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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
Hi friends! Been a minute.
Happy Taco Tuesday
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@luis angel I didnt forget about, my friend! I have to get some orange yarn!
Good to see you back my friend, you took Taco Tuesday in style ;)
 
I counted calories for several months once or twice before but it's hard to do when you are eating homemade food that doesn't really have a recipe.
Straight up! We cook a lot of foods from scratch and it can be really hard to figure out.
 
To be fair Kevin, your just here for eye candy, Joel called you handsome a couple posts back after all ;)
I don’t think I was ever eye candy, the closest I may have got was decades ago. You have to remember, Joel is old like me and his eye sight is going along with his cognitive abilities. I understand it because I was where he was a couple of years ago.
 
That's the way to eat Kev!
Much healthier and it's very neat you don't eat sweets.
I think the way you are eating is a lot like the way people should eat.
We Americans are glutinous pigs who are very spoiled by food with a McDonald's or Taco Bell on every corner.
I think you look good, still handsome and you'll live longer with less weight your heart has to carry around and we can be friends a lot longer too!!

Luis is crying in the corner over the Taco Bell comment. I agree but you may need to apologize before he leaves and goes to a more Taco Bell friendly thread.
Thanks Kevin, I had missed this, I didn't expect this low blow from you Joel, right now in protest against this thread I'm going to buy Taco Bell for the second time today lol
 
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Really bad photo, but just in a small cup. I had it in there for maybe 7 minutes because I didn't know how the coral would react so I didn't want to go overboard. Every minute or so I would stir the water.

Yours make take a few dips to get polyps to come back since it's been closed for a while.
I am definitely going to try this Walker. Do you dilute everything with a little bit of water?
 
Thanks Kevin, I had missed this, I didn't expect this low blow from you Joel, right now in protest against this thread I'm going to buy Taco Bell for the second time today lol
Please don’t leave Luis, in my opinion Taco Bell is one of the best 5 star restaurants I’ve eaten at. Joel may have had a senior moment. Poor Joel, he has really gone down hill over the last few hours.
 
Good man, how's everything going
Pretty good. Apologies for late response. I just got done off Xbox. Tank wise we are almost GHA free. I need to prevent where my extreme bald spots are and get the small little pieces near my coral out. Also I think my toadstool is dying or dead. He hasn't opened up in a few days not :(
 
Pretty good. Apologies for late response. I just got done off Xbox. Tank wise we are almost GHA free. I need to prevent where my extreme bald spots are and get the small little pieces near my coral out. Also I think my toadstool is dying or dead. He hasn't opened up in a few days not :(
Common for leather corals, it will be fine.
 
Please don’t leave Luis, in my opinion Taco Bell is one of the best 5 star restaurants I’ve eaten at. Joel may have had a senior moment. Poor Joel, he has really gone down hill over the last few hours.
Yes downhill happens so fast...
What'd I say again? ;)
 
@kingranch2003 I know that each tank is different and has different parameters, but normally there are some parameters that are almost the same in all tanks. I can tell you this from my own experience. My tank has always had high nutrients and even if we see it perfect somehow. Now that I lowered the nutrients, especially Po4, I realized that in just a few days, 1 hammer and 2 torches already have new heads. My recommendation is that you raise that magnesium, to at least 1300 or 1350 minimum, just my humble opinion
 
Smorgasbord after dark?!
I’m not sure when it starts but I’m pretty sure I’ve never made it. Mostly for the snobby non eastern coast reefers.
 

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