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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
Well get us at least a picture or two we're starving for Pete's sake ;)
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Here's the only picture of my plate I got...
 
So I was watching videos and I thought of something many, many, many years ago I worked at Petco as their Aquatics Specialist and we use to have these really neat corals called Bubble Corals and I use to think if I ever had a saltwater tank I would want one of them in it. But I have not seen them in any of the videos I have watched or on any coral websites i have liked at. Do you guys know what I'm talking about?
It's called a Bubble Coral. I believe it's in the Euphyllia family, same as Torches, Hammers, and Frogspawn.
 
Thank you my husband helped me do the math to figure out how much to add. Also with the coral amino do I add it then feed the corals at the same time or feed on a different day.
I usually add a couple of drops, wait 5-10 minutes and see a HUGE polyp display from the corals (feeding response), and then feed.
 
With aminos, I usually would add 5-10 min before feeding the tank. Gets the LPS opening up and all the SPS/Softies perking up as well.
This Up Here GIF by Chord Overstreet
 
I add it when I add the coral food.
She's talking about Brightwell CoralAmino which is a feeding response stimulant in addition to amino acids.
 
Ok... It's official: I've joined the Tailspot Club. Order arrives Tuesday.

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I don't know anything about sps, well about almost nothing lol, but can you look for some sps that are easiest, if there are any? And start there so that you gain confidence
Monti cap and birdsnest and I’ll get you both started all for the low price of a Cuban sandwich Luis and a rueban sandwich Joel.
 
I've been awake for a while now, but what a wake-up lol, long story short, I was woken up by the thermometer alarm that the temperature was 73 (yesterday while taking some photos at night I turned off the powerheads and I forgot to turn them on and since the return pump points up to surface movement the temperature dropped, I need a new and bigger heater I think) the second thing that happened, the green tip birdsnest fell from its place and a piece broke off, I glued the largest one where it was and I put the smallest one in another place until I see what I'm going to do with it, and the third was that 2 of my Mexican turbo snails were fallen face up
 

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