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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
Have a great day off Kev!
Thanks Joel, I’m wearing the shirt that you took off your back and gave to me. I hope you have a great day at work with a lot of please and thank you’s.
 
thanks. I thought I had to sign up somehow through like Facebook. That's way too complex.
Kevin kinda overcomplicates things. But he posts YouTube music videos frequently and takes good pictures of great food so we keep him around even though he went to public school.
 
Kevin kinda overcomplicates things. But he posts YouTube music videos frequently and takes good pictures of great food so we keep him around even though he went to public school.
great, now I'm hungry.
 
Great lunch catching up with a former co-worker/ friend that I haven’t seen in over a year! Dang, I forgot to take a picture of my lunch! :angry-face: I haven’t day drank in a long time but it was necessary. If you look closely I’m wearing my talilspot blenny dad T-shirt under my flannel. Did I ever tell you I-had
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a tailspot blenny or better yet Tim had a twinspot goby?:thinking-face:
 
Welcome @BubblesandSqueak , glad you are here and nice to meet you! I’m the thread’s official public school weirdo, I remember seeing that somewhere else, glad that you are here!
well your spelling appears to be correct. Unless you are using the spell correct option.
 
Great lunch catching up with a former co-worker/ friend that I haven’t seen in over a year! Dang, I forgot to take a picture of my lunch! :angry-face: I haven’t day drank in a long time but it was necessary. If you look closely I’m wearing my talilspot blenny dad T-shirt under my flannel. Did I ever tell you I-had
well I had a twin spot octopus. well, I guess "two" spot octopus!
 
Very worried. Algae will not stop. My LFS hasn't given me an update on the hare either, last resort time! Gonna ask my mom to go to the bank and put in money to my Venmo so I can just order it myself. Probably from saltybottomreef. Do you think a tux urchin and sea hare will live the trip?
 
Very worried. Algae will not stop. My LFS hasn't given me an update on the hare either, last resort time! Gonna ask my mom to go to the bank and put in money to my Venmo so I can just order it myself. Probably from saltybottomreef. Do you think a tux urchin and sea hare will live the trip?
John Doe is a very nice young man. I have received live shipments all winter and no problems. They package well and base it on the weather, I’m sure my winters are much more brutal than yours.
 
Very worried. Algae will not stop. My LFS hasn't given me an update on the hare either, last resort time! Gonna ask my mom to go to the bank and put in money to my Venmo so I can just order it myself. Probably from saltybottomreef. Do you think a tux urchin and sea hare will live the trip?
I think it's too big now, you're going to have to remove as much as you can with your hands first, even if you have to do it for a week straight, but I don't think that almost anything will eat that big gha anymore. My advice is that you spend 30 minutes to 1 hour every day manually removing it and you also have to focus on what is causing it because if not it will continue to come out.
 
Very worried. Algae will not stop. My LFS hasn't given me an update on the hare either, last resort time! Gonna ask my mom to go to the bank and put in money to my Venmo so I can just order it myself. Probably from saltybottomreef. Do you think a tux urchin and sea hare will live the trip?
You using LFS water or making your own?
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 55 57.9%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.3%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.2%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 17 17.9%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 4.2%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.1%
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