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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
Man it makes it all worth it, to see the kid's faces look like that in front of the tank. You did that. And you put that there for them to enjoy.
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Love that too
 
This is what it’s all about right here my Granddaughter, 4 years old in November she’s so smart!!

Yes!
That is what it is all about!
 
So, i went to a frag swap today! Or so i thought.... i drove 2.5 hours... get to some sketchy ish building, but it's a nice, well known town so can't be too sketchy... we go in. There's no signs or nothing about a frag swap but there are signs about the place we are supposed to go. We get up to the second floor where it's supposed to happen and then there's a random guy, skinny, late 60's maybe? Very eccentric. "Oh your here for the frag swap? Sign right in! Heres a note pad, name address and email!" We sign in, then he proceeds to tell us the frag swap was postponed because there were only 2 vendors that could make it (later learned this swap was only arranged like a week ago) but tells us all about the place, how it's all about the learning. I think its a non profit? He had like 8 good sized tanks, and one frag tank with zero frags in it.. says $25 to join(idk what I'm joining) and they can keep an eye out for deals and will call me to tell me when they find something. He also informed me he's an aquarium master and you become one of those by killing a lot of fish, spilling a lot of water, and getting lit up by stray voltage at least once.... needless to say, i wasn't impressed, he never let anyone know it was postponed and I saw a lot of people come in for the swap and heard him telling them to sign up as I walked out...
That's laim Mike sorry bro.
Glad you and your wife made a good day of it.
 
Also, aquarium masters run their systems out of sketchy looking warehouses. So you better invest in one of those, then i think you'll have checked all the boxes
Aquarium masters that's a riot!
 
thats sucha crazy story @Nor'easter Reefer !! reminds me of the time i went to a marble show (i love glassblowing and handmade marbles). as soon as i set foot in the building the marijuana smell hit like a brick wall and it was instant headache for me. i pushed thru though and enjoyed my time. was def sketchy though :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
thats sucha crazy story @Nor'easter Reefer !! reminds me of the time i went to a marble show (i love glassblowing and handmade marbles). as soon as i set foot in the building the marijuana smell hit like a brick wall and it was instant headache for me. i pushed thru though and enjoyed my time. was def sketchy though :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
Makes for great memories though! And i got a couple nice hammers on the way home at the LFS 30min towards my house. Wife felt bad because she could tell how excited I was so I was hemming and hawing(I think that's the spelling lol) over the two hammers so she told me to get both lol. She's a good sport. She only went for me, she only pretends to care about my tank lol. Now, if my zoas I fragged open up in the morning, then all in all, a good weekend. Getting my, as @VintageReefer would call it, not a lobo tomorrow so pretty excited about that :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
Makes for great memories though! And i got a couple nice hammers on the way home at the LFS 30min towards my house. Wife felt bad because she could tell how excited I was so I was hemming and hawing(I think that's the spelling lol) over the two hammers so she told me to get both lol. She's a good sport. She only went for me, she only pretends to care about my tank lol. Now, if my zoas I fragged open up in the morning, then all in all, a good weekend. Getting my, as @VintageReefer would call it, not a lobo tomorrow so pretty excited about that :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
I think you got the Hemming and Hawing right…lol
Good for you. Sounds like your wife really loves and cares for you and that’s awesome!!
 

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