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00W's AIO Smorgasbord

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Overview Discussion

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
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00W said:
Flake, frozen brine always a favorite.
Little stressed he'll eat.
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I will have to pick up some more frozen brine. Do you think maybe some live copepods would work?
 
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Calmwaters said:
I will have to pick up some more frozen brine. Do you think maybe some live copepods would work?
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Live brine should make him go wild hopefully- hard to resist live.
 
1ocean said:
Yes I am in AZ, but do not know who this vendor is...
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Octo Aquatics. I believe he works.out of his home somewhere on the east side of town.
 
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Calmwaters said:
No they just feed flakes is a very small store.
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Ok. Thought I’d give it a shot. I asked my LFS for u and they said live brine can sometimes get even sick fish to respond if they’re going to. Just wanted you to have the information
 
ESABOE said:
Ok. Thought I’d give it a shot. I asked my LFS for u and they said live brine can sometimes get even sick fish to respond if they’re going to. Just wanted you to have the information
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Maybe I can order one of those little kits and hatch my own...
 
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Calmwaters said:
I don't have anywhere local to get live.
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Frozen should work just fine.
Can put garlic/selcon on it before thaw.
He'll eat that
My LFS doesn't have live brine either.
 
ESABOE said:
I know nothing about this so please continue to detail. Are u saying that test is from the fuge area and it’s pulling that much nitrate?
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That is from the tank.
Over period of 6 months with algae scrubber nitrate would rise 4 points each week WITH water change.
Without changing water for 2 weeks it only went up 2 points, meaning the fuge is pulling more than the scrubber ever did.
Make sense?
Once the cheato starts to float, meaning once it starts producing oxygen, nitrates should come down more.
 
Not ignoring everyone but it’s a chemo day and my son is coming to visit so won’t be on other then to do my daily TSA giveaways checkin cause Mr brown does not let up on posting giveaway entries- muhaha
 
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ESABOE said:
Agreed! Follow directions regarding skimmer/UV, etc. as well.
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I think I might turn skimmer off this time.
I know that @tbrown knows what he is talking about he’s a smart guy that I can trust but I really think I should turn skimmer off. I talked with people from my LFs and they said it would work better if I turned it off.
If I turn it off things should be fine right?
 
Reef Devils said:
I think I might turn skimmer off this time.
I know that @tbrown knows what he is talking about he’s a smart guy that I can trust but I really think I should turn skimmer off. I talked with people from my LFs and they said it would work better if I turned it off.
If I turn it off things should be fine right?
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I would just follow the directions, I used it once for bryopsis, worked great, and I just followed the directions on the bottle . It was 2 years ago.
 
Reef Devils said:
I think I might turn skimmer off this time.
I know that @tbrown knows what he is talking about he’s a smart guy that I can trust but I really think I should turn skimmer off. I talked with people from my LFs and they said it would work better if I turned it off.
If I turn it off things should be fine right?
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Skimmer off should be fine.
Let us know how it goes!
 
Printed Reef CaddyStack filter tower, Neptune Syst
Avast
Reef Devils said:
I think I might turn skimmer off this time.
I know that @tbrown knows what he is talking about he’s a smart guy that I can trust but I really think I should turn skimmer off. I talked with people from my LFs and they said it would work better if I turned it off.
If I turn it off things should be fine right?
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00W said:
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@Reef Devils.
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Yes! It won’t hurt anything to turn it off and since ur dad is monitoring, might be much easier to manage
 

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