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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
Good morning Smorgs!!
Check out this check I got in the mail yesterday!!
Wooohoo! Looks like I’m going to get some more corals. I never thought I’d actually get some money for this. Especially since the Army already pays me for hearing loss and brain damage.
What a nice surprise! Who actually wore hearing protection in combat though?
Maybe a random lieutenant while he spent days trying to read a map with gps coordinates?…lol if you know you know. For some reason lieutenants always had problems reading maps.
God forbid if they have to give fire grid coordinates. We had one that read the incoming rounds from radar and placed them instead of the radar coordinates of where the incoming was coming from. We fired on ourselves. Luckily no one was hurt from it that night. Crazy thing is that lieutenant never was even reprimanded we must have had too much other stuff going on at the time I guess.
Anyway hope everyone has a great day I know that I am!!!
Woooohoooo!
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Awesome James!
Thanks for your service and now we have a name to go with the tank!
 
A few weeks ago I was moving some rocks around.
No biggie.
Felt something hit my thumb.
My hands and fingers don't have much real feeling left after all the years of cooking so I didn't think much of it.
Turned out it was a bristleworm spikie thingie deep in my thumb.
Always pays to be careful.
I'll wear the gloves if ever doing that again.
 
@Nor'easter Reefer
Mike I felt bad about what I said about the bleach.
I didn't mean for that to come off the wrong way.
Many bleach all kinds of stuff just not me.
I just meant for you to be careful.
My apologies my friend. :smiling-face:
 
Why :crying-face: , they are beautiful :face-with-tears-of-joy::face-with-tears-of-joy::face-with-tears-of-joy:
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I’d be more susceptible. But yeah. Would have liked grandi palys.
 
@Nor'easter Reefer
Mike I felt bad about what I said about the bleach.
I didn't mean for that to come off the wrong way.
Many bleach all kinds of stuff just not me.
I just meant for you to be careful.
My apologies my friend. :smiling-face:
No worries at all! I'm not super sensitive and I know you were just giving me constructive advice! Wasn't upset or offended in the slightest! I knew your intentions were for the best :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
No worries at all! I'm not super sensitive and I know you were just giving me constructive advice! Wasn't upset or offended in the slightest! I knew your intentions were for the best :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
Thanks Mike!
 

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