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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
82 and then snow? That's crazy!! Looks like in New York after this storm passes it will stay in the 60's!
We have a saying that if you don't like the weather here wait 5 minutes and it will change.
 
You are making life not easy for me :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: with Fahrenheit, inch, foot, Oz, cup... 86 here still lucky.
We are expanding your knowledge Remi! I do the same thing to my best friend in Canada. Lol
 
It's an awesome place! I don't go there often, and I think the last time I have actually stayed the night there was many years ago. But I highly recommend going... as long as you're not afraid of rats lol.
I grew up with the rats, they just want pizza and chinese food...They like little dogs hahaha...but I can understand how people could be afraid of them...as kids we used to practice our shooting skills in my grandfathers "friends and uncles" auto savage yards, cemetery, large construction truck yards, the garbage trucks yards, and our taxi cab yard...it was fun...
 
It's definitely a possibility! These guys are almost on the sand bed but they're directly below the light so they may be getting too much light. With that said, however, the ones on the top of the plug open way up towards the light - not stretching - but the ones on the front that are mostly hidden stay only partially open. Glue is definitely another consideration. Thanks! Both good things to know since I will likely be fragging some Zoas from the 125 soon.
cool. I had to frag alot of zoa's when we tore down the 140 to switch to the 300 gallon...so we did encounter some zoas have grown a little over the glue but most seems to avoid it. So i can up with a idea, which seems to work and also help hold them. I sprinkle fine sand over the excess glue around the zoa''
 
It's staying cold over here.
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Ya ya, show us a week of temperatures in August! I turned my oven up to 110 degrees and stuck my head in and it made no difference that it was dry heat, it sucked.
 
We have a saying that if you don't like the weather here wait 5 minutes and it will change.
We have a similar saying, the only place in the country that you can experience all four seasons in a day.
 
We have a similar saying, the only place in the country that you can experience all four seasons in a day.
I lived in the sierras for about 6 years before Idaho, near truckee, Tahoe area.
We'd tell everyone to pack absolutely everything into their trunk before they left the house.
I went to a car show in August. It was 90 the day before and snowed on all the cars the next day.
It's worse/same here only difference is its grey most of the time. It sucks. :angry-face::(
 
We have a similar saying, the only place in the country that you can experience all four seasons in a day.
We use that one as well. LOL
 
Just finished a job interview for a job closer to home that pays more and has the same awesome benefits that I have at my current job.
Hopefully they throw money at you!

Throw Away Make It Rain GIF
 
Just finished a job interview for a job closer to home that pays more and has the same awesome benefits that I have at my current job.
Unless it’s at a public aquarium, I hope you didn’t spend the entire time talking about your reef tank.
 
Unless it’s at a public aquarium, I hope you didn’t spend the entire time talking about your reef tank.
I will let them get to know me and love me before I let the crazy aquarium side of me out...
 

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