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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’m trying to picture it in my head Amanda but an actual picture would help! :thinking-face:
It’s an enormous kitty. This was a few years ago when he wasn’t full grown.
 

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Puppy update: he hasn't seized since last night. The vet said he looks like a perfect specimen of health. She said it's likely that the seizures are just because he's in the husky family. She ran some blood work and took urine samples for the lab. Testing for Valley Fever and other things. If it's not Valley Fever it's likely epilepsy. We're looking at supplements to help. Apparently huskies have chronic low zinc which can cause seizures.
Good news Tim!
Can you supplement the zinc somehow?
 
It’s an enormous kitty. This was a few years ago when he wasn’t full grown.
It doesn’t jive with the color but a Maine Coon? Kinda fit for where you live.
 
mark on your tank where a certain amount of water is. I did that for 10 gallons. so I'd just elevate the returns out of water then turn the pump off. once the overage went back to the sump, I would drain the tank to that level then back up to there. You might want to fit your barrel with a drain spigot at the bottom and raise the barrel like 2 feet off the floor. then you could easily mix in it then drain into smaller containers/jugs. then you just need to heat the water later etc...it's easier for precise when you have 10 gallons of water measured then can add the same salt right to the jugs. only slight tweaking for SG. since my tank is under a balcony, I was going to mix upstairs and use gravity with a hose and spigot lower but takes longer just to do it all even though it's simpler.
I'll be reworking my whole setup soon. Got a pool table that my coworkers supposed to come get then I'm building a fish area in the basement! I like the idea of elevating the barrel though!
 
Puppy update: he hasn't seized since last night. The vet said he looks like a perfect specimen of health. She said it's likely that the seizures are just because he's in the husky family. She ran some blood work and took urine samples for the lab. Testing for Valley Fever and other things. If it's not Valley Fever it's likely epilepsy. We're looking at supplements to help. Apparently huskies have chronic low zinc which can cause seizures.
Hope they can get you the right meds to help him soon!!!
 
My ATO unit stopped working it was one off Amazon and it's my fault it broke I think. I thought it had enough in the reserve to do for a 5 day hunting trip we took a while back but it didn't and the reserve got too low. I managed to get it to work again by unplugging it and plugging it back in but the warning light is flashing that alerts to when water is below the level I want it to be in the sump and the little pump isn't kicking on. So what's a decent ATO that isn't super expensive?
 
whoa suzi!!! you make pottery, crochet tacos and grow pineapples??? thats amazing! :star-struck:
I think she's taken care of fish once or twice two! Knows how to make underwater plant thingies grow or something
 
I think she's taken care of fish once or twice two! Knows how to make underwater plant thingies grow or something
Wait I must have missed some post today! She grew a pineapple! That's awesome!
 

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