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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
Hey @Calmwaters I didn't get pictures of them in my office but I keep meaning to show you my office decor so here's the pictures hanging in my office:
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I have a third one but don't have a picture of it.

My wife wouldn't let me get this one though:
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She thought it looked too much like the scene from Titanic so it was "inappropriate". :face-with-tears-of-joy:
 
Can't wait to see these pups tomorrow. A hurricane is hitting us as we're supposed to be flying... hope that doesn't delay anything.

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Can't wait to see these pups tomorrow. A hurricane is hitting us as we're supposed to be flying... hope that doesn't delay anything.

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Actually it looks like its hitting us right now. I think I should be good.
 
Maybe I'm just being overly sensitive (or maybe they are) but I'm curious on everyone's thoughts here....

I work a 50+ hour week most weeks so my wife can stay home and homeschool my kids. I come home from work and start contributing at home.

My wife (and kids) will look at me after they did something and expect me to say "Thank you for cleaning your bedroom" or "Thank you for hanging up your clothes" or "Thank you for cooking dinner tonight" but no one says "Thank you for going to work today so we could afford this dinner I cooked or these clothes I hung up or this room I usually keep messy but cleaned a little today".

Ok, rant over.
Not overly sensitive Tim not at all.
I work 70 hours a week, cooking, payroll, bills etc then I cook dinner for everyone when I get home.
Pretty tired of food and cooking at this point.
Usually if I make it to 8 pm that's a win since I've been up for 18 hours.
That's when I sit down.
Just be nice if someone else takes the garbage out....
Or cooks for dad once....
Ok my rant is over.
 
Hey @Calmwaters I didn't get pictures of them in my office but I keep meaning to show you my office decor so here's the pictures hanging in my office:
IMG_20230525_171403_01.jpg
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I have a third one but don't have a picture of it.

My wife wouldn't let me get this one though:
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She thought it looked too much like the scene from Titanic so it was "inappropriate". :face-with-tears-of-joy:
I love them!!!!
 
I want badges... can't I just get one for being super nice? Lol
That would be the Excellence or Hospitality Award. Someone just has to nominate you.
 
I just finished programming my radios. Between my in-laws and I, we have 12 radios for when the 5 of us go hunting. They should all now be programmed to the same channels. Yippee!
We use walkie talkie radios when rabbit hunting but we only text when deer hunting and then only if it's important. Lol I like my peace and quite when deer hunting.
 
Can't wait to see these pups tomorrow. A hurricane is hitting us as we're supposed to be flying... hope that doesn't delay anything.

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Hopefully it will not mess up your travel plans! And man they are growing so fast!
 
I just finished programming my radios. Between my in-laws and I, we have 12 radios for when the 5 of us go hunting. They should all now be programmed to the same channels. Yippee!
Aww man you had a chance to tune out your in-laws and you didn't take it?
 
Aww man you had a chance to tune out your in-laws and you didn't take it?
I actually get along with my in-laws as good or better than my own family.
 
I actually get along with my in-laws as good or better than my own family.
Oddly I can relate. But I couldn't pass on that joke lol
 
If there was a special badge for me, it'd likely be a "DISCLAIMER: YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY"
 
Mexican turbo snail are one of the best cuc that I have but as @JoJosReef says, they are bulldozers, I can't find my OG Bounce :smiling-face-with-tear: :pleading-face:
 
Found it!!, Not going to happen, not in my watch, I don't really like the box but for now it stays there :grinning-face: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
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Shrooms are harder than nems for me when it comes to keeping them where I want them. I currently have a red rhodactis blowing around the tank that I haven't had time to mess with.
 

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