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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
Yeah, they're about $2.50lb here boiled, and less than $2.00lb live. But I live less than an hour from New Orleans. They're literally in the ditches here. If they're good, that's not as high as I'd thought they'd be that far North.
 
I've gotten a crayfish steampot before... They're so expensive for water cockroaches... They're tasty but I prefer frog legs or scallops any day.
Scallops are probably my favorite food in the world.
 
So there's a guy on Instagram that did a PAR measurement comparison using a bunch of different PAR meters - Photone (free cellphone app) was the closest to the Apogee 510.
 
Well, if that's true, that's not good .. currently I'm pushing 1600 PAR at 1" above the surface of the water at peak intensity.
 
Yeah, they're about $2.50lb here boiled, and less than $2.00lb live. But I live less than an hour from New Orleans. They're literally in the ditches here. If they're good, that's not as high as I'd thought they'd be that far North.
Do they wait until soft shell season or all year around?
 
IDK if I'm Smorgz family though :grimacing-face: :grinning-face-with-sweat:
Worship GIF
Of course you are! We, are like mafia, once you are in your in and every time you think you got out we will pull you back in. ;)
 
Exactly! The first thing I thought was ato. Then water changes, and even wavemakers after lights out. I didn't know such a thing existed! I'm buying one immediately. Man you are such a wealth of gadget knowledge
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Looks just like him, no? ;)
 
Good news, I forgot a diffuser. PAR is only 640 at the surface of the tank. 130 at the sand bed. I wonder if the Orphek is part of what's going on with the LPS... Raised my PAR?
 

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