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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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I got one more week of school. How is your tank doing?
Decent. I haven't touched it in around a month. I hurt my back 4 weeks ago and I'm finally back up and around. New fleece for the roller is supposed to show up today so that should help some.

Corals are happy but got some GHA popping back up.
 
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How's yours doing?
Doing very good. I don’t have much space to add any corals. I’ve been fragging stuff and taking it to my local fish store.

My hippo blue tang has been acting a little weird. Darting to the surface and shaking. Any idea why?


 

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Both videos show him doing it towards the Yellow so maybe a "Back off buddy!"
 

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Both videos show him doing it towards the Yellow so maybe a "Back off buddy!"
Ok yea that’s what i was thinking. Maybe trying to show dominance or just being territorial.
 

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Better fleas. It probably has something to do with the peaches.
You think they’ll have a flea circus? Hard to imagine making all those little harnesses
 

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Doing very good. I don’t have much space to add any corals. I’ve been fragging stuff and taking it to my local fish store.

My hippo blue tang has been acting a little weird. Darting to the surface and shaking. Any idea why?


Looks like a fat and happy hippo doing its thing!
 

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Both videos show him doing it towards the Yellow so maybe a "Back off buddy!"
Good point with the yellow tang. I watched both of them again.
However, my buddy’s hippo does similar stuff and it’s the only tang. That’s why said it’s just being a happy hippo
 

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Trying to get a “full length” pic and this shows how “white” I run my peak photoperiod.
My two white channels and four blue channels are set to the same intensity for 5 hours peak. The only channel that isn’t the same is Royal Blue which is set 20% lower.

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