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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
Dang, I think @ISpeakForTheSeas and @i cant think remember me and won’t be coming to help, sorry @Nor'easter Reefer .
Haha, I'm coming to help, just running chronically behind these days - it's a Volvarina species of some variety (V. taeniolata being mentioned in the thread linked):
Sorry for the delay in my response - most likely a Volvarina species, but there are hundreds of species in the genus and they're not common in the hobby, so I don't know which specific species you have:
Yeah, the closest snails I know are from the same taxonomic subfamily (Marginellinae) as true Marginella spp. snails - I'd guess a Volvarina sp.; these are still known as "Marginella" or "Margin" shells/snails.
I've heard some are basically herbivores, others may be somewhat predatory, but I'd guess that it's more likely to be an omnivorous scavenger for you (shouldn't eat anything live, but may go for something dying) - so I'd say observe it for issues, but probably expect it to be good CUC.
 
Hey Amanda, you changed yours as well! Jennifer would be proud!
I have been thinking about a name for him that she would have liked. Do you think she would have liked Charlie?
 
I'm seeing cyno in my little tank right now.
After I disconnected it from my big tank phosphates and nitrates have now hit bottom.
For me, there's a medium where both seem to even out and good algae outcompetes the cyno.
I ended up running out of the house. The babies bed time turned into nap time and now I'll be up till like midnight.... so we went to get dinner. :grinning-face-with-sweat: i'll post pictures and parameters tomorrow :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
I ended up running out of the house. The babies bed time turned into nap time and now I'll be up till like midnight.... so we went to get dinner. :grinning-face-with-sweat: i'll post pictures and parameters tomorrow :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
Here we are awake until late ;)
 
Eating vegetarian tonight. Roasted spaghetti squash with pesto sauce and a side of steak (hey, it's a vegetarian and you are what you eat so it's a vegetable, right?)
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Also some apple and orange slices.
 
Eating vegetarian tonight. Roasted spaghetti squash with pesto sauce and a side of steak (hey, it's a vegetarian and you are what you eat so it's a vegetable, right?)
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Also some apple and orange slices.
Wow it might be vegetarian but that looks delicious
 
I have been thinking about a name for him that she would have liked. Do you think she would have liked Charlie?
She would love Charlie and the fact you got it because of her!
 
OMG ( that’s oh my god for the older reefers), I finally finished the episode of Outlander that I started early yesterday evening.
 
I ended up running out of the house. The babies bed time turned into nap time and now I'll be up till like midnight.... so we went to get dinner. :grinning-face-with-sweat: i'll post pictures and parameters tomorrow :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
I'll be here. :smiling-face:
 
Thanks man! The wife likes the zoas so she's gonna have a garden(if she actually gets involved then I'll buy her all the zoas she wants :grinning-face-with-sweat:) might get ahold of cultivated reef for tomorrow :thinking-face:
Yellow zoas give a zoa garden such a nice color pop, imo.
That would be a really cool way to get her involved in the tank. I started with zoas, and now every time, I see a good looking zoa, I buy it, stick it to a rock and throw it in the garden!
 

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