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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
Good morning and Happy Hump!

As usual, I was on here, tooling around, at 3:00 this morning. None of you Smorgers were here.

I felt all alone... Bbuuwwwwwaaahhhhhhhhh!


Good morning Chris!
 
So, since I posted such a sad morning song, and Tom posted a flower yesterday, I thought I’d redeem myself with a pic of a flower from the same family as the one @tharbin posted.

Mind you, neither Tom or I are petunias!

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Hibiscus are one of my favorites
 
constructed it in the garage then reassembled it outside. it's an 8'x8' foot print.

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Paul... wow! You blow me away with your craftsmanship.
 
I pay a yearly subscription for Fusion 360. I used the free version for a long time but the first time I sent a print to someone else I switched to the yearly subscription. Of course I ended up not charging for the print but, oh well.

I need to go read the terms on the free version again as it seems they have changed. While you could only have 10 'live' projects at a time in your cloud storage they did not have access rights when I used it. I am also not a fan of having someone else having rights to my designs. Of course all of my designs could be easily recreated by a 5-year-old with an Etch-A-Sketch but I like to think that maybe something I did would be useful to someone other than me someday.
Good morning Tom
 
Someone around here was talking to someone else about a snow-making machine they have. Unnfortunately, I am almost as old as @kevgib67 and cannot recall who the convo was between. Sorry.
That was Paul, he has a "snow gun" and lives in Maine... 🤔 🤔
 
So...I have a box coming tomorrow...

I'll catch up in a minute!

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Wowsa! Is this your early Christmas gift to your wife? I am sure it is. Just a reminder not to forget to get yourself a little somethin' nice for Christmas too.
 
So, since I posted such a sad morning song, and Tom posted a flower yesterday, I thought I’d redeem myself with a pic of a flower from the same family as the one @tharbin posted.

Mind you, neither Tom or I are petunias!

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That, good friend, is a Hibiscus! Great for making jugo de Jamaica. It has a very fruity taste with a bit of spice behind it. Mix it with a nice fresh limeade for an even better pop of flavor!
 
That, good friend, is a Hibiscus! Great for making jugo de Jamaica. It has a very fruity taste with a bit of spice behind it. Mix it with a nice fresh limeade for an even better pop of flavor!
I knew I could count on you to correct me before I had a chance to correcet it myself. Tom's was Bougainvillea which we had at the old house. None has been planted here, yet.

When we were recently in Morocco, we saw very cool plants with hanging yellow flowers regularly. I loved them. I initially thought I'd like to have them at home. Upon doing some research, I found out the are Yellow Angel Trumpet plants and quite poisonous.
 

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