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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
@Reef Devils here's a quote from a really smart guy named Joseph. He's decently knowledgeable so I'd take most of what he says in this post as legit. Most of his other posts are just kinda so-so...

I've done flux before, but I took a few steps to help out the corals: added a bubbler, dosed PNS Probio and Fiji Mud (now switched to Aquaforest Life Source) and checked nutrients more frequently. I've had a monti and an RFA change colors a bit, but otherwise nothing else affected.

Beware, fire and brimstone preaching on the way. Turn back now!

In principle, it should not do much of anything to corals since it acts primarily against the process of fungal cell wall developement, for which algal cell wall developement seems sufficiently similar. Corals and other animals do not have cell walls, although they do have similar target proteins (cytochrome P450). Humans take fluconazole for fungal infections and do experience side effects, so it can for sure affect higher organisms, but as is often the case, this seems to occur in a dose-dependent manner, and the doses used in humans are so much higher than what you use for algae in a fish tank, I venture a guess that it won't cause toxicity to your corals. That said, killing a lot of organisms (algae) in a tank can have downstream effects. I would imagine that more stuff killed and the faster it's killed, the more potential for nasty side effects. For example, what happens to the space left behind? If nothing is ready to take its place and the unspent nutrients are available, I'd venture that its a good opportunity for dinos, cyano or other bothersome stuff to take resistance. My hope is that the Fiji Mud and PNS Probio help fill that space. Nutrient release and other processes of algal cell death might affect water parameters. Maybe oxygenation? My hope is that the bubbler counteracts that if it occurs (and if not, isn't harmful in any case). Nutrient swings can also affect your corals, so keeping tabs on that helps, and the PNS Probio might help with nutrient management. There are plenty of other ways to manage nutrients.

One thing I'll do whenever there's time (like, never, unless I reduce my reef2reef postings, HA!) is look up the alignments of P450 in fungi, algae, coral, nems, snails, crabs, worms, fish and humans to look at homology.

Anyway, I plan to use flux again because the bubble algae is on the rise, but it isn't in plague proportions, so hoping it goes easily without much perturbance to the system. Also, I hate bubble algae.
 
I found one of my trochus on the floor between the stand and the wall this morning. His shell was still moist and I saw a little movement from him so put him back in the tank and hope he'll be alright.
I'd be willing to bet he'll be ok
 
I found one of my trochus on the floor between the stand and the wall this morning. His shell was still moist and I saw a little movement from him so put him back in the tank and hope he'll be alright.
I think that was a cry for help, a good therapist is in order! Oh, good morning everyone!
 
I am trying to fall asleep on the couch but it's not working strangely enough.
I can fall asleep anywhere anytime.
Was researching cheato and it became very interesting.... :thinking-face:
Dude, go to bed!
Except some therapists try to get people out of their shell...just saying.
LL coming back with a classic!!
 
Well shoot; I think that Trochus is a goner. Found him flipped over next to where I had set him with a Peppermint shrimp and a few hermits "investigating". I moved him over to a small holding container just to be sure but doesn't look good.

Now that I'm looking I don't see my other Trochus anywhere either...
 
Well shoot; I think that Trochus is a goner. Found him flipped over next to where I had set him with a Peppermint shrimp and a few hermits "investigating". I moved him over to a small holding container just to be sure but doesn't look good.

Now that I'm looking I don't see my other Trochus anywhere either...
Well crap. I'm sorry. I have had snails escape and be fine.
 
I was watching and waiting for my name but no luck.
I never win anything ha. But I'm going to be an optimist and just pretend I'm rolling that luck over to the big TSA giveaways!

I didn't even enter.
Didn't have to, it was for anyone who has signed up for their Preferred Reefer program.
 

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