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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
I don’t think there is any fungus on it.
From the picture, it doesn't look like it. It definitely looks more fin nipping as everyone else stated.
 
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I definitely want to encrust it. Thinking about plating down low and encrusting up top
Cyphastrea, Porites, or Styloconiella? Maybe a Lepto or Pavona? Leptastrea even could work?
 
I wouldn't split the return piping there personally. If you want dual returns but only 1 return pump, split it inside the tank in my opinion.

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Mine goes up and over, then down to the sand bed and tees off. I actually have a tee about halfway down inside the tank for 3 total splits. I put rocks over each split and built cave structures for the nozzles to poke out of but not be overly noticeable.

Inside the tank will help you lose less flow as each fitting going up drops the pressure available at the tank which, in turn, drops the flow.
Makes sense, one vertical and then gravity to drop it in.
are you going with bare bottom or will you cover your pipe with sand?
 
Makes sense, one vertical and then gravity to drop it in.
are you going with bare bottom or will you cover your pip with sand?
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It's under rock and sand.
 
I'm open. Not sure if I want to mix colors or keep it similar. I don't want it to look clownish.
Which color Monti do you have? Red, purpl, or green? Red I'm guessing?
 
I'd almost do a Darth Maul Porites or an Electric Daisy Styloconiella with a Red Cap.

Maybe a Neon Green Lepto/Pavona with a green one.
 
None. I do prefer red or purple though
Electric Daisy Styloconiella or Darth Maul Porites. Both should be able to handle high or low light and they're both very nice looking corals.
 
Electric Daisy Styloconiella or Darth Maul Porites. Both should be able to handle high or low light and they're both very nice looking corals.
Love the electric daisy!!!! I think it will also tie in the neon green cabbage leathers we have.
 
Hey hope yall are doing good.
Another problem with the baby.
Is this fin rot or another fish nipping at him?
Looks like nipping to me. What other fish are in there with it?
 
I definitely want to encrust it. Thinking about plating down low and encrusting up top
Use two different colors, the contrast makes them really pop!
 

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