inches)
24
Aquarium Overflow/Drain
Drain Style (durso, herbie, etc)
Aquarium Sump
YES
Sump Water Volume
20
Aquarium Stand
Wood
Aquarium Controller
NO
Protein Skimmer
NO
Protein Skimmer Make and Model
Lifereef vs3-24
Aquarium Reactors
  1. None
Return Pump
Eheim compaction 3000
What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
  1. Powerhead
  2. Wavemaker
Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
Jebao OW 20 x2, OW10, Jebao 1300, 2 sicce small WaveMaker.
Aquarium Lighting
  1. T5 Fluorescent
  2. Natural Sunlight
Lighting Equipment List
Odyssea T5 HO fixture
Lighting PAR and Goals
Low
Dosing Equipment Detail
None
Auto Top Off or ATO
NO
Aquarium Heating and Cooling
  1. I am using a heater or heaters
Water Temperature
77
Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
Eheim 300w with ink bird controller

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters

pH Level
8.3
Specific Gravity
1.027
Nitrate or NO3
19
Phosphate or PO4
1.12
Calcium
440
Alkalinity
7
Magnesium
1300
Salt Brand
Red sea blue bucket
Trace Element Dosing
Kent essential elements

Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration

Substrate
Bare Bottom (BB)
Substrate Level
No Substrate
Live Rock
75
Live Rock Type
Unknown
Nutrient Export
  1. Protein Skimmer
  2. Filter Sock
Water Changes
YES
Water Change Details
10% every Monday

Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)

Fish List
  1. Angelfish
  2. Clownfish
  3. Surgeonfish Tang
  4. Other Predatory
Total Fish
4
Coral List
  1. Zoanthids
  2. Soft Coral
  3. Mushroom Coral
  4. Other
Total Corals
6
Invert List
  1. Anemone
  2. Snails
  3. None
Total Inverts
0
Livestock Detail
Have a trigger which is not listed.
Livestock Quarantine
  1. No Quarantine

Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)

Fish Feeding Frequency
Multiple Daily Feedings
Coral Feeding Frequency
Do Not Feed Coral Directly
Fish and Coral Feeding
  1. Flake
  2. Pellet
  3. Frozen
  4. Algae Strips
  5. Other
Auto Feeder
NO

Additional Aquarium Information

What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
Patience
So earlier, when everyone was sleeping in I did that bad thing cruising vendors sites. I kept being drawn to a specific derosa clam. I broke out my par meter and found a perfect spot in the sand at 200 par under my middle light that would be a great spot for a derosa clam. Made my mind up in a few weeks I’m going to scratch that itch. That will give me my maxima on the top rock and the derosa in the sand below it.
Do you still have that butterfly fish ?
 
So earlier, when everyone was sleeping in I did that bad thing cruising vendors sites. I kept being drawn to a specific derosa clam. I broke out my par meter and found a perfect spot in the sand at 200 par under my middle light that would be a great spot for a derosa clam. Made my mind up in a few weeks I’m going to scratch that itch. That will give me my maxima on the top rock and the derosa in the sand below it.
Sleeping in.? I think the sun rises at 3:30a and sets at 10:30p here!
 
Sleeping in.? I think the sun rises at 3:30a and sets at 10:30p here!
I was speaking to those with whom are in Merica!
 
I have never taken formal lessons and I think its going to be a fun experience. I like that this trainer well work with me as well as my horses to train us both to be a good team. She's also going to help me decide if Dottie might be a bit too spirited for me. My farrier who also trains horses said she is a bit spicy when he has rode her but I haven't tried her yet. At my age and ability level I don’t want spice in any horse I ride. I want calm and controlled and almost to the point of boring. 😆 🤣 😂
Taking lessons can be fun. I rode when I was younger mainly because my parents owned thoroughbred race horses and they bought the meanest Shetland Pony I've ever seen. I was way too big for the pony but I had to ride it until it got tired of trying to knock me off. I got a pretty good seat from that. I never took a lesson until I was in my forties.

When we moved to Phoenix there was a mountain preserve right across the street from our apartment building next to a hotel and golf course. In fact, the golf course crossed the street and was also behind our building (we got a golf ball through a window every once in a while).

Anyway, the hotel also owned a trail ride outfit that took people out through the mountain preserve. There were a few workers there that were just riders but the two guys that ran it were old-time wranglers. One of them used to supply horses to the movies down at Old Tucson Studio. The other taught dressage and roped. They were both older than dirt, broken, mangled, and wirey. We went for a few trial rides and then broached the idea of private rides. They liked the idea so we would go over twice a week and take private rides, just the two old wranglers, my wife and me. That morphed into a third day in a round pen improving our riding. They loved to give me salty horses. One of them was so bad I had to ride with one leg up half the time because it would try to ram my legs into the round pen rails. Had to move quick to avoid a really sore leg.

