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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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you only travel on this earth once and then onto the next plane. I made a commitment to her and it is forever on this earth and the next planes...
when I give my word on anything it is solid...

Spot on. I love this!
 

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My Saturday involves washing both of my cars, then going and fixing my father-in-law's pump for his aquaponics, then heading to a frag swap!
The one at Ocean Floor? We were thinking of popping in although I got nothin to swap.
 

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Don't feel bad about it bud, were in a similar boat and haven't gone anywhere in 4 years. We have been able to manage to do our grocery shopping outings and once in a while the mall so my wife can shop but I'll be with my son. He's special needs so he has a very hard time in public.

We've had a couple date nights in the last 4 years but we still wouldn't change a thing. He's perfect to us.

He IS perfect and he IS a blessing! That's the bottom line too man. They're worth it and after a while a sacrifice doesn't even feel like one. I appreciate your response to this from one Dad to another.
I have a 4 year old too, and that might be my favorite age.
Soak it up man, it goes so quick.
 

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He IS perfect and he IS a blessing! That's the bottom line too man. They're worth it and after a while a sacrifice doesn't even feel like one. I appreciate your response to this from one Dad to another.
I have a 4 year old too, and that might be my favorite age.
Soak it up man, it goes so quick.
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Hint hint, Rock and I will meet you there!
Roller Coaster Logo GIF by Cedar Point
I had to Google it, but what an awesome place! You had me at meeting you and Rock there. But Rollercoaster capital of the world doesn't sound bad either
 
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I had to Google it, but what an awesome place! You had me at meeting you and Rock there. But Rollercoaster capital of the world doesn't sound bad either
I haven't been to CP in probably 40 years so it may have changed a little but even back then it had awesome coasters. Two of them came from, or were at least patterned after, ones that had been at Euclid Beach Park when I was knee high to a frag. I hope the Racing Carousel, or whatever they called it when it moved to CP is still there. It was, I'm pretty sure, unique and the craftsmanship top notch.

--edit-- it's been at least 45 years 😵‍💫
 
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I haven't been to CP in probably 40 years so it may have changed a little but even back then it had awesome coasters. Two of theme came from, or were at least patterned after, ones that had been at Euclid Beach Park when I was knee high to a frag. I hope the Racing Carousel, or whatever they called it when it moved to CP is still there. It was, I'm pretty sure, unique and the craftsman ship top notch.

--edit-- it's been at least 45 years 😵‍💫
Sounds like an amazing place Tom. I was unfamiliar with this gem our in the midwest
 

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I had to Google it, but what an awesome place! You had me at meeting you and Rock there. But Rollercoaster capital of the world doesn't sound bad either
Your kids would love it! Took my kids many times when they were young. Heck, when I was in grade school my parents took me, my brother and sister when we were driving from Connecticut to Michigan to visit family. I know you and your family have never seen a large body of water where you can’t see land on the other side, it is literally on Lake Erie. A friend of ours took his family and me and my family in his 67’ Sea Ray, pulled up to the docks and made a day of it. World class Walleye, yellow fin perch and small mouth bass fishing. I don’t think you could catch any of those in the Gulf of America. Temp in the summer is much milder also!
 

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