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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
The best looking Niger I've ever seen!

A Niger was the second fish I ever bought (first was a Blue Damsel just to be sure the water wasn't too toxic). I had that Niger for 5 years until I moved out of state and sold everything. Still my all time favorite fish but I haven't owned one in decades.
Love the Niger Trigger! My first saltwater tank was a trigger tank with a clown, Picasso, and niger triggers. I've wanted another trigger tank ever since. I will say I learned a lot from that tank, not all good, there were a lot of teeth in there....
 
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I like that idea as well. What would you put on the other rock? I'm hopefully getting a really pretty red mushroom from the lady tomorrow if she still has it and I'm not sure what else.
 
Woah! I don't know if I can understand this Amanda. You know I love crazy neon colors. My imagination is going wild.
I have more of them coming today but they are individual racks instead of all together. ;)
 
I like that idea as well. What would you put on the other rock? I'm hopefully getting a really pretty red mushroom from the lady tomorrow if she still has it and I'm not sure what else.
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Hammers, torches, and Favias can fill in the middle. Birdsnest can go anywhere empty. Zoas should have an island. Acans/Lords/Micromussa can go anywhere there's shade.
 
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Hammers, torches, and Favias can fill in the middle. Birdsnest can go anywhere empty. Zoas should have an island. Acans/Lords/Micromussa can go anywhere there's shade.
Excited Lets Go GIF
 
At "The Aquarium Store" in Eugene, OR. My three eldest talking to Kyle. He's very helpful and also very talkative. We were there much longer than I thought we would be, but it was fun.
 

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At "The Aquarium Store" in Eugene, OR. My three eldest talking to Kyle. He's very helpful and also very talkative. We were there much longer than I thought we would be, but it was fun.
I know a couple of guys that used to work for the water department in Eugene.
 

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