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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
@steveschuerger
Reasons to move to The Mississippi Gulf Coast!:

1. I live here
2. The weather is warm and winters are usually a two week string of lows in the 50s
3. The Gulf is awesome
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5. Rent, gas, and food are cheap compared to elsewhere
6. We have a large Veterans hospital on the beach here and a growing population that needs Healthcare workers.
7. If those arent good enough, refer back to numbers 1 and 4
I’m packing John!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Steve,

I've lived in rooms in the Boston area, mainly around Lexington and Salem, for a few years. It is not good for your mental health and multiple pets is going to be real difficult unless you are pretty far out of the city. That said, Boston is a horrible housing market. It can be difficult to consider moves but there are lots of areas of the country that are growing quickly and need more healthcare workers urgently. You don't have to worry, MA will be able to find you to collect their 'due'.

I have been through a Fed and MA tax situation when I had a subcontractor work a back deal with a CDC provider that cost me a 60K milestone payment. I had to decide between paying my other subcontractor or the state/fed. My first obligation was to the subcontractor and the state/fed were not amused. My advice is find some way to take care of MA. They are rabid mad dogs that will send armed soccer moms after you. The fed is very reasonable by comparison. By the way moving/death/never even lived or worked there, is not an excuse with MA. They even tried to charge me excise tax on a ten-year-old car that I bought and used in OH and never even had in MA. I had to take them to court.

Moving to AZ was not without its difficulties and starting over can be risky but it was the best thing we ever did. Well, one of the best things.
Yeah,the state part is done. They very quickly pounced and garnished my wages at 25% for several months. That was one of the proverbial “break the camels back moments”. I think I’m going to offer the feds a small percentage garnishment, that way it’s gone and done with before hitting the bank. As far as housing market, it’s been bad and getting worse for years. I know that starting over particularly at my age would be challenging but as much as I do love the area overall, I have nothing tying me to being here anymore. We’ll see.
 
@steveschuerger
Reasons to move to The Mississippi Gulf Coast!:

1. I live here
2. The weather is warm and winters are usually a two week string of lows in the 50s
3. The Gulf is awesome
4. file_00000000629c81fbac105ff756a81c2a.png
5. Rent, gas, and food are cheap compared to elsewhere
6. We have a large Veterans hospital on the beach here and a growing population that needs Healthcare workers.
7. If those arent good enough, refer back to numbers 1 and 4
If you’re talking #4, the girl is less attractive to me than the pile of goodies in the plate. 🙃
And yeah, I’m a little tired of heavy duty winters.
I’ll definitely consider the recruitment
 
If you’re talking #4, the girl is less attractive to me than the pile of goodies in the plate. 🙃
And yeah, I’m a little tired of heavy duty winters.
I’ll definitely consider the recruitment
What girl? I was talking about the shrimp....
 
If you’re talking #4, the girl is less attractive to me than the pile of goodies in the plate. 🙃
And yeah, I’m a little tired of heavy duty winters.
I’ll definitely consider the recruitment
Winter was one of our final straws. We lived at the end of a dead end street and the plow would leave a huge ridge of heavy snow/ice right in the street in front of our driveway. One of my best days was going to TF Green in a -6 snow storm and landing at Sky Harbor in +70 degree sunshine.
 
One of my best days was going to TF Green in a -6 snow storm and landing at Sky Harbor in +70 degree sunshine.
That one hits home Tom. It was like that when I left Washington State after a while up there, and landed back home.
 
I was thinking southern Tennessee, preferably on a lake to retire but my wife would never leave her family, kids and future grandchildren ( me either come to think of it) . A nice winter cottage for January, February and March would be nice, the family could come down all they want.
 
@steveschuerger
Reasons to move to The Mississippi Gulf Coast!:

1. I live here
2. The weather is warm and winters are usually a two week string of lows in the 50s
3. The Gulf is awesome
4. file_00000000629c81fbac105ff756a81c2a.png
5. Rent, gas, and food are cheap compared to elsewhere
6. We have a large Veterans hospital on the beach here and a growing population that needs Healthcare workers.
7. If those arent good enough, refer back to numbers 1 and 4
geez, I only had a Philly cheese steak. but for some reason I want shrimp now 🧐

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I was thinking southern Tennessee, preferably on a lake to retire but my wife would never leave her family, kids and future grandchildren ( me either come to think of it) . A nice winter cottage for January, February and March would be nice, the family could come down all they want.
I was thinking of retiring too.
 
I haven’t stopped the doodles by the way
2 personal ones and a couple others
@code4
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For occasional visitor @fishface NJ
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And 2 more
Oliver Twist as coffee junkie
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A big ??
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You made me think of these kids but alas they are magpies!

 

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