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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
Hoping so, but I'll have sand so I will go midway high?
do you have wrasses? I have two have 10 pounds on sand far left corner for them..If you don't have wrasses I would remove sand or some of it to help that nasty dirt sand then left gyres move sand to wher they want to..Once its moves it will stay.. Once you go bare bottom you never go back lol... If your gonna do sticks it will help you increase flow with out sand...
 
do you have wrasses? I have two have 10 pounds on sand far left corner for them..If you don't have wrasses I would remove sand or some of it to help that nasty dirt sand then left gyres move sand to wher they want to..Once its moves it will stay.. Once you go bare bottom you never go back lol... If your gonna do sticks it will help you increase flow with out sand...
Nope. The only bare bottom here is in the shower. Lol
 
having a bare bottom tank lets you push any dirt or food out from under rocks,,,,,,what no wrasse !!!!! I reall like my yellow coris adds so much life to tank...
I will have a wrasse. A leopard I hope. I just prefer sand. I also have other livestock that like sand.
 
Abby Normal
I didn't even know what that meant and had to look it up that's how smart you are. :star-struck:
That's like the zillionth time I've had to do that now.
 
Yes pics this afternoon.
Just wondering if somehow there are excess nutrients being accumulated in the sump then being used by the algae just in that area.
Always thinking. :thinking-face:
Hopefully the brain of this operation is correct and a little flow in that spot takes care of it. Still an odd spot. In my previous tank ( if I’m remembering that long ago) and my current one, it started on the sand. But I think our female Einstein got it right.
 
Hopefully the brain of this operation is correct and a little flow in that spot takes care of it. Still an odd spot. In my previous tank ( if I’m remembering that long ago) and my current one, it started on the sand. But I think our female Einstein got it right.
Yes I had no idea she was that smart, helpful and awesome.
 
Fixing a window sill that I cracked with a water jug today. I have since swapped to 2.5g containers.
Don't be caulk sniffing again... ;)
 
Hopefully the brain of this operation is correct and a little flow in that spot takes care of it. Still an odd spot. In my previous tank ( if I’m remembering that long ago) and my current one, it started on the sand. But I think our female Einstein got it right.
We don't even know I'm right. It was just the first thought I had.
 

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