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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
Hi everyone...I am ok...Off today...been a crazy week...I have to say I like to chill here with you guys when I get the chance with my coffee...escape the real world in a way... The red sea water 40 can and the red sea ato system is a great device..Been on the tank for 6 days now, like howit tracks how much each day uses and how many times it dispensed water. my daily average is 1.04 gallons a day to the 300. ops coffee beep be back...
Good morning have a great day!
 
Good morning have a great day!
Good morning, how was your dinner last night? I’m glad you’re back , it has been difficult picking up the slack for you, I’m exhausted!
 
Good morning, how was your dinner last night? I’m glad you’re back , it has been difficult picking up the slack for you, I'm exhausted!
Dinner went well.
Limited menu with strange items so I had a burger patty with bacon on the side and pellegrino and coffee.
:);)
 
Good morning, how was your dinner last night? I’m glad you’re back , it has been difficult picking up the slack for you, I’m exhausted!
I left it all in good hands Kev ;)
 
Good morning, how was your dinner last night? I’m glad you’re back , it has been difficult picking up the slack for you, I’m exhausted!
Dinner was OK, no stress and not uncomfortable so that was wonderful.
Food was weird but wedding today is a BBQ :star-struck::star-struck:
Thanks for picking up the slack Kev.
I have faith in you.
Besides I don't have a famous baseball family member.
More pics to come today.
 
ah nice a cool out right now..out on the new patio,,but it will be hot soon...friends over last night saying I have to watch a movie called the Bee Keeper....Has Stallone's (my buddy) friend in it Statham( xmas) they said reminds them of me, how I think.....along with Barney (Stallones) character in expendables...so I guess it will be a stella and this movie today...Programmed the radions to 1700k yesterday and at 40%..The carbon dosing DIY mixture of vinegar/vodka/rodi water is doing great in the tank and saves money.. algae is almost gone, corals are doing good. Have to test today see how the numbers are. new joke is that I have alcoholic fish..lol...
I just got a radion xr15 for my 40 cube. I love it and so do my corals. (At least they seem to). I've only been reefing for a few months. That's really cool. I'm interested in using Kelvin's to tune my radions but i have a lot more research to do lol. It's kind of a slow careful trial and error for me. Right now I'm running the brilliant color preset right now. I tweaked it a little because I want a little bit of time during the day when my whole house isn't blue and I can enjoy the colors of my fish.
 
ah nice a cool out right now..out on the new patio,,but it will be hot soon...
We were out on Bartlett this morning. My son said he was cold. Around 9:30 it got hot.
 
Hey Luis, my girl loves zoa's. she likes this picture.. The 300 is her zoa garden, she collects them and they finally growing..Her prizes(most expensive ones are stratoshere, which we started out with 1 and now have 6 and Exosphere which we have about 20ish now. she got at least 20 different zoa's and still collecting as there is so much real estate in the 300. Got her candy apple red ones a few weeks ago and about 100 rasta's on a rock...looks like the 300 is going to be a zoa garden with some lps and a few choice sps on the top...when I have to start cutting zoa's . perhaps I can send you some, for free,, you pay shipping...I see exosheres at $600.00 a poly..who pays that ????
I will share with everyone here...just so everyone knows...
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There's like 20 in this pile (and 3 or 4 more under the overhang).
 
Thank you all for the prayers, flowers and cards with well wishes. The finger was surgically reattached and has healed nicely. You almost can’t tell it ever happened! Picking my nose with that finger is still a little painful but the more I’ve been doing the less it hurts.
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Oh ok, now I realize what people mean by high end zoas. Amazing
Supposedly they grow real slow or melt easy. High end ones are more expensive because they're typically harder to propagate so they're "rare".
 
Supposedly they grow real slow or melt easy. High end ones are more expensive because they're typically harder to propagate so they're "rare

Supposedly they grow real slow or melt easy. High end ones are more expensive because they're typically harder to propagate so they're "rarGotcha

Supposedly they grow real slow or melt easy. High end ones are more expensive because they're typically harder to propagate so they're "rare".
Gotcha, that makes sense. I've got a few to try. They look good and seem to be doing well. I like all the color they add to the tank. Nothing like those pictured though, wow..
 
Gotcha, that makes sense. I've got a few to try. They look good and seem to be doing well. I like all the color they add to the tank. Nothing like those pictured though, wow..
Mine are Stratosphere. Anywhere from $50-$200 per polyp.
 

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