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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
Good morning.

Russ chowed down his breakfast( sausage and pancake on a stick) and is currently beating up things in Hyrule Warriors, as I sit listening to Fallout Radio and reading forums/Facebook.

I found a person local who does rescues for reptiles needing aquariums. I have a ten gallon terrarium and a 25ish with the front doors too. Reached out and she’s supposed to be grabbing them Sunday.

Tomorrow, the kiddo has a “surprise” for me: it’s a trip to Atlanta going somewhere “secret”. Most likely the aquarium cause I’m gonna love it she says lol. I made hubby go too cause he needs to spend time with us.
 
coffee timehere
COFFEE FIRST!!

I have coworkers that make fun of me for this we meet up on job sites get a plan of attack for the day and when we end that first initial meeting I always say “alright let’s do it ,but….coffee first” it’s even been written on one of my toolbox lids
 
I love my gold hammer, grows like a weed, I just fragged it again a week ago.
I love Gold Hammers. Unfortunately ours met up with the Peppermint Shrimp mob and devoured. hopefully on of my LFSs get another one in sometime. It grew from two heads to eight and then decimated to 2.5 in one night and it never recovered.
 
Morning everyone, going to be a decent day today. Also will give you something to toss around in your head, the planet Venus spins so slowly that you will be a year old before your a day old.

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Amanda, don't think you ever checked your pico thread but I sent you potential inhabitants. Bumble Bee shrimp. might still be able to work those in.
I need to find a LFS that'll give me a decent trade credit for my Strats. I've got the 110 Freshwater getting setup (found a 38" piece of Manzanita I'm probably picking up for $15 today), I've got the 8 and 5.6 saltwater Picos that are setup, and I've got about 500 Strats I need to trim...

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I'm thinking Hector's or Rainford Goby, Clown Goby, Neon Goby, and a Shrimp or Prawn Goby/Pistol Shrimp combo for 1 and inverts only for the other.
 
Also I want to upgrade 1 (maybe both?) of the Pico pumps to the Sicce Synca Silent 0.5.
 
I swear I live in the desert...

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Me too, me too! (should have waited till I caught up on the thread but I wanted to be sure it was still raining when I replied:

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That depends John, I have some fast growing ones but I also have some rastas and magicians that have grown but super slow lol
Man, I wish my rastas would grow quicker too. But you still have something special going. I have had a bambam frag in my tank since the beginning, and I've seen almost no growth. Make sure to give yourself some credit too!
 
Triple decker reuben from a few nights ago, Kevin!
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I need to find a LFS that'll give me a decent trade credit for my Strats. I've got the 110 Freshwater getting setup (found a 38" piece of Manzanita I'm probably picking up for $15 today), I've got the 8 and 5.6 saltwater Picos that are setup, and I've got about 500 Strats I need to trim...

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I'm thinking Hector's or Rainford Goby, Clown Goby, Neon Goby, and a Shrimp or Prawn Goby/Pistol Shrimp combo for 1 and inverts only for the other.
Those are really beautiful Tim!
Those are the rare ones or super pricey ones?
 
Amanda, don't think you ever checked your pico thread but I sent you potential inhabitants. Bumble Bee shrimp. might still be able to work those in.
Thank you! I will check it now! It's bad I'm not even getting notifications for my own build lol
 
Also I want to upgrade 1 (maybe both?) of the Pico pumps to the Sicce Synca Silent 0.5.
Will you be going salty with the GloFish tank?
 

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