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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

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What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
Patience

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Can anyone figure out what this is? It's on the base of the magnetic frag holder that one of my torches is in. It's clear/white and has a weird structure. There's almost a tube looking piece sticking out a bit. I thought maybe snail eggs, but it doesn't look exactly like that to me.
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Can anyone figure out
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what this is? It's on the base of the magnetic frag holder that one of my torches is in. It's clear/white and has a weird structure. There's almost a tube looking piece sticking out a bit. I thought maybe snail eggs, but it doesn't look exactly like that to me.
I vote sponge
 

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Can anyone figure out
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what this is? It's on the base of the magnetic frag holder that one of my torches is in. It's clear/white and has a weird structure. There's almost a tube looking piece sticking out a bit. I thought maybe snail eggs, but it doesn't look exactly like that to me.
Looks like a sponge!
 

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Hope everyone has had a good New Years Eve day. I spent some time smashing rocks & drilling some wholes 🤣

I plan to add some new rock into my tank when my Frags arrive and thought it would be a good idea to pre-drill wholes to place the frags into to make my life easier.

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Hope everyone has had a good New Years Eve day. I spent some time smashing rocks & drilling some wholes 🤣

I plan to add some new rock into my tank when my Frags arrive and thought it would be a good idea to pre-drill wholes to place the frags into to make my life easier.

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That's going to be so helpful when you go to mount your corals. Brilliant!

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Hey John (@kingranch2003 ) My work to raise my dKH went this way:

on 12/22 I had 8.5 dkh and 8.0 ph
on 12/24 I had 9.3 dkh and 8.25 ph
yesterday testing showed the same as 12/24
 

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Gotcha! I think since im not sure if it's good or bad, ill just pull the frag mount put and scrub it off.
Yeah John that’s what i would do . Even if it is ok I wouldn't want to look at it .
 

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Can anyone figure out what this is? It's on the base of the magnetic frag holder that one of my torches is in. It's clear/white and has a weird structure. There's almost a tube looking piece sticking out a bit. I thought maybe snail eggs, but it doesn't look exactly like that to me.
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