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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
Hawkwind's first album was excellent. I'm definitely digging Roll Mega as well. Nothing is better than finding awesome new jams!
Agreed John!
 
My problem is that I struggle to keep up with all the fish disease posts, and when they are not in the proper format and location, it makes that more difficult.
Rodger that sir
Will comply
And sorry for not looking into that first before I posted
 
My problem is that I struggle to keep up with all the fish disease posts, and when they are not in the proper format and location, it makes that more difficult.
Lol, That sounds like what I tell my boys about their Legos. If I step on a stray Lego, it's going in the trash.
 
Ok everyone have a great day!
I'll talk to you all later. :smiling-face:
Little Ben Harper for your day....

Killing it today Joel!
 
Don't pay the day to that worker who fell asleep hahaha, I love the way they always help you and help each other
He was actually spotting the marks on the wall and telling us where to set the bottom bunk, but yeah looks lazy in the pic. :-)

You can just see the edge of his glasses in another picture. :-)
 
I redid phosbond today again, gonna do a p04 test soon. Skimmer is working properly again, film algae is slowly dying off the glass. Phosbond once again got i to the tank, fell out of the bag as usual and fell into the rocks. Oh well.
 
He was actually spotting the marks on the wall and telling us where to set the bottom bunk, but yeah looks lazy in the pic. :)

You can just see the edge of his glasses in another picture. :)
Just kidding lol, beautiful family my friend
 
I redid phosbond today again, gonna do a p04 test soon. Skimmer is working properly again, film algae is slowly dying off the glass. Phosbond once again got i to the tank, fell out of the bag as usual and fell into the rocks. Oh well.
Sounds like you're headed in the right direction. Sounds like you need a smaller mesh bag, or a double up
 
Sounds like you're headed in the right direction. Sounds like you need a smaller mesh bag, or a double up
Gonna test here after the final episode of modern family is over. Crazy it went for 10 years
 
Test is done, p04 went up... How
Leeching p04 from your rocks, most likely. Your rocks hold p04 and some of it returns to the water column once there is room.
Thats my guess
You said your algae looks better?
 
Leeching p04 from your rocks, most likely. Your rocks hold p04 and some of it returns to the water column once there is room.
Thats my guess
You said your algae looks better?
Somewhat yes. Retested now it's down too .27 toadstool is really healthy and looks as if it's new.
 
So I siphoned as many if the dinos that I could out of my tank. What I did was mount a filter sock in the sump, and have the water run right through it, directly back to the sump, so I could go for as long as I wanted without worrying about buckets or anything.

My corals aren't looking the best, but that's because my mag and ca are very low. I have stuff coming tomorrow to raise both of those, and then on Wednesday I have All For Reef coming. From my understanding, I should raise my mag first, then do ca?
 

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