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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
Not sure how I got bumped off here... :rolleyes:
Def need a recap of the day...:thinking-face::face-with-spiral-eyes:
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Good mornight y'all...:)
Uh oh... I think that's my job? Ok, here goes nothing...

Walker is back from Vacation, everything looks good. He had a scare because of a snail shell. He's leaving again.
JoJo is, well, you already know that part.
Remi is back home and it's HOT!
Luis is working on ACs and taking pictures.
My AC finally works.
I got the Black Porcelain Anemone Crab.
Jennifer comes and likes stuff but she's not commenting much, understandably.
Joel has been hot as well.
Amanda's dog is getting there, but still coned.
 
I've been reading a little in other threads, but I'm getting more and more confused hahaha. The question is, when before I changed water for seawater I dosed this 1ml from each bottle once a week, now that I use the Red Sea blue bucket salt should I continue dosing or is it no longer necessary?
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hey let me think and do some research ..standby...
 
ok Luis...on my second cup of coffee..I used red sea salt years ago, blue vs black main difference is Alk # 8vs12.. as far as the Red Sea product you posted "trace colors" , I never used this product. After some reading, yes seems a bit "confusing" with package design, gives you idea your dosing CA. Which you are not using this product. Seems there are 4 products to this line A,B,C,D, which directions say based off CA use by tank or CA you add to tank. So for every 20ppm of CA you have to correct to get to your desired CA level maintained you add 1ml for every 25 gallons of tank water.
So my understanding of the reading I did, you dose this every time you make a correction to CA.
So changing salt brands will not matter, since this product wants you to dose based off CA use or the CA amount dosed.
I like things simple, I switched to Tropic Marin A- and K+ recently to see how the tank likes it since the prior brand I was using, I found the tank was not responding to it after almost a year.
Plus I am carbon dosing a diy formula of vodka, vinegar and rodi H2O.
Hope this helps, please remember this is only my take on the product and there maybe other views.
 
ok Luis...on my second cup of coffee..I used red sea salt years ago, blue vs black main difference is Alk # 8vs12.. as far as the Red Sea product you posted "trace colors" , I never used this product. After some reading, yes seems a bit "confusing" with package design, gives you idea your dosing CA. Which you are not using this product. Seems there are 4 products to this line A,B,C,D, which directions say based off CA use by tank or CA you add to tank. So for every 20ppm of CA you have to correct to get to your desired CA level maintained you add 1ml for every 25 gallons of tank water.
So my understanding of the reading I did, you dose this every time you make a correction to CA.
So changing salt brands will not matter, since this product wants you to dose based off CA use or the CA amount dosed.
I like things simple, I switched to Tropic Marin A- and K+ recently to see how the tank likes it since the prior brand I was using, I found the tank was not responding to it after almost a year.
Plus I am carbon dosing a diy formula of vodka, vinegar and rodi H2O.
Hope this helps, please remember this is only my take on the product and there maybe other views.
Thank you my friend, I was a little scared because if the RedSea salt already had the trace elements, then if I continued dosing, maybe I could go above the value, but I think the only way to know is to do an ICP test.
 
Hey Luis, tank will always use trace elements and depletion rate going to be based on several main things but I am sure there are minor things that will also contribute to depletion. Main things are coral type, how many corals, skimmer size. Skimmers remove alot of stuff and as far as trace elements main ones are copper,iron,iodide,zinc. Ozone also contributes to trace elements removal. GFO main trace elements removed are manganese an important element, especially for GONI's and copper. Carbon and any other resin type media will also deplete trace elements.
I personally don't go crazy chasing numbers with icp test etc. I do test with Hannas and have a GHL system and a red sea auto rodi water top off.
I dose trace etc by looking how the tank is doing and since I have big UV,ozone, two skimmers and gas exchange tower, I am sure besides the corals, the tank trace elements deplete fast, so I am adding A- and K+ now...Going to hook up Ecotech doser to have it dose ml's daily of A- and K+...
cup 3...you have me working today....I am happy to help..
 
Hey Luis, tank will always use trace elements and depletion rate going to be based on several main things but I am sure there are minor things that will also contribute to depletion. Main things are coral type, how many corals, skimmer size. Skimmers remove alot of stuff and as far as trace elements main ones are copper,iron,iodide,zinc. Ozone also contributes to trace elements removal. GFO main trace elements removed are manganese an important element, especially for GONI's and copper. Carbon and any other resin type media will also deplete trace elements.
I personally don't go crazy chasing numbers with icp test etc. I do test with Hannas and have a GHL system and a red sea auto rodi water top off.
I dose trace etc by looking how the tank is doing and since I have big UV,ozone, two skimmers and gas exchange tower, I am sure besides the corals, the tank trace elements deplete fast, so I am adding A- and K+ now...Going to hook up Ecotech doser to have it dose ml's daily of A- and K+...
cup 3...you have me working today....I am happy to help..
No, I'm not going to do ICP test for now, I'm not a big fan of chasing numbers as long as everything in the tank looks good, I'm going to continue dosing the trace elements as I was doing, 1ml per week and see what happens, thanks again
 
Hi all! Done with all my tests. Diagnosis: premature ventricular contractions, benign. Had ~500 of them yesterday. Will be on a monitor for a couple weeks but cardio thinks I'm not at risk of anything worse. Thanks for the well wishes!

I need to get to the office to feed the new wrasses!
 
No, I'm not going to do ICP test for now, I'm not a big fan of chasing numbers as long as everything in the tank looks good, I'm going to continue dosing the trace elements as I was doing, 1ml per week and see what happens, thanks again
You might be able to back off a bit or you might need to increase a bit depending on the difference between the seawater you were using and the blue bucket but likely you're going to be close to the same unless blue bucket is that different from natural seawater.
 
Hi all! Done with all my tests. Diagnosis: premature ventricular contractions, benign. Had ~500 of them yesterday. Will be on a monitor for a couple weeks but cardio thinks I'm not at risk of anything worse. Thanks for the well wishes!

I need to get to the office to feed the new wrasses!
Good news! No funny meds from the backroom? No cool new white jacket or rubber for the walls???
 
Hi all! Done with all my tests. Diagnosis: premature ventricular contractions, benign. Had ~500 of them yesterday. Will be on a monitor for a couple weeks but cardio thinks I'm not at risk of anything worse. Thanks for the well wishes!

I need to get to the office to feed the new wrasses!
Sending prayers that it gets better!
 
Hi folks,

My friend went in for surgery today to remove the brain tumor. Will tell you all how the surgery went as soon as I hear from her.
 
Hi folks,

My friend went in for surgery today to remove the brain tumor. Will tell you all how the surgery went as soon as I hear from her.
Prayers for your friend for a speedy recovery!
 

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