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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
Not familiar with what that is sorry lol
No worries Amanda!
Send water in and down over a screen, lights on both sides of the screen.
Grow algae on the screen which help lower phosphate and nitrate.
Supposedly.
Some say the algae grows in the scrubber not in their tank.
My tank just grows algae, but there's no reason not to use this I don't see it as a bad thing.
Just ugly.
My problem mainly comes from feeding.
I have a trigger who eats a lot.
 
I would love to be that close to a good coral store!
I don’t know I also have Tidal Gardens 50 minutes away, I’ve picked up corals there a few times.
 
No worries Amanda!
Send water in and down over a screen, lights on both sides of the screen.
Grow algae on the screen which help lower phosphate and nitrate.
Supposedly.
Some say the algae grows in the scrubber not in their tank.
My tank just grows algae, but there's no reason not to use this I don't see it as a bad thing.
Just ugly.
My problem mainly comes from feeding.
I have a trigger who eats a lot.
Thank you for explaining it to me. I hope it helps!
 
Ok question for the cooks/chefs here. What's your favorite but easy baked salmon recipe thar uses normal seasoning that you can find it most people's homes? I love salmon and good fats that come from things like fish and avocado is one of the things the doctor said I should eat more of.
 
Ok question for the cooks/chefs here. What's your favorite but easy baked salmon recipe thar uses normal seasoning that you can find it most people's homes? I love salmon and good fats that come from things like fish and avocado is one of the things the doctor said I should eat more of.
I can’t help you with that my wife and daughter don’t eat seafood and it’s not cooked in my house. My sons and I only eat it in restaurants. Maybe @00W will chime in, if I recall correctly I think he dabbles in cooking occasionally or maybe Tim’s daughter.
 
Guys my Exquisite Wrasse finally came out of hiding after 3 days of hiding under the rock in the QT tank! I'm so excited! He's beautiful but I couldn't get a good picture. I need to clean the glass tomorrow and hopefully he will be out where I can get a good picture.
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Ok question for the cooks/chefs here. What's your favorite but easy baked salmon recipe thar uses normal seasoning that you can find it most people's homes? I love salmon and good fats that come from things like fish and avocado is one of the things the doctor said I should eat more of.
Our go-to quick and easy salmon recipe is boneless skinless salmon in a glass baking dish with a half bottle of Trader Joes Soyaki poured over it (any teriyaki sauce with sesame would work), oven for I think 25 min, then served over jasmine rice. Optional: saute shoestring or ripple cut carrot slices in sesame oil till tender and serve with the salmon over the rice. E-Z mode.
 
Our go-to quick and easy salmon recipe is boneless skinless salmon in a glass baking dish with a half bottle of Trader Joes Soyaki poured over it (any teriyaki sauce with sesame would work), oven for I think 25 min, then served over jasmine rice. Optional: saute shoestring or ripple cut carrot slices in sesame oil till tender and serve with the salmon over the rice. E-Z mode.
That sounds yummy! I don't think I have any teriyaki sauce but I could pick that and some jasmine rice tomorrow. What temperature do you cook it at?
 
How was everyone’s Monday?
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Our yorkie poodle mix, he outlived 3 other dogs. When my kids were little they wanted to hold our golden’s leash and he was 123 lbs. if he saw another dog he’d nearly pull me off my feet, out of excitement not aggression. My wife suggested a small dog for the kids to walk. Of course I said absolutely not, I clean the yard and take the dogs for vet appointments. So we compromised and got a small dog.
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Our yorkie poodle mix, he outlived 3 other dogs. When my kids were little they wanted to hold our golden’s leash and he was 123 lbs. if he saw another dog he’d nearly pull me off my feet, out of excitement not aggression. My wife suggested a small dog for the kids to walk. Of course I said absolutely not, I clean the yard and take the dogs for vet appointments. So we compromised and got a small dog.
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I love the way you are so willing to compromise lol
 
I love the way you are so willing to compromise lol
Coming up on 34 years of marriage this year, you learn fast or you don’t make it. Remember that you young husbands!
 
Coming up on 34 years of marriage this year, you learn fast or you don’t make it. Remember that you young husbands!
We had a couple at church Sunday celebrating their 62 wedding anniversary. Marriages that long there had to be a lot of compromising...
 
That sounds yummy! I don't think I have any teriyaki sauce but I could pick that and some jasmine rice tomorrow. What temperature do you cook it at?
Wife does 400 for 20 min, I like to crank it up to 425.
 

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