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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
Way to go Kevin , Ohio is playing a aggressive start ,
Hopefully our quarterback is settling in and we can see why the picked him up as a second string.
 
Way to go Kevin , Ohio is playing a aggressive start ,
It's funny. There are a lot of Duck fans in our parish, but our Pastor is from Ohio. They rib each other all the time, but especially today at our jogathon.
 
Have to work today. Kind of frustrated, because it means I'm missing my niece's baptism and the subsequent family get-together.
Turns out the get together is tomorrow, so I feel somewhat happier ☺️
 
So, I’m baking soil to sterilize it for a white worm culture. Actually two cultures



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If you lived in Anchorage, you could say you were making Baked Alaska.
 
I’m going to try it , but not sure if I can do it in a way to not have it move into the next compartment .
I just put a very small pump, I think it was a Sicce Nano, in one corner angled across the bottom. It tumbled the macro well.
 
I figured it out after going back and reading it. I am looking forward to it and will probably be going back and forth between it and the Miami and Notre Dame game. They didn’t teach reading and comprehension in my public school.
We obviously went to the same school. Look how I phrased my original comment 🤣
 
My brother-inlaw bought a mare years ago. He had complained it was getting fat and lazy. He can be a real jerk. He rode her hard. Said she needed exercise. I had not seen her at this point. As I am sure you have already guessed she gave birth to a beautiful paint the next morning. He sold them shortly after that.
Hopefully they went to a better home than his sounds like it was.
 
I’ve spent three weeks working on the CBB. It now eats out of the water column and keeps up with the foxface. I feed a variety of mysis, Rods, paper thin sliced clam, black worms and white worms.

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Beautiful!
 
@Calmwaters Amanda look at this gorgeous planted tank! Chris sent me this link today, along with a lot of other great info.


That is stunning! I'm wondering if they use CO2 to get those bright red plants.
 
I just put a very small pump, I think it was a Sicce Nano, in one corner angled across the bottom. It tumbled the macro well.
I will try but I’m concerned with keeping the sea weed in its container in the sump . Other wise it gets into the big pump
 

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