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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
How many Moosehead Beers did you kill ?
We had 25 guys there and drank all but 4 30 racks of $1800 worth of alcohol/beer. To be fair though, I didn't drink as much as most everyone else, but the cumulative beer drinking made this Monday feel extra difficult lol
 
We had 25 guys there and drank all but 4 30 racks of $1800 worth of alcohol/beer. To be fair though, I didn't drink as much as most everyone else, but the cumulative beer drinking made this Monday feel extra difficult lol
any Allen's Coffee Brandy?
 
Actual

Actually I don't think so lol. I drank mostly Sam Adam's cold snap all weekend. The and Coors Banquet.
OMG + K ....That's Oh My God for Kev!

I just popped a bottle minutes ago!.

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You people and your weather. You probably don't want to come to Arizona....

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You people and your weather. You probably don't want to come to Arizona....

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you seem to have a lot of unhealthy air quality alerts there. Sure we get lots of snow, cold, rain etc....but the air is great to inhale. And it's crazy how visible the planets are at dusk and night.
 
of course I only had Kraft Mac-n-Cheese for lunch. Our Chinese place is closed Mondays. it's also crazy snowing right now! Seems all the snow comes late now. Not much before New Years. I remember growing up and having snow and sled riding on Thanksgiving. Now we're lucky to get snow in January even!

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Anyone here who uses Red Sea Blue Bucket is noticing a lot of residue in the salt? I haven't liked it at all the last two times I've done a water change. I think I'll go back to seawater.
 
Anyone here who uses Red Sea Blue Bucket is noticing a lot of residue in the salt? I haven't liked it at all the last two times I've done a water change. I think I'll go back to seawater.
wait seawater? Are you bucketing the bay? When I buy that ocean front property, I would love to drop a garden hose in and have a continuous feed in and out. Though the winter chill would require some inline heating. I use that HG German stuff but my water changes have slowed.
 
of course I only had Kraft Mac-n-Cheese for lunch. Our Chinese place is closed Mondays. it's also crazy snowing right now! Seems all the snow comes late now. Not much before New Years. I remember growing up and having snow and sled riding on Thanksgiving. Now we're lucky to get snow in January even!

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49 Minutes later!

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yes. all this recent talk of catfish suddenly made me want to cook a cod. Haven't had fish in a long time. At least not that I remember.
Cod is one of my favorite fish. They occur nowhere near me, but do I ever wish they did.
 
wait seawater? Are you bucketing the bay? When I buy that ocean front property, I would love to drop a garden hose in and have a continuous feed in and out. Though the winter chill would require some inline heating. I use that HG German stuff but my water changes have slowed.
Advantages of living in Miami lol, I found a place that passes the water through different filters and UV, Alk 8.0, Ca 400,
Mg 1400, No3 2, Po4 0, and I'm thinking about it lol, but at the same time there's the fear that it will be contaminated someday
 

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