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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
Eastern or western cruise? I have done both, love it. So you can enjoy your vacation and put your heart at ease you could pick one of these and take a peek every day to put you at ease.
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Eastern. Last time I went on vacation I used a camera. It definitely provides a lot of peace of mind.
 
Eastern. Last time I went on vacation I used a camera. It definitely provides a lot of peace of mind.
Hmmm, what cruise line? We did carnival, Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Martin. I snorkeled a very nice reef in St. Thomas. I recommend you bring your own snorkel. After a trip to Aruba and watching them pull the snorkel out of a container with fluid ( sanitizer?) I bought my own snorkel, goggles and fins for the rest of my trips.
 
Afternoon smorgasbord. On the road currently. Anybody know when sbb corals is going to post corals? I will have 50$ by the end of the current sbb giveaway so it'll be somewhat nice to get some nice corals!
 
Fired up the old Traeger. Gonna smoke a turkey breast!
 
Fired up the old Traeger. Gonna smoke a turkey breast!
I had a friend in high school who moved here from Tennessee his sophomore year with his family. His father smoked a turkey, to this day I don’t know where he found a pipe big enough, for Thanksgiving. The best turkey I ever had and the skin was out of this world.
 
Hmmm, what cruise line? We did carnival, Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Martin. I snorkeled a very nice reef in St. Thomas. I recommend you bring your own snorkel. After a trip to Aruba and watching them pull the snorkel out of a container with fluid ( sanitizer?) I bought my own snorkel, goggles and fins for the rest of my trips.
Royal Carribean. We stop at San Juan, St. Martin and their island. I booked a coral reef snorkeling trip at their island, Coco Cay, a few days ago. Thanks for the heads up, I'll bring my own.
 
I had a friend in high school who moved here from Tennessee his sophomore year with his family. His father smoked a turkey, to this day I don’t know where he found a pipe big enough, for Thanksgiving. The best turkey I ever had and the skin was out of this world.
Hookah - Extra Extra EXTRA large.
 
Royal Carribean. We stop at San Juan, St. Martin and their island. I booked a coral reef snorkeling trip at their island, Coco Cay, a few days ago. Thanks for the heads up, I'll bring my own.
St. Martin is definitely an island I could spend a week, the most affordable island I have ever been to. We were only on the Dutch side and couldn’t find a reef. You will probably on the French side the most as that is the only side with clothing optional beaches., bring a lot of sun block, melanoma is not a joke!
 
Will these work for bubble algae? If not. I'm just going to boil them.
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I just loaded the car with 3 lbs of butter and 20 heads of garlic. I’m on my way, fingers crossed they are afraid of bubble algae!
 
Chesapeake blue crab
When I was young, I know, hard to picture, my next door neighbor would take me and his son out in his boat to catch red fish with live shrimp. He would always stop at a bay and pound a stakes in with chicken necks tied to them. On our way back he would pull them out and those blue crabs would not let go of those chicken necks.
 
When I was young, I know, hard to picture, my next door neighbor would take me and his son out in his boat to catch red fish with live shrimp. He would always stop at a bay and pound a stakes in with chicken necks tied to them. On our way back he would pull them out and those blue crabs would not let go of those chicken necks.
When I lived in Cuba we didn't spend the whole night in the mangroves and catch lots of them (we knew it by the name Jaiba)
 

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