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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
Okay, been way to long without music. Thought I would share, my wife and I first kissed when this song was playing. I was 18 and she was 17 ( is that legal?).
I don't see a song
 
I like Favias, Digitatas, Duncans, Anacropora (NOT Acropora), any Montiporas, Birdsnest, Stylophora, Styloconiella, Porites, Chalices, and Rhodactis mushrooms. Yuma/Ricordea are good, but not my favorites.
Which of those groups are Kenya trees in? :face-with-tears-of-joy: would you consider a Monti cap a more beginner friendly coral?
 
Which of those groups are Kenya trees in? :face-with-tears-of-joy: would you consider a Monti cap a more beginner friendly coral?
Montis are beginners, yes. Digitata is also a Monti but it's a stick.
 
Montis are beginners, yes. Digitata is also a Monti but it's a stick.
Got my first Anacropora (goldenrod) and a tubbs Stellata montipora coming on Wednesday. I've had good luck keeping my nitrates below 10 and everything else stable. I'm just starting with sps. We'll see how it goes. My bubblegum digis look healthy so far.
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Montis are beginners, yes. Digitata is also a Monti but it's a stick.
All montis are beginner friendly or mostly just the caps?
 
Most Montis are beginners corals.
Oohh birdsnest aren't the only branching corals i can look into to start :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 

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