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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
After looking at the pictures of them retracted Kyle thinks our Kenya tree might be a rarer morph (can'trememberthe name). He'll probably be more certain when he grows out the babies. He told me that he thought I actually got a good deal even with the shipping expense. Not that I was unhappy about it, well worth it to get stock from a fellow reefer), but kind of extra cool if he turns out to be correct.
Edit: I meant to put this on my tank thread. I paid overnight shipping to have a fellow reefer send me his Kenya trees when he was taking his tank down, but I messed up when I created the label and UPS basically billed me forty some dollars twice.
 
Got a nice serpent starfish at the LFS a few minutes ago!
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Awesome! Creepy, aren't they. Sounds like we're becoming a serpent star, tailspot blenny, tacos, and trigger fish group!
 
Here is my little tank in August.
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It's looking a bit different today.
I changed the lighting. Not sure if I'm happy with it at all. Might go back to the led fixture I bought.
It's water change day,every Monday.
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This is it right now. Very white.
Nothing in here cares about the lighting except me.
I paid $10 for the LTA, everything else was free. I knew nothing about corals 2 years ago so I'm winging it.
Hopefully someone will read all this and it will help them too.
I don't dose anything, really. Just IO water changes.
I run phos at zero nitrate was 23.4 last week. Hoping to get that down then use algae scrubber to maintain.
We will see.
More later.
I love this build!!! The grass coral on the wall is beautiful. I have some and I am trying to do the same thing. Great job @00W
 
Cleaning bubble algae and harvesting baby Kenya trees to take to the LFS

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LOVE THIS!
This is awesome!
This is where it's at right here!
 
In my old 90 gallon tank I had gazillions of micro seastars. Whenever we would feed their arms would stick out of the rocks everywhere. We had a magnetic rock on the side glass and some would hide under it so we could see their entire body through the glass.
 
I'm probably going to sell my 110. I've got a 90 with an internal overflow I'm going to put in that stand and do a freshwater planted tank with a Betta sorority and a nice male Betta in the sump.
You should do an Alpha tank, not a beta.
 
After looking at the pictures of them retracted Kyle thinks our Kenya tree might be a rarer morph (can'trememberthe name). He'll probably be more certain when he grows out the babies. He told me that he thought I actually got a good deal even with the shipping expense. Not that I was unhappy about it, well worth it to get stock from a fellow reefer), but kind of extra cool if he turns out to be correct.
Edit: I meant to put this on my tank thread. I paid overnight shipping to have a fellow reefer send me his Kenya trees when he was taking his tank down, but I messed up when I created the label and UPS basically billed me forty some dollars twice.
Pink Nepthea?
 
After looking at the pictures of them retracted Kyle thinks our Kenya tree might be a rarer morph (can'trememberthe name). He'll probably be more certain when he grows out the babies. He told me that he thought I actually got a good deal even with the shipping expense. Not that I was unhappy about it, well worth it to get stock from a fellow reefer), but kind of extra cool if he turns out to be correct.
Edit: I meant to put this on my tank thread. I paid overnight shipping to have a fellow reefer send me his Kenya trees when he was taking his tank down, but I messed up when I created the label and UPS basically billed me forty some dollars twice.
I would like to see pictures of your Kenya tree
 

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