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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
Every! Single! Time!
An incredible DT pic.

I think we’ve all failed to see a critical component- your a damnnn good photographer Kev.

Also, I need you, Joel, and Tim, to,start taking better care of yourselves!
shocked the princess bride GIF
 
Sounds like we have all had a very busy Saturday. I'm relaxing now with a lemon sugar cookie and a mug of Abuelita hot coco. My son really doesn't ask for much but he asked for some when we were at the store so of course I bought some and made us some for an evening snack. It's amazing hot coco if you haven't tried it.
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Need some right now!

Oh, I have Guittard chocolate chips and just bought milk this morning! Thank you Amanda for the idea
 
Need some right now!

Oh, I have Guittard chocolate chips and just bought milk this morning! Thank you Amanda for the idea
Boil some milk and add the chocolate.
 
I have also had a very busy day.. I repotted almost all of my house plants (which is alot), and I planted some flowers. Everything hurts, my back, my knees, ugh. But now I get to relax and eat some good food. Maybe Mexican, but I am not sure yet.
Just think how beautiful everything will look when you wake up tomorrow! Hot shower and some of Amanda’s cocoa are in order
 
Don't listen to Kevin. Enchiladas are just tacos that are rolled and covered in a special type of taco sauce often referred to as red sauce or enchilada sauce. Therefore, they're the same.thing and do the same thing only saucier!
Ditto!
 
Every part of me hurts. Lil Gia has colic and today it hit with every feeding of her baba. Inconsolable crying. I basically held and rocked her for hours. I cried because I couldn’t really .walk the house with her doing my famous pat the butt and roll rock because of my stupid leg. Couldn’t get in car and drive her around without proper car seat. I felt helpless and f-n old.

In between though we had lots of laughs and coo’s - she is a sweetie allmof the time when no colic is happening.

Here are some funny moments and some quiet ones. The surprise look is: Nonna, I didn’t toot, the dog did!
 

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I love planting in the rain. I still,remember my mom and I planting over 200 daffodil and other spring bulbs along the entire driveway at our cabin in Pollack Pines (town on the way to Lake Tahoe). It was lightly raining the whole time and it felt soo good to finish, look at what we accomplished and go inside and sit by a roaring fire with a glass of port.

For me, hands in soil, has always made me felt close to,God.
We would take a trip to daffodil hill every year until I started working when I was 13.
Never seen anything like it. :star-struck:
 
Every part of me hurts. Lil Gia has colic and today it hit with every feeding of her baba. Inconsolable crying. I basically held and rocked her for hours. I cried because I couldn’t really .walk the house with her doing my famous pat the butt and roll rock because of my stupid leg. Couldn’t get in car and drive her around without proper car seat. I felt helpless and f-n old.

In between though we had lots of laughs and coo’s - she is a sweetie allmof the time when no colic is happening.

Here are some funny moments and some quiet ones. The surprise look is: Nonna, I didn’t toot, the dog did!
I used to take my daughter and hold her face down in my palm laying across my arm when she was little like that and crying. Standing outside in the cool air rocking her ever so slightly and she'd fall asleep fast. Unfortunately it never worked for my wife - her face was too big for my palm and she was too long to fall asleep on my arm when I was standing up.
 

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