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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
Well, my son picked up a free swimming water fish. Wyoming white or frostbite? ( I remembered the picture John!)
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Oh cool! That is a striking fish with all that white! Love him!
 
I'm going to need to get me a plate coral... I saw some at the coral market and regret not getting one!
That beautiful tank of yours isn't going anywhere Walker. I can't wait to see where you decide to take this thing! A plate would look fantastic down there on that sandbed.
 
No worries Kevin, I do that constantly. Lol we're still awesome. I'm going to lightly blame you for this. Got another plate coming in.... Along with this orange/gold hammer
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Lovely!
 
Both are absolutely beautiful! My gold hammer is fasest growing and I just fragged 7 heads and you can’t even tell. Ya, you could probably say that I have never been a good influence on anyone. Can’t wait to see that plate in your tank.
Thanks buddy. I am a bit intimidated by the though of fragging branching euphyllia
Scared Ron Burgundy GIF by The Late Late Show with James Corden
 
Thanks buddy. I am a bit intimidated by the though of fragging branching euphyllia
Scared Ron Burgundy GIF by The Late Late Show with James Corden
With the right tool it’s easy peasy, to put you at ease watch a. YouTube video for every coral you want to frag and watch how the coral is manhandled and you realize they aren’t so fragile.
 
No worries Kevin, I do that constantly. Lol we're still awesome. I'm going to lightly blame you for this. Got another plate coming in.... Along with this orange/gold hammer
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Wow John!!!
 
Cooking with Kev on saturday? ;) what is it?
Cooking with Kris ( my wife )! It’s chicken francese, it just needs more sauce and lemon slices and then into the oven it goes. More pics to come. It’s with a heavy heart to inform you that cooking with Kev was canceled because it only had one viewer some restaurant owner/chef in northern Idaho who was using it as a tutorial for his sous chef’s on how not to cook. Good news, my agent, a brilliant 13 yo in India ( he’s very affordable) looking to have it picked up by another station and if not as a podcast perhaps.
 
With the right tool it’s easy peasy, to put you at ease watch a. YouTube video for every coral you want to frag and watch how the coral is manhandled and you realize they aren’t so fragile.
That is good to hear. It's crazy, I'm just trying to figure out how to get them off the rock work. I'm sure when it's time, I'll have to sink or swim. Some of them are placed on with epoxy. I was a newb back then
I'd do things a bit differently now.

Wouldn't we all though?
 
That is good to hear. It's crazy, I'm just trying to figure out how to get them off the rock work. I'm sure when it's time, I'll have to sink or swim. Some of them are placed on with epoxy. I was a newb back then
I'd do things a bit differently now.

Wouldn't we all though?
All of mine are attached with epoxy and glue and they just pop off especially the longer they have been in there.
 
That is good to hear. It's crazy, I'm just trying to figure out how to get them off the rock work. I'm sure when it's time, I'll have to sink or swim. Some of them are placed on with epoxy. I was a newb back then
I'd do things a bit differently now.

Wouldn't we all though?
Epoxy and glue don't really work very well in a sw tank, more a mechanical connection. Encrusted corals may prove difficult but hammers, torches and the sort should pop right off, just ask my Foxface.
 
Epoxy and glue don't really work very well in a sw tank, more a mechanical connection. Encrusted corals may prove difficult but hammers, torches and the sort should pop right off, just ask my Foxface.
Lol Yep, I've definitely stopped that practice. The corals I put down with epoxy will be there until the end of time. But that's OK because they're......
beautiful jim carey GIF
 
This is what I was talking about 500-600 pages back, I think the post was yesterday. Wave maker is on feed mode.
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This is what I was talking about 500-600 pages back, I think the post was yesterday. Wave maker is on feed mode.
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And that's why I do it manually lol
 

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