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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
Joel, love ya buddy, keep chugging along. You ever need anyone to talk to you got a good group of people here, and im pretty sure most everyone here would happily jump right in and PM you if its every personal. If not, let us know, we'll have Kevin do some pressure point and paralyze them with one finger!
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Thank you Mike 😊
 
I have a tunze nano with the plastic blade. Was gonna try that and if it doesnt work well, I will try that one. I won't be using the one it came with lol. It doesnt even have a brand name on it and the magnest rattle something fierce if you pull them apart and shake em haha
I tried a mag float at first and it either fell off at the curve or skipped it completely.
 
I tried a mag float at first and it either fell off at the curve or skipped it completely.
Well fingers crossed! I bought the tunze like a month ago, so I hope it wasnt a waste haha
 
Yeah Paul.
Not the way I wanted to spend the day.
My daughter and her boyfriend have finally broken up and it has been constant stress.
Between that and the Cafe I'm really worn out....
Sending you hugs my friend!
 
Well fingers crossed! I bought the tunze like a month ago, so I hope it wasnt a waste haha
It’s still a really great tank. I don’t have the light schedule anymore. You should tag Kev to see what he’s running.
 
I use the preprogrammed light schedule but I backed down 100% whites to 4 hours. I’m not a fan of 100% full whites because of the corals color wash out so it’s mostly when I’m at work. My actinic blue led strips come on just before the stock lights come on and stay on for a short time after the stock lights go off.
 
I hope y'all had a nice weekend! I got a lot of things done today, one of which was making homemade fish food. I blended scallops, shrimp and clams together with selcon, fish vitamins, nori and ginger. It should last me a few months, all under 10 dollars!

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A butterfly I've never seen before showed up today as well!
 
I use the preprogrammed light schedule but I backed down 100% whites to 4 hours. I’m not a fan of 100% full whites because of the corals color wash out so it’s mostly when I’m at work. My actinic blue led strips come on just before the stock lights come on and stay on for a short time after the stock lights go off.
Mine doesnt have a pre-programmed setup.... but I basically just duplicated what my maine tanks doing but I think i'm gonna keep my blues on a little longer... idk
 
I hope y'all had a nice weekend! I got a lot of things done today, one of which was making homemade fish food. I blended scallops, shrimp and clams together with selcon, fish vitamins, nori and ginger. It should last me a few months, all under 10 dollars!

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A butterfly I've never seen before showed up today as well!
I had a great weekend Walker! Unfortunately my vacations over today and i'm back to work tomorrow... blehhh. Im setting up a new tank though so, i'm sure tomorrow will go by exceptionally slow! Lol
 
I had a great weekend Walker! Unfortunately my vacations over today and i'm back to work tomorrow... blehhh. Im setting up a new tank though so, i'm sure tomorrow will go by exceptionally slow! Lol
Going back from vacation is never easy. The first day back is the worst. Where'd you go? I think I missed it. Setting up a new tank is always exciting as well!
 
Going back from vacation is never easy. The first day back is the worst. Where'd you go? I think I missed it. Setting up a new tank is always exciting as well!
I stayed home and did an online 45hr NEC code course so I can sit for my masters! After doing all the "highlight these sections/write and index on every page of these 8 chapters/put these tabs in your book" I made it 25% 🤮 gonna be doing code courses everyday after work for a few weeks. Hopefully get my masters by Thanksgiving! Fingers crossed
 
I use the preprogrammed light schedule but I backed down 100% whites to 4 hours. I’m not a fan of 100% full whites because of the corals color wash out so it’s mostly when I’m at work. My actinic blue led strips come on just before the stock lights come on and stay on for a short time after the stock lights go off.
I think I did 7am-10pm, 10:30am-6pm, 11am-7pm.
 

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