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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
Well, I got a 5% water change done, cleaned the skimmer, made a liter of AFR, moved about two dozen more aiptasia from the display to the aiptasia farm, put five Berghia egg spirals into a separate container for some tests I want to do, set up a rock bucket where I'm going to put three or four of the adult Bergia and a aiptasia infected rock for them to work on, after I let it sit for a while and check it for bristleworms and amphipods. Oh and I ground a bunch of the PETG off the nozzle of the printer with my dremel and a cutting bit, and ordered the micro torch, paid a bunch of bills; Hey, maybe I should get off of R2R once in a while for an hour or so!
Wow! Just like the energizer bunny!! Way to go Tom
 

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I may be changing out the mesh today on the Lid. I was waiting for my top lid to arrive for my other tank so I can practice with my old IM 25 lagoon lid to see how easy it will be to remove the old mesh and add the barrier back. There are just so many horror stories of the mesh being too wide for wrasses and other fish so before I move any over I plan to replace that. I think it uses a Spline Gasket to hold it together and in place. Never worked with that before but we shall see.
Check out these lids i made on my 3d Printer for my 10 Gal pleco baby Tanks . Cheaper then the glass ones at the store and strong enough my Cats can nap on them dreaming about some fish sticks :)
 

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Well, I got a 5% water change done, cleaned the skimmer, made a liter of AFR, moved about two dozen more aiptasia from the display to the aiptasia farm, put five Berghia egg spirals into a separate container for some tests I want to do, set up a rock bucket where I'm going to put three or four of the adult Bergia and a aiptasia infected rock for them to work on, after I let it sit for a while and check it for bristleworms and amphipods. Oh and I ground a bunch of the PETG off the nozzle of the printer with my dremel and a cutting bit, and ordered the micro torch, paid a bunch of bills; Hey, maybe I should get off of R2R once in a while for an hour or so!
You did better than me, I didn't do much of nothing, but I worked hard at it
 
So while you guys were trying to be all productive and stuff while R2R was down, all I did was study for my Grade 4 Wastewater Treatment exam.
 
My last Water/Wastewater test I ever have to take (unless the decide to make me test for the Advanced Water Purification in the future).
 
So while you guys were trying to be all productive and stuff while R2R was down, all I did was study for my Grade 4 Wastewater Treatment exam.

Speaking of which, we had waste water department at the plant I used to be located at and.... it's an acquired taste is all I'll say.
 
Well, I think I missed a bit. I know I responded to some posts but my posts were all lost. Don't worry, though, as each of them were wonderfully eloquent and pithy, per usual.

Congrats @tbrown

Sorry about the Elegance, @Üter
 
congrats, so now you're a fifth grader?

at first I thought you passed a kidney stone.
I generally and normally do not like defending @tbrown but am going to make an exception here. If I were him, I would come back with, "Oh, is that right, Paul? That's about what I would expect from a guy who has no elegance." (Too soon?)
 

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