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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
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go
My hands feel like two balloons, the child has grown, the dream is gone.
 
@tharbin
I remember you said you were hooking up your 100 to your tank. I was reading up on this 200 and it mentions the 200 is the only one that will turn itself back on after the battery is depleted and returns back to 5% charge when plugged in once power is restored. All the others mention you manually need to turn them back on. Figured you might want to test your 100 to make sure.
 
@tharbin
I remember you said you were hooking up your 100 to your tank. I was reading up on this 200 and it mentions the 200 is the only one that will turn itself back on after the battery is depleted and returns back to 5% charge when plugged in once power is restored. All the others mention you manually need to turn them back on. Figured you might want to test your 100 to make sure.
Thanks Paul, I'll check on that. I know it takes over on power loss okay and resumes pass-through on power restoration. I tested that right away but I didn't think about it coming back on line after being depleted. I thought about a 200 'just to have' since the price seemed so good but since I already have the 100 that I won thanks to Bluetti and R2R, I figured I'd worry about that down the line. I also thought about the solar panels for backup charging but too many other fish to fry first, including reselling some gear that has become redundant and possibly some that isn't really redundant but for projects that will likely never happen.

The only issue I've had with the Bluetti so far is that it is preset to automatically turn off the AC (and DC) outlets if it sees less than a 10 watt draw for, I think it was, 10 minutes. You can set the minimum draw and time out but I just disabled it in the app.

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By the way your chili bowl looked delicious. Kind of makes me think I should up my game a little and maybe use a plate instead of just eating out of the cardboard box.
 
Obviously neither does he... Frost isn't snow...
It wasn’t me I lived in Michigan and Indiana before Florida, my brother and I thought it was funny.
 
Since we're having all of this talk about winter I thought I'd use this for a FTS shot today. It is a flower that was part of a cutting from one of our Variegated Bougainvillea plants today.

Flower-20251202.jpg
 
Since we're having all of this talk about winter I thought I'd use this for a FTS shot today. It is a flower that was part of a cutting from one of our Variegated Bougainvillea plants today.

Flower-20251202.jpg
Beautiful Tom! 😏
 
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Since we're having all of this talk about winter I thought I'd use this for a FTS shot today. It is a flower that was part of a cutting from one of our Variegated Bougainvillea plants today.

Flower-20251202.jpg
that picture is beautiful Tom!
 

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