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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
Hungry Man frozen meals?
I was thinking even easier then turning on an oven or using utensils. Fish Pellets for humans. Do love my smoked meats though. Small brisket from this summer.
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My last foray into reefing I remember people paying to take this out of their tanks.... What changed? Did it stop growing like a weed?
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Until recently, I gave that stuff periodically to a local friend who's foxface loved to eat it. I've since removed it completely from my tank. I can't imagine paying that much for xenia (or paying at all for that matter!).
 
The dogs surgery went well. I am going to pick them later in the afternoon.
Glad to hear Walker, in a week things will be back to normal! Lots of bags of frozen peas, that’s what I had to use when my wife took me and had me neutered :zany-face: .
 
I dunno, if we're talking preprepared foods, the closest I could think for a Man Chow would be those Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls with eggs, sausage, potatoes, bacon, and cheese. Maybe take those and add a nice seasoned carne asada or do a Corned Beef and Hash topped with Sloppy Joes and cheese?

Joel, try that at your restaurant! Call it the Tim Brown Man Hash:

Scrambled eggs topped with corned beef and hash with a portion of Sloppy Joes covered in nacho cheese!
Probably sell em all day long. ;)
 
Breakfast would be egg base, lunch would be Mac and cheese base, and dinner would be brisket or bratwurst base.
 
They'd either be a hot item or a complete bust... Or a hot mess?
Call it Tim's hot mess and I couldn't keep them in stock.
Sunday special?
 
So it's been a busy few hours. I picked the 2 pups up, Teddy want to play already and Goldie is exhausted. She could barely walk. It's going to be a rough 2 weeks trying to keep then calm but somehow I will do it.
 
So I found a used Red Sea Reefer 350 (I think G1....) for 1000. The guy seems pretty genuine. He said he's had it up and running up until a few weeks ago when he finally emptied it. It's been in A/C for the time it's been empty. It comes with 2 AI Hydras, an octo skimmer, tunze ato, and a few other things. Do you think I should get it or pass?
 
So I found a used Red Sea Reefer 350 (I think G1....) for 1000. The guy seems pretty genuine. He said he's had it up and running up until a few weeks ago when he finally emptied it. It's been in A/C for the time it's been empty. It comes with 2 AI Hydras, an octo skimmer, tunze ato, and a few other things. Do you think I should get it or pass?
Sounds like a great deal!
Did you get any pictures?
How many gallons is the 350?
 
Sounds like a great deal!
Did you get any pictures?
How many gallons is the 350?
I think the display is 70 something and then the sump is 30 something. I'll post the pictures later
 

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