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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
About half of my 125 rock is homemade Aragocrete rock. Portland Cement and Aragonite sand.

Make a sand mold with moist sand, mix equal portions of Aragonite sand and Cement, add water until it's a good consistency to scoop and dump without being "wet", scoop it slowly into the mold, cover with damp sand, cover and wait 24-48 hours, then remove from the sand. I let mine cure in the air for another day or two, then place it in a bucket of tap water and watch the pH. Once the pH stops spiking, you can either add it to the tank or give it a saltwater soak to start making it "live". I'll usually do a 5 gallon water change and put the rock in that to soak, add a splash of phosphates to seed it so it doesn't strip my water, and wait a week or so before adding to the tank. No heater is necessary but water movement helps (especially in the freshwater soak).
Truly impressive.
I'm the least creative person I know.
 
Oh my gosh they are real! Your picture needs to be added to this list!
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I have already named it.
Nessie!
Lovin it :star-struck:
 
Can I put different wrasse together.
Honestly don't know.
I've only ever had cleaners.
In a tank your size I'd say most likely but don't quote me on that.
 
As promised from left to right Ruby, Jessie (mostly black tricolor beagle), Dixie is Jessie's mom, Hannah, Tara, Rebel (I bottle fed him as a pup after his mom tried to eat him), Bentley (I have had him since he was 2 and longer than all the others he's 16 now), then Maggie, Tiny& Toby.

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