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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 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 have always used API for my freshwater tanks.
 
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!
Hehe, I know your teasing!

And it’s true, it’s hard sometimes to walk away from staring at the lil oceans in our home!

Tuesday is last day of radiation! I’ve started to have more hours of less pain and walked with cane a couple days instead of walker so I am hopeful it will progress more. I’ll know within 3 weeks after treatment how much less pain/weakness I will have. Ultimate goal is to zap those lesions inactive so more bone denigration doesn’t happen.

Also determining what my next option is for chemo as clearly the one I was doing wasn’t working.

It means a lot the consistent love and prayers that come from you and the Smorgasbord family my way. To feel that power coming to me is something I thank God for on a regular basis.

And to mirror Luis’ sentiment, the distraction of our thread works wonders!

So how many exclamation points did I use in this post?!?
 
Hey @Remi, I forgot to mention that the rock you asked about the other day that's suspended is an Aragocrete rock shelf/frag rack I made.
 
Hehe, I know your teasing!

And it’s true, it’s hard sometimes to walk away from staring at the lil oceans in our home!

Tuesday is last day of radiation! I’ve started to have more hours of less pain and walked with cane a couple days instead of walker so I am hopeful it will progress more. I’ll know within 3 weeks after treatment how much less pain/weakness I will have. Ultimate goal is to zap those lesions inactive so more bone denigration doesn’t happen.

Also determining what my next option is for chemo as clearly the one I was doing wasn’t working.

It means a lot the consistent love and prayers that come from you and the Smorgasbord family my way. To feel that power coming to me is something I thank God for on a regular basis.

And to mirror Luis’ sentiment, the distraction of our thread works wonders!

So how many exclamation points did I use in this post?!?
Only 4. Kinda underwhelming. Next time try for at least 20?
 
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 love the Hanna’s as I can’t see a line on a cuvette or a color chart for the life of me. I do use Red Sea for Calcium and Aquaforest for Mag though based on reviews. I have to say the Aquaforest Mag is soo much easier then others.

And the Hanna salinity/temp probe stick is awesome!

I don’t test for copper. My tank to immature at this point.

Wouldn’t it be cool if that new Colorvue testing machine got all the kinks and worked! The Hydros Launch and Maven that was featured at RAP Orlando this weekend!
 
I love the Hanna’s as I can’t see a line on a cuvette or a color chart for the life of me. I do use Red Sea for Calcium and Aquaforest for Mag though based on reviews. I have to say the Aquaforest Mag is soo much easier then others.

And the Hanna salinity/temp probe stick is awesome!

I don’t test for copper. My tank to immature at this point.

Wouldn’t it be cool if that new Colorvue testing machine got all the kinks and worked! The Hydros Launch and Maven that was featured at RAP Orlando this weekend!
It's never to early to test for copper. There are some GAC brands that have recently begun leaching copper. If you're seeing issues that appear to be copper it doesn't hurt to check.
 
Oh my sorry guys I took a shower and fell asleep in my chair.
Very busy weekend for April not even summer yet. I have no idea where everyone is coming from.
Nothing to eat in the house so I'm having 4 sausages and mustard with a bottle of pellegrino.
 
I've never ever tested for mag or copper.
I still use a swing arm hydrometer.
I used API for my whole career until the past 4 or 5 months I use Hanna for nitrate, phos and alk. They are easy but also I've had a few issues with them as well.
Use API for ph and calcium.
I have really only tested ph and alk lately.
Those seem to be what my tanks telling me is important lately.
Might sound weird but I listen ;)
 
Well if we're being honest I don't remember the last time I tested the 125. The 70 I tested a few times after setting up. I test for alk and phosphates more than anything after I lost a batch of Acros due to phosphates bottoming out with 10+ alk. I don't remember testing since maybe January...?
 

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

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 55 59.1%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.5%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 16 17.2%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • 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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