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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
@Nor'easter Reefer Here's the favia. If you look in the lower left hand corner, you can see a piece of my leptoseris that broke off when I moved it lol. Also from the top, the favia looks like a sesame street character
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Oh my gosh it's Oscar!!!
 
I was like how these people getting free shipping?! Amanda must be closer than me or something? DIYreefer isn't free shipping for me lol
You just pay shipping on one of the corals since the others go in the same box there isn't another fee it's just not showing in the picture I posted.
 
Enjoying peace and quite while hubby isn't home... please don't take that the wrong way lol I love my husband more than anything but he always has to have the TV on and it's always so loud because he can't hear great after all his years in construction.
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That looks like one i might pick up next week! Assuming my lobo heals up nice by then and I go get it
Jennifer picked one up at TSA that was red and green and was absolutely gorgeous. I got mine from my lfs but if I would have known that those were out there I would have shopped around!
 
Jennifer picked one up at TSA that was red and green and was absolutely gorgeous. I got mine from my lfs but if I would have known that those were out there I would have shopped around!
Lobo? Where's yours I gotta go back and look at your picture now
 
Such a pretty tank!!!
Really, you like it better than the educational one I posted earlier! That one was a piece of art like a banana duct taped to a wall!
 
Really, you like it better than the educational one I posted earlier! That one was a piece of art like a banana duct taped to a wall!
That was was about as nice looking as they come Kevin. :face-with-tears-of-joy:
 
No but I’m stocked up on notyourcheese!
Golly, I get thos lobo, and maybe an acan, and maybe another favia, I'm basically in need of a torch/frogspawn/hammer at that point lol
 
@Nor'easter Reefer Here's the favia. If you look in the lower left hand corner, you can see a piece of my leptoseris that broke off when I moved it lol. Also from the top, the favia looks like a sesame street character
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so did we name him Oscar The Favia?
I think I asked before and if you replied I don't think I saw it. How was Cultivated Reef? Was there a real lot of stuff?
 
so did we name him Oscar The Favia?
I think I asked before and if you replied I don't think I saw it. How was Cultivated Reef? Was there a real lot of stuff?
Yea its good. Better than anything we have in maine around me for sure and awesome service. I like the fact that there's somewhere near me I can go to that's genuinely about corals. That said it isn't anything the size of WWC or Tidal Gardens. But a small brick and mortar is preferable sometimes, ecspecially when it comes to service after the sale. The fact that I had a frag cut for me to pick up in awhile after it heals was pretty cool
 

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