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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
Ya the fish get fed twice a day and she looks like that beforeI I put the food in and still eats like a little piggy. I never see my copepods anymore.
You won't be able to say "she" much longer. I see shadow lines starting on her face. She's starting to transition to male.
 
You won't be able to say "she" much longer. I see shadow lines starting on her face. She's starting to transition to male.
Well her mom and I will still love her and we will support her decision to transition to a he. Should I make an appointment now to get her on some hormones? I know this will be difficult for her as well, fortunately kids these days are a lot more excepting of this sort of thing.
 
@luis angel , how’s the birdsnest doing?
It's not doing well, my friend, I wanted to move it today from where the Nicrew 150 is so that it gets more par but I haven't had time, I'm fixing a cooler to give it to my father-in-law.
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It's not doing well, my friend, I wanted to move it today from where the Nicrew 150 is so that it gets more par but I haven't had time, I'm fixing a cooler to give it to my father-in-law.
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Dang, you have much better lighting on your new tank, perhaps it had acclimated to the lower par for so long it’s getting to much par to fast? Maybe move it to a place in the tank with similar par and flow as the cube.
 
Dang, you have much better lighting on your new tank, perhaps it had acclimated to the lower par for so long it’s getting to much par to fast? Maybe move it to a place in the tank with similar par and flow as the cube.
That's what worries me, that's why I think of something external because it was doing better in terms of color and growth and in 2 days it got like this, here it has better flow and more par than in the biocube, as much as I've tried to think what the reason was, I can't find any logic.
 
That's what worries me, that's why I think of something external because it was doing better in terms of color and growth and in 2 days it got like this, here it has better flow and more par than in the biocube, as much as I've tried to think what the reason was, I can't find any logic.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be giving you advice on birdnest care, I know you all nicknamed me the birdnest slayer
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behind my back.
 
That's what worries me, that's why I think of something external because it was doing better in terms of color and growth and in 2 days it got like this, here it has better flow and more par than in the biocube, as much as I've tried to think what the reason was, I can't find any logic.
There is no logic sometimes Luis.
Sometimes things thrive where they supposedly shouldn't and die where they should.
I cannot keep Kenya trees alive anywhere, ever and most people can't get rid of it.
Just never know.
It was probably happy right where it was.
Now it's depressed.
 
The package arrived :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
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Wow Luis, I got my package today and it only had a Reef2Reef pen in it and it was out of ink.
 

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