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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
Just ordered eggs.
$110 a case.
That's 61cents an egg.
Insane.
I'm spending $1200 a week on eggs.
My goodness....
Is that before or after the eggs from the hen that Luis sent you?
 
So i dosed a little bit of reef builders my buddy gave me long ago, and got my ph up to 7.3 from 6.4. Gonna measure when I get home and ot it's still around there I'll dose the same amount one more time. Everything else seemed close so after that I'll start dosing all for reef as needed! That said, I've never seen my corals as happy as they all looked today! My alk must have really been causing problems! :oops:
 
Flight of the Navigator. Disney. Mid-eighties. Kind of dated. But we enjoy it. I always feel empathy for the kid and his family in the story. The situation would be so freaky and upsetting.
 

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Flight of the Navigator. Disney. Mid-eighties. Kind of dated. But we enjoy it. I always feel empathy for the kid and his family in the story. The situation would be so freaky and upsetting.
Never actually heard of it! Which is strange because I grew up watching all the old Disney vhs
 
I'd love to catch a marlin too! I've caught some pretty big sharks and cobia but nothing as massive as that yet! We have halibut tasty little cousin, the southern flounder. You can catch them on hook and line, but I like gigging for them.
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Just catching up on these posts in shmorgz this week
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I love jigging for flounder I spend all summer on the artificial reefs in south jersey
 
Just catching up on these posts in shmorgz this week
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I love jigging for flounder I spend all summer on the artificial reefs in south jersey
I've never fished Tidal waters and I live in Maine haha seems like sacrilege lol
 
Yeah, I was surprised. I'm sure it was illegal too, but I have no idea of the laws. Too many to follow lol.
I knkw there's certain fish in maine, if you catch them they don't want you throwing back because they are invasive/over populated. That said, there's more efficient ways to dispatch.. also, them fisherman are either awesome down to earth people, or friggin wildcards there's not much in between :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: lobstermen are the same way up here. Some are awesome down to earth guys, and then you have the meth heads who got a boat and throw all sorts of trash overboard. My buddy went out one time with his cousin and at the end of the day they just dump their trashcan overboard, and I don't mean like a chunk bucket but like empty cigarette packs, chip bags, etc and I geuss my buddy was like what the heck???? They told him it's not a big deal, everyone does it
 
Why because we keep little pieces of tidal waters in our residences?
I meant, sacrilege that I haven't done it when there's so many people.who probably haven't even seen the ocean lol
 

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