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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
No, I think you should get the LoneWolf Urea, not the pellets like you have sir. I'm sorry if that was confusing.
I’ll have to look afield. Amazon doesn’t have it . But they do have this! Hey @Üter Paul it’s a product of Maine!
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@steveschuerger
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There's also this product out there that is very well thought of by the users if mixing is intimidating at first. It's not quite as cheap, but you wouldn't need much for your size tank.

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/n...lMpPyEAyblrVlGXmoyd9LC5yyFXmrQXRoC5vUQAvD_BwE

This is the guy that invented it. If nothing else it's a good clip that explains the thought process.


I use Trisodium Phosphate from Loudwolf instead of Sodium Phosphate.

That's the same Ammonium bicarbonate I use though.

Haven't used Urea.
 
@steveschuerger
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There's also this product out there that is very well thought of by the users if mixing is intimidating at first. It's not quite as cheap, but you wouldn't need much for your size tank.

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/n...lMpPyEAyblrVlGXmoyd9LC5yyFXmrQXRoC5vUQAvD_BwE

This is the guy that invented it. If nothing else it's a good clip that explains the thought process.


BOOM!! Thank you John!
I like Salem, but in that video he's trying to sell his own product with.... <drum roll> urea and ammonium
 
Thank you for the correction! I'm trying to do this between seeing patients.
Not you though, Steve searched for Lone Wolf.

Porque su es "El Solo Lobo"
 
So John, can you post the mixing instructions?
Directions:

Add water to jar
Add phosphates to jar
Mix well
Add desired dose to tank
 
Just kidding! I don't use the Dibasic so let me see if I can find my ratio for Trisodium.

I'm fairly certain urea, phosphate, and ammonium each need to be separate if you're premixing them in water though, but I'm not positive. I mix my Ammonium in a jar and my phosphates in another jar and dose as much of each as I need.
 
So John, can you post the mixing instructions?
2 grams of Trisodium Phosphate mixed with 1L of RODI makes a 1L Brightwell NeoPhos equivalent.
 
Good Afternoon everyone!

Took a while to catch up between the music from last night, the cat fights and the udder nonsense, I woke up to already being eight pages behind.

Then my wife was doing a water change on the Lagoon and we decided to try to remove what is left of the 24K Lepto. Then we fragged off the STNing areas of the Purple Stylo. Then went to start the tank back up and the return pump wouldn't start. Went to pull the pump to clean it and it wouldn't budge from the return pipe. Removed the return pipe and punctured my index finger with a vermetid snail. Washed, Neosporined and bandaged finger. Cleaned pump and got it all running again. Puncture is more painful than normal so I'm going to check it often.

Tank is back online, I've read the now ten, by the time I got back to them, pages and ready to say good morning, All by only 1 pm. Oh well.
 
Good Afternoon everyone!

Took a while to catch up between the music from last night, the cat fights and the udder nonsense, I woke up to already being eight pages behind.

Then my wife was doing a water change on the Lagoon and we decided to try to remove what is left of the 24K Lepto. Then we fragged off the STNing areas of the Purple Stylo. Then went to start the tank back up and the return pump wouldn't start. Went to pull the pump to clean it and it wouldn't budge from the return pipe. Removed the return pipe and punctured my index finger with a vermetid snail. Washed, Neosporined and bandaged finger. Cleaned pump and got it all running again. Puncture is more painful than normal so I'm going to check it often.

Tank is back online, I've read the now ten, by the time I got back to them, pages and ready to say good morning, All by only 1 pm. Oh well.
Good afternoon Tom, busy day!
 
I just ordered both on Amazon Steve.
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It's got to be a tough job following a pack of wolves around with empty spray bottles.
 
@Rocks reef
@kingranch2003
Found the product
Got it(urea) on eBay with free shipping. Would’ve done it direct but PayPal was being annoying
 
And I have 24 blister packs of the wrong superglue because I don’t read carefully enough. Found a good deal on the right glue and it comes Weds with everything except the urea which should be here by end of the week
 

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