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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
Well...
I still have my beautiful aiptasia garden.
Don't think they've touched a thing.
Thanks for asking Jill.
I think John got the hungry berghia, not I.
Have you seen them at all Joel?
 
I think it takes like a month or so.
Honestly was hoping for some instant action like John had.
The extra large that I got have to eat every 5 days or they are a gonner.
 
@Üter Ok I got the one jab in, but that is a pretty cool username. I get what you're going for. Isn't it pronounced like "Oh tour" or something like that?
no, it's. Oooo Ter (not Oh, like Goo without the G and turd without the d)
They cooked that little German Fat kid in Tree House of Horror and called it Üterbraten
 
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Ya, it’s usually not the first ones that you introduce but the second and third and fourth generations that get the job done. Patience young Jedi.
The berghia I got were massive and then after a while I saw the very small, newly hatched berghia. This past week, I saw an adolescent or mid-size berghia. This tells me, maybe there is something left to sustain them for now. But I dont have a lot of rockwork that I can't see and there is no aiptasia visible anywhere.
 
Honestly was hoping for some instant action like John had.
The extra large that I got have to eat every 5 days or they are a gonner.
you guys know waaaay more than I do. I remember it took forever for them to crawl out of the jar. the instructions said turn lights and flow off and place whole jar in tank on side near aiptasia and let them crawl out. once they crawl in rocks, you can turn flow back on. found out later though you are supposed to place them all in one spot so they can get jiggy with it and start multiplying. I placed mine in 3 opposing spots since I had 3. I did see them occasionally weeks later and the aiptasia disappeared but I never saw them after about 2 months. so I think mine just ate what was there. you are only at like 2 weeks?
 
Honestly was hoping for some instant action like John had.
The extra large that I got have to eat every 5 days or they are a gonner.
Joel buddy,

If they're in there, they're going to eat it. They dont eat anything else, and they have plenty available. And they only way they wouldn't be in there, is if they were eaten or have died for some unknown reason. If these guys dont work for you Joel, I'd say, somehow they aren't surviving in the tank. Do you suspect predation from the trigger?
I was also thinking that since these were so big, they could be tucked away giving birth. Mine came out and were visible immediately though, you're right.
 
Joel buddy,

If they're in there, they're going to eat it. They dont eat anything else, and they have plenty available. And they only way they wouldn't be in there, is if they were eaten or have died for some unknown reason. If these guys dont work for you Joel, I'd say, somehow they aren't surviving in the tank. Do you suspect predation from the trigger?
I was also thinking that since these were so big, they could be tucked away giving birth. Mine came out and were visible immediately though, you're right.
yeah, the trigger would be my guess. but if they crawled into the rocks, I think they should be OK.
 
Joel buddy,

If they're in there, they're going to eat it. They dont eat anything else, and they have plenty available. And they only way they wouldn't be in there, is if they were eaten or have died for some unknown reason. If these guys dont work for you Joel, I'd say, somehow they aren't surviving in the tank. Do you suspect predation from the trigger?
I was also thinking that since these were so big, they could be tucked away giving birth. Mine came out and were visible immediately though, you're right.
Since they are nocturnal I never saw them until the aptasia were gone and they were searching for food and neither did my wrasse because he was sleeping while they were getting the job done.
 
@Üter Ok I got the one jab in, but that is a pretty cool username. I get what you're going for. Isn't it pronounced like "Oh tour" or something like that?
I'm changing my user name unless the cops are close to figuring out its me
 

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