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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
Yup... ;) :)
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nope, yep on the wacky Wed...:rolleyes:
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Gotta run...there's a FIRE...:D:)
 
Gotta eat breakfast and get rdy before 8am, Off to another full day of PT (you’d think I was driving Kev’s long commute to it vs being in bed the way I describe it - what a silly gal)


Hump Day for everyone!

We got this!
 
Gotta eat breakfast and get rdy before 8am, Off to another full day of PT (you’d think I was driving Kev’s long commute to it vs being in bed the way I describe it - what a silly gal)


Hump Day for everyone!

We got this!
Go get em Jen!
 
Let me introduce you to the Chimichanga taco! Oh please god I hope Amanda is eating normal! I don’t want her wrath to rein down on me!
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Let me introduce you to the Chimichanga taco! Oh please god I hope Amanda is eating normal! I don’t want her wrath to rein down on me!
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That looks amazing and yes I am back to eating normal foods so you are safe. ;)
 
That looks amazing and yes I am back to eating normal foods so you are safe. ;)
I feel like I dodged a bullet! Glad you are feeling, eating well and are back to work.
 
Hey everyone I’m am back from Italy. It was a great trip. We had some problems flying back though. We flew from Rome to JFK airport and then our flight from JFK to NC got canceled. We ended up just spending the night in New York City, which ended up being kind of fun then we flew back the next day. I’ve been home for 3 days now and I’ve done a water change and cleaned the tank up pretty good. When I got back, I was surprised to see the algae wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. We are making a lot of progress on this hair algae issue and most of it is almost gone. We did lose one coral which was the Duncan that had grown like crazy. It went from having five heads to 20 heads within a couple months and then when I get home, it’s completely dead. I’m not sure what happened. I was noticing the heads weren’t opening as much and I thought it was because there were so many heads they couldn’t open up well. But overall, the tank looks pretty good and that’s the only thing we lost. Now I want to start dipping or possibly feeding these torches the restore dip. I’m gonna read the directions on how to do it this afternoon. I forget the name of the person on here who knows all about the torches but if he is around it would be great to get soMe advice. I forgot what he said last month about it lol . If you know his name @ him here

Thanks.

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Hey everyone I’m am back from Italy. It was a great trip. We had some problems flying back though. We flew from Rome to JFK airport and then our flight from JFK to NC got canceled. We ended up just spending the night in New York City, which ended up being kind of fun then we flew back the next day. I’ve been home for 3 days now and I’ve done a water change and cleaned the tank up pretty good. When I got back, I was surprised to see the algae wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. We are making a lot of progress on this hair algae issue and most of it is almost gone. We did lose one coral which was the Duncan that had grown like crazy. It went from having five heads to 20 heads within a couple months and then when I get home, it’s completely dead. I’m not sure what happened. I was noticing the heads weren’t opening as much and I thought it was because there were so many heads they couldn’t open up well. But overall, the tank looks pretty good and that’s the only thing we lost. Now I want to start dipping or possibly feeding these torches the restore dip. I’m gonna read the directions on how to do it this afternoon. I forget the name of the person on here who knows all about the torches but if he is around it would be great to get soMe advice. I forgot what he said last month about it lol . If you know his name @ him here

Thanks.

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Glad you had a great time Parker and you didn’t come back to a complete disaster. Sorry about your duncan :crying-face:.
 
Glad you had a great time Parker and you didn’t come back to a complete disaster. Sorry about your duncan :crying-face:.
Here’s the skeleton.
 

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Are you going to replace it?
Maybe. I have 2 other Duncan’s in the tank in different spots. I might have to get another to put in that spot,
 
Maybe. I have 2 other Duncan’s in the tank in different spots. I might have to get another to put in that spot,
Funny, I lost my huge growth Duncan when I traveled last month as well. Everything else was good. I factored not dosing AFR for over a week, and my GHA messing with parameters as well.

I did buy a new Duncan and everything is back on track.

Glad you enjoyed Italy and will be continuing Parker’s Summer of Fun!
 
Hey everyone I’m am back from Italy. It was a great trip. We had some problems flying back though. We flew from Rome to JFK airport and then our flight from JFK to NC got canceled. We ended up just spending the night in New York City, which ended up being kind of fun then we flew back the next day. I’ve been home for 3 days now and I’ve done a water change and cleaned the tank up pretty good. When I got back, I was surprised to see the algae wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. We are making a lot of progress on this hair algae issue and most of it is almost gone. We did lose one coral which was the Duncan that had grown like crazy. It went from having five heads to 20 heads within a couple months and then when I get home, it’s completely dead. I’m not sure what happened. I was noticing the heads weren’t opening as much and I thought it was because there were so many heads they couldn’t open up well. But overall, the tank looks pretty good and that’s the only thing we lost. Now I want to start dipping or possibly feeding these torches the restore dip. I’m gonna read the directions on how to do it this afternoon. I forget the name of the person on here who knows all about the torches but if he is around it would be great to get soMe advice. I forgot what he said last month about it lol . If you know his name @ him here

Thanks.

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Hey everyone I’m am back from Italy. It was a great trip. We had some problems flying back though. We flew from Rome to JFK airport and then our flight from JFK to NC got canceled. We ended up just spending the night in New York City, which ended up being kind of fun then we flew back the next day. I’ve been home for 3 days now and I’ve done a water change and cleaned the tank up pretty good. When I got back, I was surprised to see the algae wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. We are making a lot of progress on this hair algae issue and most of it is almost gone. We did lose one coral which was the Duncan that had grown like crazy. It went from having five heads to 20 heads within a couple months and then when I get home, it’s completely dead. I’m not sure what happened. I was noticing the heads weren’t opening as much and I thought it was because there were so many heads they couldn’t open up well. But overall, the tank looks pretty good and that’s the only thing we lost. Now I want to start dipping or possibly feeding these torches the restore dip. I’m gonna read the directions on how to do it this afternoon. I forget the name of the person on here who knows all about the torches but if he is around it would be great to get soMe advice. I forgot what he said last month about it lol . If you know his name @ him here

Thanks.

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Looking good Parker!
Glad you had a great trip and glad you made it home safe!
 

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