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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
Lyretail anthias is belly up, but still breathing. At this point, I wish she would just go. I hate to see her like this, but I'm not sure what to do. My guess is that she'll pass away overnight.

This is one of the worst parts of the hobby. I just hate to see things under my care suffer.
 
Lyretail anthias is belly up, but still breathing. At this point, I wish she would just go. I hate to see her like this, but I'm not sure what to do. My guess is that she'll pass away overnight.

This is one of the worst parts of the hobby. I just hate to see things under my care suffer.
So sorry Walker!!
 
Stay with them as long as you all get along, I lost my father in 2016 and my mother in 2018. My brother passed on my birthday 2 years ago. I am the youngest of 4, my middle sister disowned our family in 2018 after my mother passed. So its basically me who turns 60 in may and my oldest sister who turned 76 in January . The flow of life can be hard on the heart
Take care my friend.
I was disowned 2 or 3 times.
I'm the oldest of 3,grew up in the 80's with an ex navy, extremely religious father.
It was speak when spoken to in my family.
I never had much of a relationship with either of my parents, still don't.
They're both still alive, my dad's sort of been trying to talk but it's hard after 56 years, lots of bad feelings on my part.
Lost my sister 2 years ago to a 40 year battle with drugs and alcohol.
She disowned the family 25 years ago.
Last time I talked to her was about 20 years ago.
Family is so hard.
Best we can do is take the good and make it better, take the bad and not do those things.
 
Lyretail anthias is belly up, but still breathing. At this point, I wish she would just go. I hate to see her like this, but I'm not sure what to do. My guess is that she'll pass away overnight.

This is one of the worst parts of the hobby. I just hate to see things under my care suffer.
So sorry Walker!
 
Filled the black tank up with RODI water last night. There was a small amount of salt water left in the bottom and SG was 1.003. Added 25# of salt. Today SG was 1.018. This guy helped me add another 15ish pounds (I ran out of salt, need to get more).
 

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Filled the black tank up with RODI water last night. There was a small amount of salt water left in the bottom and SG was 1.003. Added 25# of salt. Today SG was 1.018. This guy helped me add another 15ish pounds (I ran out of salt, need to get more).
OMG he's so darling! :star-struck:
 

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