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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
My youngest is the same as your son. He's quiet and not as quick to like a person. My 8 year old, though? He's the life of every party. We can build them up though man
Exactly. Personal growth never stops, and we are so pliable our entire childhood into as late as early adulthood. We don't typically start becoming as set in our ways till we get older
 
Wow, what a crazy busy day. I'm finally sitting down! But man, that coral market was INSANE, there were over 100 coral vendors!

I'll get pictures of the coral tomorrow, but I got:

Cotton candy torch (1 head, splitting) $40
Bam Bam zoas, $20
Green goni $40
Red goni $50
Golden hammer (1 head) $25
Cleaner shrimp $25
Crazy but very productive day, I'm very happy for you Walker, already looking forward to the photos tomorrow
 
Alright everyone, I'm off to bed and I hope everyone wakes up to find a brand new head/polyp/etc they didn't know about tomorrow :winking-face-with-tongue: good night!
 


So I bought a bucksaw to cut firewood. It's much less efficient than a chain saw but I'm supposed to be getting extra exercise and don't have much firewood to cut. Jeanette helped me build the sawbuck to cut the firewood on and then wanted to try the bucksaw.
 
I won't lie, before, during and after pregnancy it has been difficult. For sure Covid didn't help it, no interaction except us during 9 months, followed by 2 years of sickness. After speech disability, behavior issues... At 11 months old the doctor looked at us and said you have a leader it will be good for her as a woman but a nightmare for you. It is a constant flight with love of course.
 
I looked at corals.com but didn't really like the colors they had available. I read good reviews in Facebook groups I'm in for saltwatercritters.com so I thought I would try them they have amazing prices and even have a lot of small frags for less than $10.
 

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not sure why but my tank tripped the power hub circuit yesterday morning. last night at 2am it tripped the main circuit since I heard the alarms going off. nothing else had been plugged into this circuit. thoughts on what to look for? the light was already off last night. so running would be the mightyjet, sicce 5.0 for the skimmer, heater and ATO.
 
not sure why but my tank tripped the power hub circuit yesterday morning. last night at 2am it tripped the main circuit since I heard the alarms going off. nothing else had been plugged into this circuit. thoughts on what to look for? the light was already off last night. so running would be the mightyjet, sicce 5.0 for the skimmer, heater and ATO.
My husband is an electrician and he said something that's plugged up has a short in it if they have been plugged up for a while without any issues before.
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 60 57.7%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 5.8%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 3.8%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 2.9%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 20 19.2%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 4 3.8%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 2.9%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.0%
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