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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
Too late I bought him he's very small and once I am sure my scape is where I want it in going to glue it. Hopefully it will be ok.
I love love love my urchins! Got two, they are bulldozers, but we know I’m the epoxy blob queen so the frags stay put.

Regarding wires, well it’s a crapshoot. I mean I’m taking a chance on the anemone not getting shredded and ruining my tank.

But Tim has a point- it’s like constant monitoring. Need a baby-cam with alarms
 
I also picked up a bottle of copepods that my LFS close to me ordered for me. I tried to get pictures of the corals in their bags but they don't show up very well. Both these stores take really good care of their tanks I thought about just adding the corals without dipping them...
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My Apex pods from them are arriving today- too funny
 
I don't want to glue the corals yet until I'm sure they are going to be happy where I put them is that ok? And where should I place the ones I got?
Monti Cap goes up top-ish of the tank, leave it an inch or two down from the top of the rock it's on so it'll grow upwards.

What else? Leathers go middle-ish to lower third of the tank. Mushroom can go on the sand bed at the base of the rocks. They'll move where they want if they want (and leave babies along the way).
 
Chili Rasbora and Yellow Neos go in the office tank, Neos on the substrate and Rasbora in the middle to upper third of the tank. They'll both move where they want.
 
I don't want to glue the corals yet until I'm sure they are going to be happy where I put them is that ok? And where should I place the ones I got?
Invest in Bulk Reef Supply Insta-Set, it makes gluing things WAY easier.
 
Monti Cap goes up top-ish of the tank, leave it an inch or two down from the top of the rock it's on so it'll grow upwards.

What else? Leathers go middle-ish to lower third of the tank. Mushroom can go on the sand bed at the base of the rocks. They'll move where they want if they want (and leave babies along the way).
The leather is on a rock that kind of matches my other rocks so I will just leave it on it.
 
Invest in Bulk Reef Supply Insta-Set, it makes gluing things WAY easier.
I invested in dollar store Gel Super Glue. It makes glueing things cheap and fairly easy.
 
ok, this is going to be the most embarrassing thing I will ask from a reef-keeping perspective. I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to figure out math and what size bottle to order along with dosing a particular product and I just can't figure it out. Because it's Phyto, I can't be making huge measurement mistakes. So here goes:

Reef Nutrition - Live Phyto. It says to does 1-5 teaspoons daily for a 100 gallon tank. My tank's total water volume is 92, before you account for rocks and sand. I am currently dosing 2 teaspoons a day.

I'd like to setup a subscription and not sure what size bottle and how many weeks in-between shipments. The options on bottles are: 6oz, 16oz, 32oz.

Thank you and let the jokes commence.
 
ok, this is going to be the most embarrassing thing I will ask from a reef-keeping perspective. I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to figure out math and what size bottle to order along with dosing a particular product and I just can't figure it out. Because it's Phyto, I can't be making huge measurement mistakes. So here goes:

Reef Nutrition - Live Phyto. It says to does 1-5 teaspoons daily for a 100 gallon tank. My tank's total water volume is 92, before you account for rocks and sand. I am currently dosing 2 teaspoons a day.

I'd like to setup a subscription and not sure what size bottle and how many weeks in-between shipments. The options on bottles are: 6oz, 16oz, 32oz.

Thank you and let the jokes commence.
I'm leaving this up to the smart people. ;) I'd just get a big ol bottle.:upside-down-face::upside-down-face:
 
ok, this is going to be the most embarrassing thing I will ask from a reef-keeping perspective. I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to figure out math and what size bottle to order along with dosing a particular product and I just can't figure it out. Because it's Phyto, I can't be making huge measurement mistakes. So here goes:

Reef Nutrition - Live Phyto. It says to does 1-5 teaspoons daily for a 100 gallon tank. My tank's total water volume is 92, before you account for rocks and sand. I am currently dosing 2 teaspoons a day.

I'd like to setup a subscription and not sure what size bottle and how many weeks in-between shipments. The options on bottles are: 6oz, 16oz, 32oz.

Thank you and let the jokes commence.
Personally I would contact Dinkin’ Aquatic Gardens and ask there advice, fantastic customer service with a personal touch. I have been buying from them for over a year.
 
ok, this is going to be the most embarrassing thing I will ask from a reef-keeping perspective. I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to figure out math and what size bottle to order along with dosing a particular product and I just can't figure it out. Because it's Phyto, I can't be making huge measurement mistakes. So here goes:

Reef Nutrition - Live Phyto. It says to does 1-5 teaspoons daily for a 100 gallon tank. My tank's total water volume is 92, before you account for rocks and sand. I am currently dosing 2 teaspoons a day.

I'd like to setup a subscription and not sure what size bottle and how many weeks in-between shipments. The options on bottles are: 6oz, 16oz, 32oz.

Thank you and let the jokes commence.
6 teaspoons to an ounce so 1 ounce per 3 days or approximately 11 ounces per month. 32 ounces is just under 3 months but likely won't stay alive that long. 16 ounces would be a decent dosing per month at 3 teaspoons daily. 6 ounces would last you about 3 weeks at 2 teaspoons daily.

To keep phyto alive and growing you need fertilizer and aeration. To keep it alive short term you'll need to keep it refrigerated and swirl it daily I believe? It should last for a bit that way but I think more than a month starts pushing it?
 
6 teaspoons to an ounce so 1 ounce per 3 days or approximately 11 ounces per month. 32 ounces is just under 3 months but likely won't stay alive that long. 16 ounces would be a decent dosing per month at 3 teaspoons daily. 6 ounces would last you about 3 weeks at 2 teaspoons daily.

To keep phyto alive and growing you need fertilizer and aeration. To keep it alive short term you'll need to keep it refrigerated and swirl it daily I believe? It should last for a bit that way but I think more than a month starts pushing it?
Thanks Tim!!! I agree on no more than a month for a bottle to keep alive. I will go with the 6 ounce bottle. This stuff is fantastic btw; noticed a difference in tank in comparison to Algae Barn Ocean Magik. Which is still a good product.
 

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