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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
I was thinking of that, but there's only tiger pistol shrimp which I've heard can cause sand issues when they're older, like they get bored and make tons of burrows.
Mine was that one lol, and I made a lot of caves too lol
 
I really want a colorful tang, tomini is what would work best, but it's not that colorful...

I was also looking at a cleaner wrasse.
I love mine ( the most worker tang )
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Alright, so im just going to get a tomini tang and carpenters flasher wrasse.

Maybe a cleaner wrasse too? I'm going to research that one a bit more.

But then after that, I'd just get a yellow corris wrasse and Maybe a few chromis to finish my tank stocking.
 
Alright, so im just going to get a tomini tang and carpenters flasher wrasse.

Maybe a cleaner wrasse too? I'm going to research that one a bit more.

But then after that, I'd just get a yellow corris wrasse and Maybe a few chromis to finish my tank stocking.
I had a cleaner wrasse the majority of my first 16 years reefing. I absolutely loved that fish! I would make a fist with an opening between my thumb and index finger and it would swim in and start cleaning like it was in a grouper’s mouth.
 
Alright, so im just going to get a tomini tang and carpenters flasher wrasse.

Maybe a cleaner wrasse too? I'm going to research that one a bit more.

But then after that, I'd just get a yellow corris wrasse and Maybe a few chromis to finish my tank stocking.
No Cleaner Wrasses in my opinion (that's IMO for you younger reefers.).
 
I love my orange Tang, the colors really pop!
Kev, public school only teaches about orange tangs, but there are other colored tangs out there.
 

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No Cleaner Wrasses in my opinion (that's IMO for you younger reefers.).
Is it because they are hard to keep? Or don't live long?
 
Is it because they are hard to keep? Or don't live long?
I lost mine for no reason at all, reading later, many said that if you don't have many big fish for him to clean they can die for no reason
 
What's up Mike, how's everything?
Can't complain too much! Works keeping me busy but all in all pretty good! Hbu? (That's how about you? for all you older reefers)
 
Can't complain too much! Works keeping me busy but all in all pretty good! Hbu? (That's how about you? for all you older reefers)
A bit busy too but I'm not complaining lol, it was needed, last year for work was not very good
 
Is it because they are hard to keep? Or don't live long?
Several of the wrasse people on here have recently been having very bad luck with them being overly aggressive.
 

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