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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
She bites like one.
Rufio used to tear my buddies wife up when she tried to clean the GHA out of their tank. He hosted it and was a terror. Been a saint for me lol
 
Good night all, @luis angel are you happy with the red sea trace elements? I just receive it this morning. @Calmwaters red sea AB+ is good but I notice more algae the next day.
A key point is that I don't do ICP, I dose what the bottles say, but the truth is I'm quite happy, the corals grow well, I don't have any algae problems or anything so something must be working.
 
You don't look like an idiot, you tried to help with your knowledge, it happened to me many times lol, even people sat on me instead of the OP to prove me wrong, but if that increases their ego, I let it go, turn the page and that's it, the intention is what counts my friend, I keep going to the unanswered threads, But it's the same thing I said yesterday, too many complicated questions about equipment and so on, the hobby is not as difficult as people are making it out to be lately.
It makes people like me who is still learning and trying to get things going overwhelmed lol. I like simple. I like cool equipment but at the end of the day I want to just have a nice tank and I know many years ago we didn’t have all that stuff and peoples reefs thrived. I appreciate when people like you and nor’easter reefer and everyone else offers good solid know how.


Also, g’mornin. :)
 
Good morning everyone. Waking up to another cold day today here. When it's this cold outside our heat pump has a hard time keeping the house as warm as I like it. It's 64 in my house this morningand I prefer it to be closer to 70.
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Paprika
Onion
Garlic
Black pepper
Salt
Tomato or tomato sauce
Cooking wine
Oregano
Cumin
Bay leaves
You can add dry raisins or olives
I have had this before! A friend I use to work with was from Guatemala and she would bring it for lunch sometimes. We were always sharing lunches. It was very good she would add olives but I never had it with raisins.
 
Good morning everyone. Waking up to another cold day today here. When it's this cold outside our heat pump has a hard time keeping the house as warm as I like it. It's 64 in my house this morningand I prefer it to be closer to 70.
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We are slightly warmer. I hope you can get comfy today.
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You agree with Joel's approach as well? It just blows my mind because the new fancy reefing and old school reefing are so different yet still the same and obviously both can work but the new ways way more complicated and in depth... and I'm just here like "I like sticks..."
I'm in the same boat as you. I have a hard time understanding all the new complicated way. For me I just want someone to say do it this way in simple terms. No one in the Smorgs family has ever told me something that didn't work so I'm going to keep on doing what they all say. ;)
 
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It makes people like me who is still learning and trying to get things going overwhelmed lol. I like simple. I like cool equipment but at the end of the day I want to just have a nice tank and I know many years ago we didn’t have all that stuff and peoples reefs thrived. I appreciate when people like you and nor’easter reefer and everyone else offers good solid know how.


Also, g’mornin. :)
There are many things that I don't understand and many corals that I would like to have, but if it works for me adding Mag, Alk, Ca and trace elements from Red Sea and changing 10 gallons every 2 weeks, why complicate my life chasing parameters or trying to imitate other tanks
 

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