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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
Ok good to know.
Yes same seller sells the pods too.
Was thinking to grow them outside the tank until they grow roots, maybe in a glass of tank water??
I don't know but I really want to get rid of this insufferable algae scrubber which does ok,don't get me wrong just can't deal with the light. It's bright.
Plus one less plug in appliance on my tank is fine with me. :smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes:
Let me know who you purchase from and if your happy. I'm still trying to figure out a bulb. They are going in a little pico build. Sand and rubble is what I am going with to start.
 
Well I went ahead and ordered some mangroves. I think I have enough residual light from the fuge and since my fuge is 20 inches long, I'll plant them on the other side.
Needing a good substrate to secure the roots, definitely a problem I had from my last adventure.
Any help here is appreciated.
Thinking about regular sand, Aragonite, coral rubble, crushed coral
What y'all think?
I'm going to use it in the new build. Just make sure you cover it with rubble like crushed coral.
 
Not my strong suit.
I'm going to say 2 gallons and see how close I am when Tim gets back. ;)
Fingers crossed!
 
Let me know who you purchase from and if your happy. I'm still trying to figure out a bulb. They are going in a little pico build. Sand and rubble is what I am going with to start.
Ok will do for sure.
Been researching for awhile mostly confused but making headway sort of :upside-down-face: I think.
Some using a screw in grow bulb from home depot in a clamp on light.
I'm using a 10w 6500k ebay special right now on fuge.
 
Hope it's nothing major!
Not too major. Just had to close a road for about a half a mile due to a 16" diameter pipe cap blowing off and flooding a neighborhood... :oops:
 
@kevgib67 I hope you're ok. Please keep us posted.
Thanks, all good, been much worse. Happy there is a plan in place after two years. Going to keep working on my bucket list!
 
Testing, what put me in the hospital in December came back. In 2024 I’ve been on a high dose of prednisone more than I haven’t. But the results gave the Doctor a game plan. I’m going to get bimonthly infusions and hopefully sent to my home so I don’t have to go to an infusion center. My wife is a nurse and my daughter is a nurse practitioner. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I bet the young reefers on here are sick to death about hearing about us older reefers health problems, lol ( that’s laugh out loud for you older reefers).
Kev, I had no idea you were dealing with this again. I apologize if I missed it in the vast amount of posts around here.

Please don’t overdo and keep us updated - prayer needs to be beefed up around here.

And yes, what the heck old reefers (includes herself) this group is being held together by PolyLabs glue and Tunze epoxy at this point!

Guess you and I can be the moon face twins - lol
 
Not too major. Just had to close a road for about a half a mile due to a 16" diameter pipe cap blowing off and flooding a neighborhood... :oops:
Oh that again… phizzzz
 
Kev, I had no idea you were dealing with this again. I apologize if I missed it in the vast amount of posts around here.

Please don’t overdo and keep us updated - prayer needs to be beefed up around here.

And yes, what the heck old reefers (includes herself) this group is being held together by PolyLabs glue and Tunze epoxy at this point!

Guess you and I can be the moon face twins - lol
Yes , the moon face is a thing! I told my wife Im getting jowls, she said, no big deal it will go away once your off the prednisone.
 
Kev, I had no idea you were dealing with this again. I apologize if I missed it in the vast amount of posts around here.

Please don’t overdo and keep us updated - prayer needs to be beefed up around here.

And yes, what the heck old reefers (includes herself) this group is being held together by PolyLabs glue and Tunze epoxy at this point!

Guess you and I can be the moon face twins - lol
I prefer Dollar Tree gel super glue in the small tubes.
 
Kev, I had no idea you were dealing with this again. I apologize if I missed it in the vast amount of posts around here.

Please don’t overdo and keep us updated - prayer needs to be beefed up around here.

And yes, what the heck old reefers (includes herself) this group is being held together by PolyLabs glue and Tunze epoxy at this point!

Guess you and I can be the moon face twins - lol
For me we need to add screws and metal brackets in my back...
 
So glad they are leaning towards sciatica (not that that’s not f -n-ggg painful) but better than compression!

Ok, taking bets on who has the most ridiculous MRI results on spine- me or Timmy? I say this cause he likes to and usually does win everything- lol
I'm betting you win that one. I have a high pain tolerance but not THAT high.
 
Ok where are my math people? Water in my roughly 35 gallon barrel is 1.030 how much fresh will I need to add to get it back down to 1.027?
C1 * V1 = C2 * V2

So C1 * V1 / C2 = V2

So 1.03 * 35 / 1.027 = 35.1 - the original 35 gallons says about a 10th of a gallon which sounds way off so let's do this with PPT since SG gives us wrong numbers.

40*35/36=38.9 - 35 = 4 like Frank said. He's a smart fella in case you were wondering.

Owl GIF by Zack Kantor



Not 3 like the wise old owl, 4 like the wise Frank.
 
I'm betting you win that one. I have a high pain tolerance but not THAT high.
Speaking of pain tolerance, the doctor asked me how many ibuprofen I'm taking... I said I take it 3 or 4 times. 3 or 4 times a year! She asked how I deal with pain to which I answered I live with it?
 

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