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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
It is almost my birthday month and my husband said he doesn't know what to get me. I told him it's easy either money to get more corals/fish or a visit to the spa for a massage.... :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
I’ll make it even easier, you can’t put a visit to a spa and a massage in your tank!
 
How was everyone's Sunday? I did a WC on my tank, and I also was able to move my plants outside to start acclimating them! Super exciting! Maybe you can say I am obssesed....

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How was everyone's Sunday? I did a WC on my tank, and I also was able to move my plants outside to start acclimating them! Super exciting! Maybe you can say I am obssesed....

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Good day, just got back from my great nephew’s 2nd birthday party. A lot of grilled food and a beautiful day outside. Wow, the state of New York allows you to grow way more marijuana plants than in Ohio, just 3 plants here!
 
Just for the "color match" test kits like phosphates. I guess it's more my interpretation of the results I don't trust...
 
Just for the "color match" test kits like phosphates. I guess it's more my interpretation of the results I don't trust...
Just curious, I’ve never heard anyone state they didn’t like Salifert phosphate tests. I’ve been using it since I set up my tank, although I’ve been using it less and less.
 
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It is almost my birthday month and my husband said he doesn't know what to get me. I told him it's easy either money to get more corals/fish or a visit to the spa for a massage.... :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
SPA!

You can always get fish and corals.
 
How was everyone's Sunday? I did a WC on my tank, and I also was able to move my plants outside to start acclimating them! Super exciting! Maybe you can say I am obssesed....

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Walker, that’s a perfect Sunday - getting the tank looking good AND planting outdoors fo Spring and getting some Vitamin D!!
 
Well, for us average income gals, not so much. A trip to a spa is quite special.
I get it but once her tank is full and beautiful she will have all the time in the world to spa it! She won’t though because she won’t want to leave the house and stop looking at the beauty she created! I’m just playing with you. I hope you are doing better, you are still in my prayers and I can’t wait for you to have the radiation over and hear about a great prognosis!
 
I Don't like salifert...also don't like the hanna's... ;) go figure...:)
API for the win...not copper or salinity would recommend hanna...:upside-down-face:
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I Don't like salifert...also don't like the hanna's... ;) go figure...:)
API for the win...not copper or salinity would recommend hanna...:upside-down-face:
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To each his own! You be you!
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 55 57.9%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.3%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.2%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 17 17.9%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 4.2%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.1%

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