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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
ok i give up. joel, i have been trying to find where you told me how much rowaphos to use to get my phos down. i just cant find it! 🫣 and the container doesnt say. sorry to ask again but can anyone tell me how much to start out with? ive got some very unhappy corals and thats theonly thing i can figure theyre grumpy about🤷‍♀️
I cup carbon mixed with 3 tbls of Rowa which is about a 1/4 cup.
I never use more than a 1/4 cup.
At that amount it'll use up quickly but you'll be testing so you'll know how much to use again.
If I run it this way, the second dose is 2 tbls, then 1,etc.
I'll get phos to a certain place say. 09 or 1 and just leave the stuff until it starts rising.
Just remember to test, test, test.
Hope that helps sorry very busy today.
 
I cup carbon mixed with 3 tbls of Rowa which is about a 1/4 cup.
I never use more than a 1/4 cup.
At that amount it'll use up quickly but you'll be testing so you'll know how much to use again.
If I run it this way, the second dose is 2 tbls, then 1,etc.
I'll get phos to a certain place say. 09 or 1 and just leave the stuff until it starts rising.
Just remember to test, test, test.
Hope that helps sorry very busy today.
Someday you have to try my method to see how it goes. I know that you move a lot of equipment with a timer. I put the whole bag in and what I regulate is the operating time of the reactor and that way I can go longer without changing the contents of the reactor. I remember that one day you told me about the bad thing about keeping the reactor without working for a long time with the contents inside and from there with many tries I was able to calculate that the bag that works for me is the medium one
 
I’m not anti vaccine, I just didn’t see the need for it. My kids all got their required vaccines they needed for school, my wife and I just spread them out. My kids pediatrician and I broke up when he suggested the hepatitis B vaccine for my oldest when he was going to middle school in 6th grade, he got all defensive. I said that he was not at risk it’s only spread by passing body fluids such as sharing needles or inter course and that my wife as a nurse gets one because she deals with body fluids and is at risk. He said what if one of the other students starts profusely bleeding and it gets on an open wound of your child? I said what if he gets hit by a meteor while being struck by lightning, do you have a vaccine for that? We parted ways.
Neither of my kids are vaccinated.
 
Someday you have to try my method to see how it goes. I know that you move a lot of equipment with a timer. I put the whole bag in and what I regulate is the operating time of the reactor and that way I can go longer without changing the contents of the reactor. I remember that one day you told me about the bad thing about keeping the reactor without working for a long time with the contents inside and from there with many tries I was able to calculate that the bag that works for me is the medium one
Perfect Luis I'm glad my timer method worked.
It really is something you have to experiment with before you get it down.
 

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