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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
Idk if y’all have Instagram but if you want to follow my Fish Tank account it’s call reefdevils. I post pictures of my tank on there. I try to do it weekly.
 
Idk if y’all have Instagram but if you want to follow my Fish Tank account it’s call reefdevils. I post pictures of my tank on there. I try to do it weekly.
Please post them on here for us old people too junior.
 
Please post them on here for us old people too junior.
Sure. I will try to get one tomorrow but I get home late form lacrosse so lights may be off.

But you will definitely get lots of pictures on Friday with the urchin and new corals

Here is one that is coming on Friday -
 

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@Calmwaters please sleep tight and here is a new hoodie from the @kevgib67 collection to dream about.
It's also got sleeves to hide your new tattoo.
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Sure. I will try to get one tomorrow but I get home late form lacrosse so lights may be off.

But you will definitely get lots of pictures on Friday with the urchin and new corals

Here is one that is coming on Friday -
Oooooh nice!
Thank you for pictures I don't have Instaface or Facegram or anything like that.
 
Oooooh nice!
Thank you for pictures I don't have Instaface or Facegram or anything like that.
Lots of pictures coming on Friday so be ready.
I love the gram but don’t use the face much
 
Good night peeps! I need my beauty sleep, if you saw my face there would be vomiting all over the country.
 
Sorry for my absence. @Calmwaters you can possibly have a Tailspot and a Lawnmower - I wouldn't add the Starry with the Tailspot because Starry can be real jerks.
 
With this author's suggestion to post, I post this on his Showcase.
Looking for Angels who are willing to donate to a good cause.
I am in Week 5 of the Residents Reef a 13.5 Gal Fluval Evo Xii. I Have been building this on a minimum budget for a group of long-term residents and I am worried I have bitten off more than I can chew already. There is not much in it but they are already enjoying it so much. I have been given some corals and got some deals on a couple of corals at a local Frag Show in Lansing MI. They weren't in the best of health and I'm trying to nurse them back to health but not sure a couple of them will make it mainly one of the hammer corals and a possible Goni that is mostly skeleton but it was worth a shot. I don't have the proper testing kits which is not a good thing but I haven't had the money to get them :thinking-face: I should have started with them but they add up. You know what they say Hindsight right? Learning the hard way SMH. Anyway, I've been battling a hair-algae outbreak. I have a CUC but they're not doing much about it. it consists of 10 snails, 3 hermit crabs, an emerald crab, and a peppermint shrimp. I have been doing weekly water changes, not sure what more I can do to battle this hair algae problem with the budget which is nil at the moment. Any suggestions other than what I am doing so far or maybe what I am doing wrong? I am just trying to do something nice for some residents. I think it needs to be upgraded with more flow and lighting and I need better testing supplies. if there are any angels out there who might want to donate to a good cause I have an Amazon list where you could donate things that I'm hoping to get for them. I could use some testing kits and a powerhead for more flow.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3570CDTMQL0U4?ref_=wl_share.
if you already have gear lying in a closet somewhere you think might be of help and would like to pay it forward and help out that way that's fine too. I do plan on upgrading the tank in the near future to a 40-60-gallon tank. So if you have something you think might work for that, a donation would be appreciated as well. Send me a PM and I'll give you an address where it could be shipped. If you would like to follow the build I have a Build Thread which you can follow here.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r...draising-build-for-elderly-residents.1029458/Also if for any reason this tank has to be taken down anything that is donated will be donated back to the reef2reef community on the pay it forward thread. To whoever reads this thank you for taking your time and your consideration. It's ok if this is not the right time for you. I believe in this wonderful Reef2Reef community and with the amount of members we have I think the support will be there. Feel free to share my build thread pass it around and watch it grow.
 
Clowns are always problematic. To do over never would have bought one.
Damsels are mean.
Dottybacks are mean.
Sailfin will get too big.
Queen angel is a lovely, lovely fish with a great personality but eats everything once it eats and grows large. Would be good in your tank as the only fish, limited to no coral.
Yellow tang is fine.
Cardinals are boring but chill.
Mandarin maybe long way down the road but are sketchy eaters.
Don't know anything about anything else but if you are going to get wrasses make sure you have a lid.
oh lord … Does anyone have a good reply when the wife asks for a fish just cause it’s pretty
 
Yes not on purpose I will try to get a pic when the lights are stronger but won't be easy as one cave is a little bit hidden inside a bridge.
1 is the purchase one, 2 is the hitchhiker and 3 my midas blenny.
 

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