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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
Last question for the night from me haha

What salt does everyone prefer. Looking into BRS redsea coral pro.
as mentioned, starting off slow and steady. softie / LPS.
I use the Red Sea Coral pro salt
 

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Last question for the night from me haha

What salt does everyone prefer. Looking into BRS redsea coral pro.
as mentioned, starting off slow and steady. softie / LPS.
Used red Sea coral pro for a couple of years been using IO for a long, long time now.
 
@ESABOE , where have you been? Are you sick of our nonsense?
Hi All!
Been busy with tank. Had an outbreak of GHA and diatoms that was overtaking some of the corals. Physically cleaning tank daily and also gluing down new corals is exhausting for me. Even though I have my LFS come bi-weekly to do water changes, I had to maintain myself because of outbreak. A 72 gal DT is huge for me, I’m going up and down the footstool constantly and to reach the sand my arm is all the way to the arm pit - lol. I drop corals so much, it’s amazing some are still alive.

Good news is Dylan(owner of LFS) came out last weekend and we replenished my CUC and I needed to increase my Ocean Magik dosing; already seeing a difference.

Been lurking reading threads, but love all the nonsense!

Sorry 00W, didn’t mean to sidetrack your thread; I will update in my build thread.
 
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Hi All!
Been busy with tank. Had an outbreak of GHA and diatoms that was overtaking some of the corals. Physically cleaning tank daily and also gluing down new corals is exhausting for me. Even though I have my LFS come bi-weekly to do water changes, I had to maintain myself because of outbreak. A 72 gal DT is huge for me, I’m going up and down the footstool constantly and to reach the sand my arm is all the way to the arm pit - lol. I drop corals so much, it’s amazing some are still alive.

Good news is Dylan(owner of LFS) came out last weekend and we replenished my CUC and I needed to increase my Ocean Magik dosing; already seeing a difference.

Been lurking reading threads, but love all the nonsense!

Sorry 00W, didn’t mean to sidetrack your thread; I will update in my build thread.
No worries you're welcome here any/all the time.
 
Hi All!
Been busy with tank. Had an outbreak of GHA and diatoms that was overtaking some of the corals. Physically cleaning tank daily and also gluing down new corals is exhausting for me. Even though I have my LFS come bi-weekly to do water changes, I had to maintain myself because of outbreak. A 72 gal DT is huge for me, I’m going up and down the footstool constantly and to reach the sand my arm is all the way to the arm pit - lol. I drop corals so much, it’s amazing some are still alive.

Good news is Dylan(owner of LFS) came out last weekend and we replenished my CUC and I needed to increase my Ocean Magik dosing; already seeing a difference.

Been lurking reading threads, but love all the nonsense!

Sorry 00W, didn’t mean to sidetrack your thread; I will update in my build thread.
Sorry about the outbreak of algae but glad you are well. Pop in here from time to time, we missed you!
 
Last question for the night from me haha

What salt does everyone prefer. Looking into BRS redsea coral pro.
as mentioned, starting off slow and steady. softie / LPS.
Fritz RPM
 
All parameters are good.
Everything is happy.

Lots of hair algae on the sand and starting to grow on rocks. What should I do?
Besides manual removal and your cuc you can dose 2 ml of hydrogen peroxide per gallon directly into your tank. Make sure it is 3%. Seemed to make a difference for me. Remember gha is just a normal stage of your tank maturing.
 
Are there any snails that eat it?
The best thing I’ve experienced is a tuxedo urchin followed by turbo snails but you need to crop the algae and keep it short for them to eat it.
 
Did everyone have a good day today? :)
Me too, but will probably swap to io just for cost with the new tank.
I like it but it is the only salt my LFS carries. My lfs is awesome and I don’t want them going anywhere so I try to buy everything I can from them even if I can get it little cheaper somewhere else.
 
@fishguy242 how much evap do you think the new 93g will have? I was hoping for 1g per day. Doable?
prob a lil more than that ,say gal and a half unless you are using glass tops, assuming you are not ?
 
I like it but it is the only salt my LFS carries. My lfs is awesome and I don’t want them going anywhere so I try to buy everything I can from them even if I can get it little cheaper somewhere else.
That's exactly why I'm using Fritz. I've been on the fence about buying elsewhere for that reason.
 
Besides manual removal and your cuc you can dose 2 ml of hydrogen peroxide per gallon directly into your tank. Make sure it is 3%. Seemed to make a difference for me. Remember gha is just a normal stage of your tank maturing.
I will try that. Let me see if I have any in my house.
 

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