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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
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Well out of the oven @3:30.
About 12 hours.
Looks perfect.
I'll put on gloves and pull it, minus any fat.
I have also taken the fat and blended it, added it to other things, sort of like Dr Pepper lard. ;)
I'll be back with more from our butts later.
Looks Good Jimmy Fallon GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
 
You have really nice butts Joel, wait I didn’t mean it to come across like that!
Jeez thanks Kev nobody else has ever noticed. ;)
 
Ok, too much shenanigans for me this morning with no coffee. Time to go check out the Peaberry I brought home from Hawaii.

If you don't know about Peaberry, that's probably for the best. Twice the caffeine and sugar in each bean as regular Kona coffee but it's less than 5% of all Kona Coffee is Peaberry and Kona is less than 10% of the world's coffee. True Kona Peaberry is $75+ a pound...
Yep best coffee ever. Picked up some from Thunder Mountain on Kona.
 
I’m rdy for a Joel breakfast sammie with this
20240629_063310.jpg
Well out of the oven @3:30.
About 12 hours.
Looks perfect.
I'll put on gloves and pull it, minus any fat.
I have also taken the fat and blended it, added it to other things, sort of like Dr Pepper lard. ;)
I'll be back with more from our butts later.
I’m rdy for a Joel breakfast sammie with this ^^^

In fact, I will patiently sit here and wait for one….
 
Good luck to @fishguy242, @tbrown and @luis angel in this months POTM contest! The voting poll should be out tomorrow! All three of you had stunning photos!
 
Ok coffee connoisseurs.

Can I get the beans here in the States?
Amazon sells it. Just make sure it's Kona Peaberry. The brand is Lehuahu or something like that.
 
I am trying to figure out , but just did a 14 hour shift and can't follow all the replies and questions to this math question....so I can help, how much brightwell(from the bottle pic I am guessing) mg to add to get from what # to what #...for what total volume of water?
If you tell me I will figure it out for you. for free....or maybe a cookie...lol
 
Dump in a bottle of beer then? ;)
no that alcohol abuse...lol...some State or small counties with one sherrif, one deputy and one horse might arrest you..lol....and then you will be lost forever in some backwards town woods....with the swamp people, just waiting for you to run so they can eat your brains...
 

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