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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
$10k, really? Either I charge very cheap or someone else charges very expensive lol
I live in Arizona and it's the summer. Anywhere from $5k to $15k for a 5 ton unit installed right now. It'll be significantly less here in 2 or 3 months.
 
I live in Arizona and it's the summer. Anywhere from $5k to $15k for a 5 ton unit installed right now. It'll be significantly less here in 2 or 3 months.
Too expensive, here it doesn't exceed $8k maximum, I wish even if we lived 4 hours away, with a package of Heineken and a BBQ that situation would be resolved
 
I live in Arizona and it's the summer. Anywhere from $5k to $15k for a 5 ton unit installed right now. It'll be significantly less here in 2 or 3 months.
We had to do ours 2 years ago.
Heat pump with ac.
$11,500.
 
She doesn't like spending money and the thought of potentially spending $10k for a new unit and another $600-$700 for a hotel wasn't in the budget.
My wife would have taken out home mortgage loan for the hotel and the new unit. We would probably get a discount from the HVAC company my youngest son works for.
 
Aw, still with the cone? When does it come off? How is the belly healing?
They said she had to keep it on until the stitches get removed and that will be next week. It's healing nicely but she's probably going to have a scar.
 
Completely forgot to update yall on this, but my hammer coral did not fall over. There was a hermit crab shell where what would be the bottom of the frag plug, so it made it look like it had fallen over. Will update yall on if its gotten better or worse when I get home.
 
We had to do ours 2 years ago.
Heat pump with ac.
$11,500.
Mine's a heat pump with AC but the heat pump is good
 
They said she had to keep it on until the stitches get removed and that will be next week. It's healing nicely but she's probably going to have a scar.
That scar will make her look tough, bo one will mess with her now!
 
Made it back home. The dogs look so much bigger. Their fur is changing too, they're losing their puppy coat :(. All my corals and fish are alive. The corals look super corful and happy. My hammer has decent polyp extension, and looks better than when I left.
 
Made it back home. The dogs look so much bigger. Their fur is changing too, they're losing their puppy coat :(. All my corals and fish are alive. The corals look super corful and happy. My hammer has decent polyp extension, and looks better than when I left.
Pictures of the tank and dogs please?
 
Another rough night out with the boys closing bars. Now a wacky Saturday. I put a small trash can next to him just in case.
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Pictures of the tank and dogs please?
Sure Kev, here is the tank:

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Yeah, I know it is a mess right now and looks horrible. I promise it looks way better in person. Will do a deep cleaning once I come back from my other trips. Still looking for an algae scraper, if anyone has any suggestions.

I will get pics of the dogs once they're done drying. I bathed them because they smelt disgusting.
 

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