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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
Luis, I’ve been waiting patiently to hear how your drunken noodles turned out but I’m about to be at my wits end.
 
Luis, I’ve been waiting patiently to hear how your drunken noodles turned out but I’m about to be at my wits end.
It's a Saturday night. "Drunken noodles" just means he's drinking Heineken and eating noodles :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 
OH! Guys! My cyano issue seems to be finally coming to a controllable point!! I shut my skimmer off for a few days, and stopped dosing microbactor 7. Tested and nitrates went up to the 7's so I put my skimmer back online. Within a day I started getting GHA growing and my cyano isn't in sheets but small patches here and there. Used to take somewhere between 30-45min to blow off rocks (to super clean) and i just blew them off to (moderately clean) in like 5 minutes :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
I don't but I did once upon a time.

Photone App
Did it work pretty well? And do you just not pay much attention to it anymore or did you get an actual par meter?
 
I don't pay attention.
I just wonder if i should up my lighting. I have one of my hammers about a third of the way up my rockscape and it seems happy, that said, I hear of people putting them in the sand bed. Where my frag rack is it seemed like it wasn't happy but as soon as I moved it, it puffed right back up like it was extremely happy.
 
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I just picked up my guitar from getting a set-up performed after I finished my build.


I think we have some axe players here, so I'm going to post about my 5 year build. I started this in 2020 getting this piece by piece. I live in Seattle -Tacoma area and was able to visit the Lollar shop in Tacoma and get a T52 neck pickup, which I mostly use, and ordered a Semour Dunkin 52 Tele bridge pickup. Has a Mojotone wiring harness. Everything in it is 52 Telecaster for sound. Body, neck and tuners are modern. I choose this route because Fender doesn't offer anything like this.

Any way thanks for letting me brag.
 
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I just picked up my guitar from getting a set-up performed after I finished my build.


I think we have some axe players here, so I'm going to post about my 5 year build. I started this in 2020 getting this piece by piece. I live in Seattle -Tacoma area and was able to visit the Lollar shop in Tacoma and get a T52 neck pickup, which I mostly use, and ordered a Semour Dunkin 52 Tele bridge pickup. Has a Mojotone wiring harness. Everything in it is 52 Telecaster for sound. Body, neck and tuners are modern. I choose this route because Fender doesn't offer anything like this.

Any way thanks for letting me brag.
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Been a busy Saturday and haven't been on at all...but...here's a mama Yuma and her baby!
 

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I just wonder if i should up my lighting. I have one of my hammers about a third of the way up my rockscape and it seems happy, that said, I hear of people putting them in the sand bed. Where my frag rack is it seemed like it wasn't happy but as soon as I moved it, it puffed right back up like it was extremely happy.
I realize we have different lighting but I keep mine a third of the way up and it thrives. I just fragged 7 heads yesterday.
 
I realize we have different lighting but I keep mine a third of the way up and it thrives. I just fragged 7 heads yesterday.
Ok, maybe I'm just being overly paranoid lol.
 
I really like your rock scape!
Thanks kev! It was a lot of work. I wish I had made it a little more modular so I could pull it out to clean or remove things, but overall, I'm very happy with it :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: might start filling in some spots with more rocks though soon as I feel like this rockscape might leave me with a lack of real-estate. That said, I could probably get a little better about gluing frags differently :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 
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I just picked up my guitar from getting a set-up performed after I finished my build.


I think we have some axe players here, so I'm going to post about my 5 year build. I started this in 2020 getting this piece by piece. I live in Seattle -Tacoma area and was able to visit the Lollar shop in Tacoma and get a T52 neck pickup, which I mostly use, and ordered a Semour Dunkin 52 Tele bridge pickup. Has a Mojotone wiring harness. Everything in it is 52 Telecaster for sound. Body, neck and tuners are modern. I choose this route because Fender doesn't offer anything like this.

Any way thanks for letting me brag.
I went to the Lollar shop with a friend when I lived in Marysville/Lake Steven's. What an awesome experience
 
I'm back, now I'm catching up, I was with Jason and the wife at a playground lol
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Looks like fun man! I don't want to miss him growing up but I can't wait to do stuff like this with Oliver!
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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