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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
yep grits..super fast carbs to digest pre work out...
as Joe Pesci said are those magic grits....in the movie my cousin Vinny
Im just surprised! I knew you guys had polenta I thought it was a southern US thing. If you go north of the Virginia's and ask for grits, they look at you like you're an alien. Lol
 
when you say air valve all the way down not sure what you mean but it should be open all the way to start
I mean this valve is as far down as I can turn it...
 

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Im just surprised! I knew you guys had polenta I thought it was a southern US thing. If you go north of the Virginia's and ask for grits, they look at you like you're an alien. Lol
your right about the Italian name..but grits for body building pre work out is very good...easy to digest fast simple carb
 
I mean this valve is as far down as I can turn it...
Open it all the way, i'm assuming when you screw that down your closing the air opening. Hard to tell from that setup though, looks like a silencer of some sort
 
Open it all the way, i'm assuming when you screw that down your closing the air opening. Hard to tell from that setup though, looks like a silencer of some sort
Ok I will try that.
 
Ok I will try that.
If that works and water level comes down, let it run for a while like that and slowly increase the speed of the pump and adjust the water output pipe until you get the bubbles just below the neck of the skimmer.
 
I mean this valve is as far down as I can turn it...
hmm. never saw a valve on a silencer before. are you sure it is not just a cap..
air silencers still make noise since it is drawing in air to the skimmer...
If you want to make it 100% quite you should run that air intake hose to a CO2 scrubber to help raise PH and will make it dead silent..
CO2 scrubber easy to make out of a reactor and color changing media..
If it does not have a hose connected to the silencer add one to one port, close off all the others and run to a CO2 scrubber.
 
your right about the Italian name..but grits for body building pre work out is very good...easy to digest fast simple carb
Oh man I was raised on grits. That's a staple where I grew up! It's delicious for breakfast with a couple pieces of bacon, a fried egg and some sliced tomatoes!
 
If that works and water level comes down, let it run for a while like that and slowly increase the speed of the pump and adjust the water output pipe until you get the bubbles just below the neck of the skimmer.
Should I pour the water in the cup out? The bubbles are different in the neck near the cup. They are much bigger bubblesnow than before.
 

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Oh man I was raised on grits. That's a staple where I grew up! It's delicious for breakfast with a couple pieces of bacon, a fried egg and some sliced tomatoes!
I love grits. I prefer them with sugar and butter but my husband says that's wrong and they are supposed to be eaten with salt and pepper...
 
Should I pour the water in the cup out? The bubbles are different in the neck near the cup. They are much bigger bubblesnow than before.
Ya actually just take the cup off completely and let it run for a while, I do wonder if all this doesn't work there's something in your water it's reacting with
 
Oh man I was raised on grits. That's a staple where I grew up! It's delicious for breakfast with a couple pieces of bacon, a fried egg and some sliced tomatoes!
Cream of Wheat for me. With a little brown sugar and butter.

Now though, a nice bowl of grits with some blackberry jam is my preference!
 
Im just surprised! I knew you guys had polenta I thought it was a southern US thing. If you go north of the Virginia's and ask for grits, they look at you like you're an alien. Lol
I’ve gotten creamy grits with shrimp and grits in Cleveland! They were fantastic but I have nothing else to compare them to.
 

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