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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
Pretty entertaining to watch him, watch us.
I have a Starry Blenny. They got a long in the 125 but I think the 70 was too small for both of them. The Lawnmower eventually disappeared. I don't know what happened to him.
 
My last foray into reefing I remember people paying to take this out of their tanks.... What changed? Did it stop growing like a weed?
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Nope. Still grows like a weed. People love it or hate it, same as GSP.
 
sweet! will be keeping my eyes open for some and gsp.
There's several varieties. Waving Hands, Pulsing, Pink, White, Blue...
 
And probably wouldn't charge $99 either!
I'd be like Kev.
Every visit you get a free frag or 3. :smiling-face: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
I don't know if it's a good thing but I follow so many threads and am involved in so many conversations that sometimes I post so much that someone will like one of my posts and I have to click on the notification to remind myself what I even posted... :oops: :face-with-tears-of-joy:
 
I'd be like Kev.
Every visit you get a free frag or 3. :smiling-face: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
But only if we stay for dinner, right?
 
Aaaah you got the menu down. ;)
As much exciting food as my wife and daughter make, I'm actually very boring when it comes to food. For a whole year I had oatmeal for breakfast, hummus for lunch, and whatever we cooked for dinner. No bread, no soda, stayed away from the sweets mostly. I lost 60 pounds or so and dropped 3"-4" in waist size.

Never had a problem with the diet or the menu. I can eat the same thing for every meal every day and not get tired of it if it's something I enjoy.

Brats with sauerkraut and deli style brown mustard that you have to chew! Add some sport peppers or pickled jalapenos and chase it with a lemonade or sparkling water or cup of coffee and I'm golden! Throw some tots or chips and salsa on the side, maybe a salad with Balsamic vinaigrette or some fruit and we've got a full blown meal.
 
plenty of brats, but no carbonated water....
Not even the flavored ones? My wife likes to put a half packet of stevia in hers.

The La Croix Limoncello has an almost vanilla flavor hiding in it.
 
I don't know if it's a good thing but I follow so many threads and am involved in so many conversations that sometimes I post so much that someone will like one of my posts and I have to click on the notification to remind myself what I even posted... :oops: :face-with-tears-of-joy:
I’ve been kicked off every thread except this one so it’s much easier to remember what I posted :angry-face:
 
Not even the flavored ones? My wife likes to put a half packet of stevia in hers.

The La Croix Limoncello has an almost vanilla flavor hiding in it.
Nope just well water....
As much exciting food as my wife and daughter make, I'm actually very boring when it comes to food. For a whole year I had oatmeal for breakfast, hummus for lunch, and whatever we cooked for dinner. No bread, no soda, stayed away from the sweets mostly. I lost 60 pounds or so and dropped 3"-4" in waist size.

Never had a problem with the diet or the menu. I can eat the same thing for every meal every day and not get tired of it if it's something I enjoy.

Brats with sauerkraut and deli style brown mustard that you have to chew! Add some sport peppers or pickled jalapenos and chase it with a lemonade or sparkling water or cup of coffee and I'm golden! Throw some tots or chips and salsa on the side, maybe a salad with Balsamic vinaigrette or some fruit and we've got a full blown meal.
If they invented a man chow, I would buy it. Maybe frozen pizza qualifies.
 
I dunno, if we're talking preprepared foods, the closest I could think for a Man Chow would be those Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls with eggs, sausage, potatoes, bacon, and cheese. Maybe take those and add a nice seasoned carne asada or do a Corned Beef and Hash topped with Sloppy Joes and cheese?

Joel, try that at your restaurant! Call it the Tim Brown Man Hash:

Scrambled eggs topped with corned beef and hash with a portion of Sloppy Joes covered in nacho cheese!
 

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