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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
Just a little idea, if you saw the link I posted today about the filter sock silencers, the guy has a page that sells only 3d printed stuff, the point is, if you get the machine working, and start printing things on demand you can make some extra money, I assure you that the #SmorgasbordFamily would buy from you first before anyone else, I would buy from you
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Okay so my little buddy here had an issue with his bum so he's now got to wear this cone for a few weeks.
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He's doing well just bummed about the bum.
They put the cone on the wrong end.
 
Okay so my little buddy here had an issue with his bum so he's now got to wear this cone for a few weeks.
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He's doing well just bummed about the bum.
Poor buddy. :(
 
Growing in half shade on the sand bed. We've got green, pink, ice blue, purple, and magentas.
I'm about to place one of my own on rubble rock in half shade as well. Do you feel like that helped develop those intricate colors? It'll be a lower flow area too.
 
Poor buddy. :(
You should see him trying to get to his rear in that cone.
Funniest thing I've ever seen. :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 
We have 2 morkies which are hypoallergenic with people hair.
If we don't shave them they get Bob Marley dredds.
It's pretty bad.
Snow gets stuck to them.
 
My RFA has moved into a cave. I left it alone to start but it’s stayed there for a day and a half now and I’m worried because it’s completely shaded.
Mine hid in almost complete darkness for a couple of months and then suddenly reappeared when it was ready.
 
I'm about to place one of my own on rubble rock in half shade as well. Do you feel like that helped develop those intricate colors? It'll be a lower flow area too.
In my old tank (3 tanks ago) I had it in higher light. It grew ok but the colors weren't super "deep". In my last tank I had it in a similar spot and it did good. This tank, once it finally got established it really started developing the colors.
 
Never had an RFA but when I first got my LTA it parked itself behind and under an entire rockscape for months.
One day I came home and sure enough, it was dead center in the middle of the tank in full sun.
Never know but those guys I swear have a brain I don't care what anybody says.
 
I think my RFA split the other day. Hard to tell because they're right next to each other in a crevice so it's either just bundled up or it split. Looks like two mouths though.
 
I think my RFA split the other day. Hard to tell because they're right next to each other in a crevice so it's either just bundled up or it split. Looks like two mouths though.
RFA? I thought those didn't split...
 

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