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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
I'm sooooooo jelly Kev but awesome for you guys!
Take at least one Pic for me during the game.
I'd die to be there with you.
That would be great Joel!
 
Can see much through the blue Luis honestly.
Do you have a valve below in between the box and sump?
How much water are you putting through?
The water looks to be at the top of the weir?
 
Do you have a valve below in between the box and sump?
Yes

How much water are you putting through?
Don't know, the return pump have a controller too and is working in ¾ of full potential but I don't know how many gallons exactly is taking in any setting
 
Yes


Don't know, the return pump have a controller too and is working in ¾ of full potential but I don't know how many gallons exactly is taking in any setting
Closing the valve will help with the noise, as Iong as it's the valve for the drain.
You can slow down the flow too until the noise quiets. Really only need 3x tank volume for flow, 5x maybe. That'll help.
With the water right at the weir probably too much flow but I could be wrong.
We'll talk more tomorrow, I'll give you some ideas but I'm pooped now gotta go to bed.
Pictures in white light help me too I don't see that well anymore. ;)
Let's talk in the morning.
 
I forgot to tell everyone: this weekend is my daughter's deer hunt so I'll be up near the Grand Canyon with her. Likely no reception.
 
Except right now I'm stuck in traffic... Looks like someone jackknifed their trailer and ADOT can't get it off the road.
 
luis, i think i need your touch on my torches! :smiling-face:
Did you change their location like we talked about that time or have they improved?
I have too much affection for this torch (it came infiltrated in a mushroom rock when it was not even visible) and @tbrown was the one who saved it by recommending me move it to another place
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