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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
Ya, same. My Biocube ran at .25 the whole time. My Waterbox runs at.1
I'd say my avg is .25 Kevin. I didn't mind it before I was dosing ammonium and urea, because the LPS (as you know) love a little extra nutrients. But honestly, if that's where my tank sits happily, I'm gonna let it ride!
 
I'm not anymore. When the tank was new I was. I had to dose for probably the first 6 to 8 months of my tank. Mainly though, it was because it was started with dry rock that had zero phosphates in it.
Ahh ok that makes perfect sense to me. Thanks Tim
 
Big John, Little John, or Middle John?
This gets confusing 😆
Little John (John Jr) is actually my oldest, so he's Big John
This one looks and acts just like me (sorry honey)
So he's sometimes called little John by others for that reason. But technically that's Mr. Aaron

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got my very first fawn tonight. guessing 30lbs. limped off into the woods. didn't see any damage to the car except I think teeth marks in the bumper! 😕
Did you get to keep the deer!? It's not often you get to put an entire deer in the crockpot!
 
Did you get to keep the deer!? It's not often you get to put an entire deer in the crockpot!
no, it kept going. pitch black up here so its not like I can track it. I heard it moving through the brush.
 
Amanda,
I acquired 6 more RFAs. There’s 14 in this photo

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I’m thinking of doing a RFA garden on my central rock island.
 
So I'm officially a soccer Dad now. Both boys are playing this year. On the way to practice I saw on Google maps that there was a pond in the woods behind the soccer field. So I technically spent the practice exploring the woods. Oh well their mom was there too 🤣

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Oh wow the sky is amazing!
 

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