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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

kingranch2003

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Would be cool, obviously will become coral food though 😅
Yeah probably... 😬

I thought my PJ Cardinal had eggs in his mouth when he started... "hosting?" my zoas. He just sits in them all day and didnt eat at first. That's been almost 3 months now so definitely not eggs. Im thinking a swim bladder issue. Honestly though, he's done wonders for the zoa garden. It's never looked better.

You can see him in the back, by the tall purple zoas.

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Yeah probably... 😬

I thought my PJ Cardinal had eggs in his mouth when he started... "hosting?" my zoas. He just sits in them all day and didnt eat at first. That's been almost 3 months now so definitely not eggs. Im thinking a swim bladder issue. Honestly though, he's done wonders for the zoa garden. It's never looked better.

You can see him in the back, by the tall purple zoas.

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Beautiful zoas! I'm a sucker for Rastas. Wait so he hasn't ate in a few months?
 

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Would be cool, obviously will become coral food though 😅
Mine held several times but never had anything survive. He usually held for about a week and gave up.
 

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Mine held several times but never had anything survive. He usually held for about a week and gave up.

It's only been about 3 days so far so we'll see what happens. He may give up from the temptation of food lol.
 

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Beautiful zoas! I'm a sucker for Rastas. Wait so he hasn't ate in a few months?
Thanks man. Probably my favorite zoa. That I can afford at least lol.

Yeah he eats now. It was only a few days that he didnt. He's just been in the zoas for a few months.
 

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Ok you have the tactical advantage here lol! Let's get back to fishing haha.

We can go catch some sharks. You may think im crazy. And you'd be right.... but I have a place where I go wade fishing for blacktip and bull sharks. If you want to get your heart pumping, hook a 7 foot bull shark while you're standing in chest deep water.

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I am not worried...but it might end like the end to jaws one....smile you .....%%%^^% boom..lol
 

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All the ones I don’t hear! My youngest son was into it for awhile , blasting it while he was in the shower. It drove me crazy with its lyrics, racial slurs, demeaning to women, fowl language etc. I wanted that music to get off my lawn!
thats what circuit breakers are for...lol
 

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One thing I noticed at BRS the last year or two is that if you select the 'free' shipping it seems to take days before they pick your order. I don't like doing it but I always pay the 'get it this year tax (their recommended shipping).

I buy much less often from them since that started. Don't know if it has anything to do with your issue but thought I'd point it out.
why I stopped buying from them for like 5 years now...
 

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ok..so like with a rod and reel or like...ops something fell into the water and my device told it to go off at 75 feet...or so...
Hey man either one sounds fun! As long as we're on the water, it's a good day 😆
 

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You know what now i'm looking closer I think i see them in his mouth. Very cool! Thanks for the help!
Oh yeah you can definitely see the eggs. Nice camera work. I have 83 pictures of my Cardinals face, and he didnt even have any.
 

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Oh yeah you can definitely see the eggs. Nice camera work. I have 83 pictures of my Cardinals face, and he didnt even have any.

Mine are always out in the open up front so was easy lol.
 

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