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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
In order to speak teenager...
Yo what's good bro how you doing. I'm doing ight how bout you all good man. Did you ever get rizzy with that girl? Nah I fumbled so hard bro I was just too demure. Ah man well that's alright start your winter arc.
Confused Sydney Sweeney GIF by First We Feast
 
0800 hours... Huh? I really need a tuxedo urchins man. I hear they seriously destroy GHA.
He was teasing. There is no way to tell when they will eat it they just wander around the tank looking for stuff to eat they might eat it first and then they might not eat it until everything else is gone. Mine don't seem to eat it if it's long.
 
You need a 120 gallon tank and a 1936 knucklehead bobbed down soft tail. I'm a bad influence.
Stop it!! You are going to make me start crying!
I love you man so much oh my gosh
 
Where’s the scribe at this morning I don’t seeee him. Scriiiiiibe wheeeeere arrrre yuuuuuuu
Come out and play
Papa Smorg is looking for you he says you’ve been a naughty little Smorg this morning and you didn’t pick your share of Smorg berrys.
Now you have to go to Smorg mountain to get the smorgoats or else Papa Smorg will take all of your smorgyness away!
You don’t want that now do yah?
 
Update on the turbo snail.
All 5 Are acting really weird, 2 of them are actually out one on the glass the other is just hanging it's body out of its shell and not moving but if I pick it up it reacts. The others are all in their shells since last night, nothing has been eaten :( Im giving up on turbo snails. I need tuxedo urchins. Are the snails dying?
 
I dont have one. My main algae defense is proper light schedule and nutrient stability/control. For algae my cuc is 1 emaerald crab, two huge turbos my stomatella population has exploded! I have so many that i pick them off and put the little ones in my aio sump. I agree with you that urchins eat algae for sure. Here's a before and after in my wife's tank.
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Wow that's pretty cool
 
Good morning Smorgs I hope all of you have an fasaantastic day and Papa Smorg says be good today if you want special Smorgberry pie this evening.
M’kay?
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Update on the turbo snail.
All 5 Are acting really weird, 2 of them are actually out one on the glass the other is just hanging it's body out of its shell and not moving but if I pick it up it reacts. The others are all in their shells since last night, nothing has been eaten :( Im giving up on turbo snails. I need tuxedo urchins. Are the snails dying?
My advice is to be patient, in this hobby nothing happens overnight, if the turbos are eating or not it is impossible for you to notice it in 1 day, I remember that it was said that if the GHA was very big as I saw in a photo yesterday no CUC would eat it and less so quickly, it was also said that you had to look for what was creating it first so that it would not be an endless battle, I tell you this because I know that you are going to stress out and you are going to put all kinds of CUC and the problem is not going to be solved in a week even if you put 10 tuxedo urchind, believe me that desperation is going to bring more problems to the tank
 
Good morning Smorgs I hope all of you have an fasaantastic day and Papa Smorg says be good today if you want special Smorgberry pie this evening.
M’kay?
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And here><^><>^^><>
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Papa Smorg didn't say that lol, he's still sleeping at this time ;)
 

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