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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 probably not claiming it if I win. Or I'll get one of you guy's addresses and have it mailed to you.
 
I'm probably not claiming it if I win. Or I'll get one of you guy's addresses and have it mailed to you.
You have got the biggest heart of anyone I know not to mention good looking, fantastic personality, crazy good sense of humor and a heard you always smell nice! I will pm you my address. ;)
 
You have got the biggest heart of anyone I know not to mention good looking, fantastic personality, crazy good sense of humor and a heard you always smell nice! I will pm you my address. ;)
It was either going to you or Luis was my thoughts.
 
It was either going to you or Luis was my thoughts.
Luis talks about you behind your back through pm’s, I can’t even say the vile things he says about you on this family friendly forum. ;)
 
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Today I'm moving all the powerheads around, the corals look good but I have a lot of dead spots on the rocks and sand, and then a water change of 10 g
I too just changed a power head. Went from a Hygger 2600 to the cross flow. Apparently I can’t aim it at the surface unless I flip it upside down and place it next to the return. So I’m wondering if its ok to only have the return rippling the surface and this cross flow pointed down? Thoughts? The 2600 was really too much flow but agitated the surface, the inhabitants and me. Thoughts?
 

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I too just changed a power head. Went from a Hygger 2600 to the cross flow. Apparently I can’t aim it at the surface unless I flip it upside down and place it next to the return. So I’m wondering if its ok to only have the return rippling the surface and this cross flow pointed down? Thoughts? The 2600 was really too much flow but agitated the surface, the inhabitants and me. Thoughts?
I switched the single return nozzle to a double split neck similar to this. It gives me two separate places for water agitation.
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I switched the single return nozzle to a double split neck similar to this. It gives me two separate places for water agitation.
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Oh see one of my fuzzy chitons in the corner just above my glass cleaner eating film algae. Poor thing is out of gha.
 
I too just changed a power head. Went from a Hygger 2600 to the cross flow. Apparently I can’t aim it at the surface unless I flip it upside down and place it next to the return. So I’m wondering if its ok to only have the return rippling the surface and this cross flow pointed down? Thoughts? The 2600 was really too much flow but agitated the surface, the inhabitants and me. Thoughts?
I think I got something better with the flow but I had to stop what I was doing, I have a blockage in the house drain.
 

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