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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
Me and the boys went and saw Deadpool and Wolverine today, Im sure all of you Marvel fans saw it a while back but I had to wait until my oldest got back from France.
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Awesome Kevin! Good stuff man. I watched Iron Man with my 7 year old for the first time the other day. We had a blast. He loves Black sabbath so he had an instant connection to iron man.
 
Hi everyone! Just wondering has anyone ever done the math to find out about how much it cost in electricity to run a saltwater aquarium? Our electric bill has been outrageous lately and I'm trying to figure out why.
 
So i havent been in touch much lately. You guys remember the devil of a yellow damsel i had. I have been avoiding buying corals bc i was pretty sure he was attacking my new coral frags. Well i finally decided to try it again and made a purchase. I added them to the tank and left the room for 2 minutes. When i got back, sure enough this damsel had toppled my new rainbow pectinia frag and was beating it against the glass.

Now I've tried everything to get this fish out of my tank. He evaded every trap and trick. So I decided to rip the whole tank down. The rock work and all of my corals had to come out. I can never fully enjoy a tank with this fish in it. All of my torches and hammers are on the sandbed bc if I raised them up to the rock work where I wanted them, the fish would attack them. I finally caught him and tried to put my tank back together. Right now everything is looking good. There's so much work that goes into this that it's hard to see it destroyed like that. Anyway I have it back up and I don't have any really good pictures but here are a few. I hope I put it all back together ok and you guys like it.

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looks great! im in the middle of trying to do the same thing! trying to catch a stupid kleini butterfly! :confounded-face:
 
looks great! im in the middle of trying to do the same thing! trying to catch a stupid kleini butterfly! :confounded-face:
Thank you! I completely feel your pain and I'm sorry you're dealing with that. I tried everything under the sun to avoid taking everything out. In the end I was just delaying the inevitable. I got lucky bc it's only 40 gallons. I used a fish trap and he went in it 5 or 6 times but was just too fast to catch.
 
Hi everyone! Just wondering has anyone ever done the math to find out about how much it cost in electricity to run a saltwater aquarium? Our electric bill has been outrageous lately and I'm trying to figure out why.
Our power bill went up and average $18 a month since I started my tank. My wife has a 20 gallon fowlr. I only have a 40 gallon cube with one light. I'll admit I'm still at minimum on my equipment and definitely want to add/upgrade which will raise that I'm sure.
 
Honestly I haven’t paid attention. I am curious about the orphek light though since it’s so powerful if it’ll boost my bill. We also have this fancy new thing with Blue Ridge where we can’t run the air/ heat/ stove/ washer/ dryer/ dishwasher/ hot water heater from 3-6 pm or we will be charged extra. So that’s fun. I bet there going to love me.
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Well... Figure out how many kilowatts your tank takes to run (140 watts = 0.14 kW) and multiply by the number of hours it runs for (0.14 kW light for 12 hours = 1.68 kWh) and then multiply by the cost per kWh from power company (1.68 kWh x 0.12 cents per kWh = $0.002 per light per day not including the extra cost during peak hours).

These number are not exact and it depends on running your lights and dc pumps at 100% otherwise it's slightly less kWh.
 
So i havent been in touch much lately. You guys remember the devil of a yellow damsel i had. I have been avoiding buying corals bc i was pretty sure he was attacking my new coral frags. Well i finally decided to try it again and made a purchase. I added them to the tank and left the room for 2 minutes. When i got back, sure enough this damsel had toppled my new rainbow pectinia frag and was beating it against the glass.

Now I've tried everything to get this fish out of my tank. He evaded every trap and trick. So I decided to rip the whole tank down. The rock work and all of my corals had to come out. I can never fully enjoy a tank with this fish in it. All of my torches and hammers are on the sandbed bc if I raised them up to the rock work where I wanted them, the fish would attack them. I finally caught him and tried to put my tank back together. Right now everything is looking good. There's so much work that goes into this that it's hard to see it destroyed like that. Anyway I have it back up and I don't have any really good pictures but here are a few. I hope I put it all back together ok and you guys like it.

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Very nice John!
Glad you got rid of the devil fish.
We've all had one....
Next time just add a trigger and, whoopsie, nor more damsel ;)
Tank looks great!
 
Hi everyone! Just wondering has anyone ever done the math to find out about how much it cost in electricity to run a saltwater aquarium? Our electric bill has been outrageous lately and I'm trying to figure out why.
I'm guessing my 4 tanks run me about $50/month.
But we're in Idaho, it's a bit cheaper.
Once I got rid of all my 80w return pumps, 72 skimmers and T5's over my freshwater tanks I did notice a difference.
 
ok i dont know this song. why is it illegal in cuba, luis?
Not that specific song, I'm referring to U.S. music, not so much today, but 20 or 30 years ago, yes. Remember that in Cuba there has been a dictatorship for more than 60 years and they always have the U.S. as the bad guy everywhere.
 
Very nice John!
Glad you got rid of the devil fish.
We've all had one....
Next time just add a trigger and, whoopsie, nor more damsel ;)
Tank looks great!
Thanks I appreciate that Joel. Ive never seen one with that much anger lol.
My very first saltwater tank was an 80 gallon fowlr trigger tank was when I was 14. Lol I put the craziest combo of triggers in there and for some reason, they all got along great. The clown trigger was the boss of the tank. I fed them shrimp and minnows I caught out of the gulf in my cast net. I had that tank forever and it's still one of my all-time favorites. That's why I love every time you post yours!
 
Awesome Kevin! Good stuff man. I watched Iron Man with my 7 year old for the first time the other day. We had a blast. He loves Black sabbath so he had an instant connection to iron man.
My oldest son turned me on to Marvel about 15 years ago, I would take him to the theater and I got hooked. Deadpool is my favorite, but your son is going to be much much older before you watch it together. Gaurdians of the Galaxy is probably my second favorite.
 
Hi everyone! Just wondering has anyone ever done the math to find out about how much it cost in electricity to run a saltwater aquarium? Our electric bill has been outrageous lately and I'm trying to figure out why.
I try not to do that anymore! Ours has also been outrageaos lately and is up about $30 a month since firing up the tanks. Here is a calculator on BRS site that is handy. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-calculator/aquarium-electricity-cost-calculator
 

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