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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
Any reason why I couldn't use this to scrape algea off my glass? I love the one that Luis recommended to me that I have but it's only about 2 inches wide and it takes me forever to do my 125 with it.
https://a.co/d/8JBa28x
Probably work just fine but honestly I do everything by hand with a hand held razor blade, when I had a glass tank.
Now I just use a magic eraser
 
I may look for a tri tip roast tomorrow for next week after hospital appt. going back in for another spinal tap. pain killers just don't cut it lately. I wear 10.5 shoes and it feels like they are size 5. one day it will eventually stop right?
Oh Paul...
Prayers are going out to you my friend 🧡...
 
I'm off to bed now. Good night everyone! Sleep well and I hope you wake up feeling refreshed tomorrow!
Good night peanut, sleep tight!
 
This is a necrotizing flesh eating bacteria.
At It's worst in the Gulf this year.
Two people I grew up knowing from fishing got it. One died, and the other lost his leg. My best friend got it on his foot and he's steady having parts of it removed. I think he'll eventually lose the whole foot.
What?
Seriously?
 
I think I will give it a try
I always liked them, thought they were nice, pretty.
Had a lot for a long time then poof, they were all gone.
Now I have xenia, which comes and goes and tons of mushrooms, which are actually doing well.
You can see I'm not the coral expert...
 

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