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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 know why I was thinking they were supposed to shoot into the sump water like that. I'll do it in the next day or two.
Try to keep the tubes just under the water surface.
If you go too deep you'll get the horrendous bubble slam noise.
Doing this will also help with top off since you know exactly where top off needs to be.
 
feel better bubbles!
thanks joel and king ranch! yes that is one of the trees!
do you think thats a good idea for the acans? i wasnt sure about it, but really like it! now i need a couple more like yours!;)i stuck a favia (i think) in there too off to the side. wasnt sure where to put him. hopefully he cant sting anyone from there.
You can control those sweepers with flow. I love the acan rock. Mine are happier since I arranged them close together. I love what you've done with it. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the tree.

Where have those gonis been all this time!?
 
To be fair, unless there's a crisis, it's pretty easy overtime. Even then most crises don't last too long.
Lol that was in respone to Tim's tank . I'm still 6 pages or so behind lol. I'll catch up to you eventually Wes
In the meantime...
 
thats just some of them @kingranch2003 :grimacing-face: im embarrassed to even so these with vintage on here!
were you the one that recommended diyreefer?
Yes diy is fantastic! Highly recommend him. Everything (including the freebies) are doing soooo well.
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And don't tell him I said this, but VR is one of the most down to Earth reefers I've met considering the collection he has. 20250128_202304.jpg
 
me too. vacation in a couple weeks. and everyone is down right now. been home with the kids and trying to keep them going to ge back on track. Wed night was when everyone was pretty much down. Snow storms once and a while now etc..ANother one Thursday then again Sunday. Was next to Corals Unlimited Saturday buying more books for the kids and never even made it to the coral store.
Oh no!!!
 
Yes diy is fantastic! Highly recommend him. Everything (including the freebies) are doing soooo well.
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And don't tell him I said this, but VR is one of the most down to Earth reefers I've met considering the collection he has.
Cali Tortulisa?
 
There are a lot of things going around right now. I work at our local health department and we've seen a lot of cases of rsv, flu type A & B, and pneumonia we even had two cases of tuberculosis which is really odd.
Oh no!!
 
they have a Bay to Breakers run every year in San Francisco. thousands upon thousands of tortillas are thrown all over waiting for the run to start. so many, you are standing in like 1/2" mush of tortillas. it gets pretty slimy.
For reeeels?
 
didn't take me a year to go big either. Just checked on these cuties since I haven'seen them in like a week. had to feel around for them and get them up. Have had them since July maybe? best sand sifters in there.

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Wow!!! So amazing I love these!!!
Oh my gosh they are my faaaaforite!!
Horse dshie crabs are awesome!!
So awesome!!
 
I saw them in concert in Atlanta. WOW!. Small venue but wild bunch. so many crowd surfing and slamming peeps.

Love loves love loves love loves love loves love loves love
 

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