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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
My takeaway from that is, in some roundabout way, Kevin, you just sort of called me young, and for that, I'm eternally grateful
This was a picture taken of me last June.:face-with-raised-eyebrow:
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This was a picture taken of me last June.:face-with-raised-eyebrow:
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Dang ! I'm obviously going to have to be the wingman in this duo :(
 
I could be wrong but I believe the first one is either a garf bonsai or tubbs stellata montipora. The red one appears to be a bubble gym or forrest fire montipora digitata. If that's not what they are, you'd probably still like the ones I mentioned. I just added them to my tank.
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I actually went to cultivated reef today and they had it for sale. Said they couldn't remember the name but when I want some they got some!
 
20-25 years from now some young smart a**** will be making fun of your one dimensional phone pictures because every picture will be in holograms that can be viewed in 360 degrees and gives off the sound and smell of when it was taken. I’ll be sitting in my wheelchair with my adult diaper on in the nursing home with drool running down my chin chuckling. I meant to include you in this @Nor'easter Reefer !
Who let you out of you room? Your awful feisty tonight :face-with-tears-of-joy:
 
kevin, what about the filter on the very top? i know those dont often need changed but could that be it? no crustys in the lines?
@Nor'easter Reefer i love the coral at the bottom of the pic! what is it? the bubbly looking one.
 
kevin, what about the filter on the very top? i know those dont often need changed but could that be it? no crustys in the lines?
@Nor'easter Reefer i love the coral at the bottom of the pic! what is it? the bubbly looking one.
That's the RO membrane. It needs to be changed half as often as the other filters typically. I was assuming he said his carbon and sediment filters were a year and his RO was a year and a half. Since his TDS is still 0 I'm also assuming his RO and DI are both good.
 

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