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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
One of the perks of not having a "team" is that my team never loses. They never win either though. :thinking-face:
 
Not anytime soon, but eventually will get all the spheres: stratospheres, exospheres, mesosheres and thermospheres!
Well... I have to figure out fragging and then you know where you can get some Strats...
 
Well... I have to figure out fragging and then you know where you can get some Strats...
Fragging zoas is super stressful, especially the sensitive ones. I botch about half of my frags, or so it seems at least. Most of them eventually open up and start growing again. Pikachus are hard for me. Such small polyps and they immediately shrink to nothing when bothered and start oozing.

Worst for me is LPS, though. I think you really need a dremel or band saw to be successful. Every time I try to clip a head off, the whole skeleton fractures.
 
Fragging zoas is super stressful, especially the sensitive ones. I botch about half of my frags, or so it seems at least. Most of them eventually open up and start growing again. Pikachus are hard for me. Such small polyps and they immediately shrink to nothing when bothered and start oozing.

Worst for me is LPS, though. I think you really need a dremel or band saw to be successful. Every time I try to clip a head off, the whole skeleton fractures.
LPS I usually use a hammer and chisel... :oops: For SPS I snap of a branch or a "chip" with my hands. For Zoas, I used to wait until they grew off the rock and snipped but these guys were set on a temporary location that unfortunately can't be moved so I'm in the tank cutting in order to frag these guys
 
Consistency, direct feeding and a lot of love, I have always heard and read that the higher up in the tank the more color and smaller the size and the lower in the tank a little less color and bigger size but all depend on the light of course, at the beginning they were with an AI Prime 16 at 90% blue and 20% white. At first I always put them on top and that's where they do well for me
All that makes sense to me. Mine are on the sand bed and they do seem to be very plump and big compared to when I bought them. I'm going to try some on frag racks on the side glass. I can play with varying heights to see how they respond.
 
Not anytime soon, but eventually will get all the spheres: stratospheres, exospheres, mesosheres and thermospheres!
Then maybe you can use them to create the atmosphere!! ....that one doesn't sound pretty actually....
 

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