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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
I'm seeing some white spots on the scopas in that pic. I'm hoping just sand.
I didn't get the one I sent the picture of I got the one that didn't seem scared of me.
 
Hopefully the Scopas will be ok with me adding another tang or two next week.
I had a Scopus many years ago it was a gorgeous fish and ate everything.
Good fish.
 
Hopefully the Scopas will be ok with me adding another tang or two next week.
Ummm, if one fish already floating and one u didn’t get with possible white spots, I’d return them all. You’ve had enough troubles without adding some obvious ones.

Maybe find one good quality LFS and stick with them; let them source what I really want and don’t buy just cause it’s a good deal.

Imho
 
Ummm, if one fish already floating and one u didn’t get with possible white spots, I’d return them all. You’ve had enough troubles without adding some obvious ones.

Maybe find one good quality LFS and stick with them; let them source what I really want and don’t buy just cause it’s a good deal.

Imho
This is my local fish store and I have been buying from them for years the other fish didn't have any white spots on it I checked again when I went back so it must have been a piece of sand or something. I think it was the way the girl bagged it that caused the issue with the mimic. She did not roll the bag down close to the water line and instead dropped it in from the top of the bag which was about a 12 inch drop and I'm pretty sure it landed on its head in the bottom of the container. She's not the one that I normally get to catch my fish but my preferred person was busy from now on I will wait for my normal girl to bag them.
 
This is my local fish store and I have been buying from them for years the other fish didn't have any white spots on it I checked again when I went back so it must have been a piece of sand or something. I think it was the way the girl bagged it that caused the issue with the mimic. She did not roll the bag down close to the water line and instead dropped it in from the top of the bag which was about a 12 inch drop and I'm pretty sure it landed on its head in the bottom of the container. She's not the one that I normally get to catch my fish but my preferred person was busy from now on I will wait for my normal girl to bag them.
Ok, wasn’t sure cause you’ve traveled around and gotten fish/CUC from various places (at least that’s been my impression).

Glad it’s the LFS you trust!
 
Ok, wasn’t sure cause you’ve traveled around and gotten fish/CUC from various places (at least that’s been my impression).

Glad it’s the LFS you trust!
I trust them but because they are so small they have a hard time getting the fish I want so I do buy fish at other places as long as they look healthy and are active and the tanks are clean.
 
Ok, still really want to upgrade but my daughter still wants to get married! If I had a million dollars!

How's the go fund me account?
 
98 cents! Getting close!
I do not know where all the money I put in there went :thinking-face:
I put in 100 centavos about a week ago.
 
Tell her that eloping is cheaper...
Offered them both $10,00 for a down payment on a house if they eloped. But they want to make the wedding all about them. So selfish, what is wrong with this generation?
 

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