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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
Algae bloom? Did you have GHA prior or do have GHA?
I have had very very little algae, maybe even none. Then when I got home I had a ton of algae on the weir of the overflow, which I thought was weird. Now we have green water. I must've had a nutrient spike or something while I was gone.
 
To put them on the glass, I think @Remi and @Rocks reef gave you the perfect advices. If it were going to be on the rock, you might have to restructure a bit and move all the hammers to the right near the acans and the tochs where the hammers are now ;)
True, torches and hammers don't play well together.
 
I have had very very little algae, maybe even none. Then when I got home I had a ton of algae on the weir of the overflow, which I thought was weird. Now we have green water. I must've had a nutrient spike or something while I was gone.
Water changes are your friend in this situation Walker. I did almost 100% water change when I had a terrible bacteria bloom.
 
So as some of you might remember I was excited about the gift I ordered for my husband's birthday on the 30th. It came yesterday and I only managed to wait until this morning to give it to him... He was so surprised and of course he loved it.
 
The big boy in the back? That's a wellsophyllia. It's basically a different growth morph of the trachyphyllia. This guy has so much personality. You never know what shape it's going to take on.
Same coral
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I love, love, love that coral!
 
Is this normal clown behavior? Should I post under white lights and will you need my parameters?
Season 3 Bonjour GIF by BBC America
 
I hope this isn’t what is keeping Mike and Paul off the Smorgasbord!
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I just came on to say good morning :face-with-tears-of-joy: no wild creatures yet
 

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