Over time we became good friends and got to chose what horses we rode. I always picked Kelly. She was a pretty old horse but she had we real power in her back legs and they never let 'dudes' ride Kelly, in fact most of the staff would not ride her. They all thought she was mean. I guess she was always trying to bite them. We clicked. She never gave me any guff and she was really good on mountain trials.

I guess I should get to the point before this becomes a novelette. I owned a half-Arab half-Quarter Horse named Sky. He was salty, very salty. He was also a great horse.

sky_2.jpg


His official name was Sky Dazzler as he came from some pretty high-brow stock, but he was nuts. He loved to sidestep, was terrified of water and didn't seem to trust anyone but me. The vets and farriers couldn't get near him if I wasn't there to calm him.

I could stick to the seat real well and stay with a horse no matter what it pulled but I didn't really know how to communicate with a horse that had been dressage trained. I'd move one way or another and Sky would go into side-steps or some pattern. He thought I was given him directions when I was just adjusting my rear in the saddle.

When we rented a horse property to bring our horses on property there was a stable a few blocks away that we boarded our horses at until we got the stalls and pens put up. The woman that ran the stable was a dressage rider. I started taking lessons with her to at least understand what I was telling my horse. Eventually I got a quieter seat and my rides with Sky became a little less intense. He was still nuts though.

I don't ride anymore and doubt I ever will again.
 
Do you still have that butterfly fish ?
No it would never eat, and passed away 2 weeks later. I did everything I could, I contacted Dr. Reef to see whether they were feeding it and matched it exactly so when it arrived there were no changes. I fed the other side of the tank to draw all the other fish there and spot fed it and it would just swim through the cloud of food, it was depressing.
 
Taking lessons can be fun. I rode when I was younger mainly because my parents owned thoroughbred race horses and they bought the meanest Shetland Pony I've ever seen. I was way too big for the pony but I had to ride it until it got tired of trying to knock me off. I got a pretty good seat from that. I never took a lesson until I was in my forties.

When we moved to Phoenix there was a mountain preserve right across the street from our apartment building next to a hotel and golf course. In fact, the golf course crossed the street and was also behind our building (we got a golf ball through a window every once in a while).

Anyway, the hotel also owned a trail ride outfit that took people out through the mountain preserve. There were a few workers there that were just riders but the two guys that ran it were old-time wranglers. One of them used to supply horses to the movies down at Old Tucson Studio. The other taught dressage and roped. They were both older than dirt, broken, mangled, and wirey. We went for a few trial rides and then broached the idea of private rides. They liked the idea so we would go over twice a week and take private rides, just the two old wranglers, my wife and me. That morphed into a third day in a round pen improving our riding. They loved to give me salty horses. One of them was so bad I had to ride with one leg up half the time because it would try to ram my legs into the round pen rails. Had to move quick to avoid a really sore leg.

Over time we became good friends and got to chose what horses we rode. I always picked Kelly. She was a pretty old horse but she had we real power in her back legs and they never let 'dudes' ride Kelly, in fact most of the staff would not ride her. They all thought she was mean. I guess she was always trying to bite them. We clicked. She never gave me any guff and she was really good on mountain trials.

I guess I should get to the point before this becomes a novelette. I owned a half-Arab half-Quarter Horse named Sky. He was salty, very salty. He was also a great horse.

sky_2.jpg


His official name was Sky Dazzler as he came from some pretty high-brow stock, but he was nuts. He loved to sidestep, was terrified of water and didn't seem to trust anyone but me. The vets and farriers couldn't get near him if I wasn't there to calm him.

I could stick to the seat real well and stay with a horse no matter what it pulled but I didn't really know how to communicate with a horse that had been dressage trained. I'd move one way or another and Sky would go into side-steps or some pattern. He thought I was given him directions when I was just adjusting my rear in the saddle.

When we rented a horse property to bring our horses on property there was a stable a few blocks away that we boarded our horses at until we got the stalls and pens put up. The woman that ran the stable was a dressage rider. I started taking lessons with her to at least understand what I was telling my horse. Eventually I got a quieter seat and my rides with Sky became a little less intense. He was still nuts though.

I don't ride anymore and doubt I ever will again.
What an amazing story!!! When I rode when I was younger my first pony was a Shetland her name was Tammy Joe and she was the total opposite of yours she was an amazing little pony! Then when we moved back to NC I rode my uncles horse he was a challenge for the first about 20 minutes he would rear and crow hop and try to throw you but I never fell off him even riding him bareback which was my preferred way to ride back then and he would finally calm down and do what I asked him to. I had a lot better balance and seat back then but that was when I was in my teens and I'm 49 now. 😆
 
I have never taken formal lessons and I think its going to be a fun experience. I like that this trainer well work with me as well as my horses to train us both to be a good team. She's also going to help me decide if Dottie might be a bit too spirited for me. My farrier who also trains horses said she is a bit spicy when he has rode her but I haven't tried her yet. At my age and ability level I don’t want spice in any horse I ride. I want calm and controlled and almost to the point of boring. 😆 🤣 😂
Spice makes a lot of things more exciting though! Ever had a chocolate bar with chili powder?
 
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