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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 have nothing against hunting or fishing, hope I won't hurt anybody feeling. It is mouth taste issue, I can't eat seafood since before I was 2y old (family prefers seafood to meat), don't like bone or fat on meat but could eat a beef fillet every day.
No hurt feelings at all. You expressed yourself perfectly. I'm that way about certain foods as well.
 
I’m back!

1) found out my tankless home hot water heater does support a vertical exhaust but I have 1 or 2 things going on. Either improper/damaged rain cap at the top of the vent. Or, I see other companies make a condensation trap, or another approach is a condensation drain/neutralizer, and all this is new to me and I am trying to learn more in my free time.

And

2)

Ready?


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I got my tang! He’s super shy and most people don’t even know he exists. But he does! Super fast and skittish but he gets along with everyone
 
I’m back!

1) found out my tankless home hot water heater does support a vertical exhaust but I have 1 or 2 things going on. Either improper/damaged rain cap at the top of the vent. Or, I see other companies make a condensation trap, or another approach is a condensation drain/neutralizer, and all this is new to me and I am trying to learn more in my free time.

And

2)

Ready?


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I got my tang! He’s super shy and most people don’t even know he exists. But he does! Super fast and skittish but he gets along with everyone
Simply stunning!
 
I have nothing against hunting or fishing, hope I won't hurt anybody feeling. It is mouth taste issue, I can't eat seafood since before I was 2y old (family prefers seafood to meat), don't like bone or fat on meat but could eat a beef fillet every day.
I am also a picky eater lol, a lot of things I don't eat, the same thing that happens to you with the fat in meat happens to me, even with chicken unless it is fried chicken and it is crispy, my wife makes fun of me with that hahahahahaha, what happens to me with fish is that I can eat it but what a normal person would eat a fish in 5 or 10 minutes, for me takes 30 because when I was little eating fish I stuck a fishbone in my mouth and I never forget that lol
 
Good morning folks! I've got to get through the rest of this week, and then im off to vacation on Saturday! These next few days won't easy... but I'll get through them somehow.
 
You are not alone Jill, twice I saw a bird and I had to look the 3rd time for a rabbit. I think it is because the ears are going on the back lol.
maybe I should have added a cotton tail?
 
I’m back!

1) found out my tankless home hot water heater does support a vertical exhaust but I have 1 or 2 things going on. Either improper/damaged rain cap at the top of the vent. Or, I see other companies make a condensation trap, or another approach is a condensation drain/neutralizer, and all this is new to me and I am trying to learn more in my free time.

And

2)

Ready?
I was thinking condensation because I have excess from my tank water heater. had puddles on the floor. had to put a hose drain into a pump then over to the basement sump. never heard it run but I have to clean it about once a year otherwise it forms crud and overflows. I would probably put an upside down U pipe at the end to keep rain out and still do a drain from the temp change which is more likely the humidity condensation thing.
 
@kingranch2003 John you are often doing fishing? Never did hunting or fishing but end of the day I won't eat it.
Remi, I primarily bass fish, completely catch and release ( except one I had mounted and is on the wall in my youngest son’s room) it’s the thrill of the catch, being on the water, trying to best my biggest catch, get a great picture etc. there is something full filling in it and it’s usually with friends who share the feeling. Occasionally I walleye fish strictly for a fish fry but they don’t put up much of a fight and it’s not as fun until they are battered and on a plate.
 
tired of all this white stuff now! bring the green now!

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I’m right there with you Paul, Unusually cold and snowy for this time of year. I don’t understand, I’ve been running my car and tractor all the time when they are not in use to speed up global warming and seems to be having the opposite effect. :thinking-face:
 
Remi, I primarily bass fish, completely catch and release ( except one I had mounted and is on the wall in my youngest son’s room) it’s the thrill of the catch, being on the water, trying to best my biggest catch, get a great picture etc. there is something full filling in it and it’s usually with friends who share the feeling. Occasionally I walleye fish strictly for a fish fry but they don’t put up much of a fight and it’s not as fun until they are battered and on a plate.
Wife and I mainly Crappie fish in fresh water, we catch a lot of bass this way but we release them. Any catfish caught that are decent size go to the older lady down the street from us, she will take all that we can get her
 
Wife and I mainly Crappie fish in fresh water, we catch a lot of bass this way but we release them. Any catfish caught that are decent size go to the older lady down the street from us, she will take all that we can get her
Crappie are very popular here as well, I’ve caught both black and white but I never purposely fished for them but I’ve seen many people that do when I’ve been on the water. Prized for their taste.
 
Busy day today. probably wont be on much. have a shipment of zoas coming in today and also have the magnesium for the tank here and going to start it up. Then sadly have a funeral to go this afternoon for a friend of the family that has passed.
 
I’m not going to say who, until tomorrow but someone very important on this thread has a birthday tomorrow!
 
Crappie are very popular here as well, I’ve caught both black and white but I never purposely fished for them but I’ve seen many people that do when I’ve been on the water. Prized for their taste.
we have the white and black here also
 

ARE YOU READY TO CONFESS TO CRAZIEST, DUMBEST, FUNNIEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE IN REEFING?

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