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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
A full tank picture can help us to help you lol
Dang I wish I'd seen this earlier Luis. I'd love your opinion honestly. I'm getting some magnetic frag racks to put them on the glass or backwall somewhere. I don't think I'll mount these, as I see myself fragging them in the future. Here you go bud tell me what you think. I'm thinking more towards the back where the other euphyllia is. I marked a few places with x's
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what is that???
The big boy in the back? That's a wellsophyllia. It's basically a different growth morph of the trachyphyllia. This guy has so much personality. You never know what shape it's going to take on.
Same coral
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Dang I wish I'd seen this earlier Luis. I'd love your opinion honestly. I'm getting some magnetic frag racks to put them on the glass or backwall somewhere. I don't think I'll mount these, as I see myself fragging them in the future. Here you go bud tell me what you think. I'm thinking more towards the back where the other euphyllia is. I marked a few places with x's
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My piece of advise not from an expert, I would put the torches together away from other euphyllia, mine are quite aggressive with hammer. Also with the flows sending the tentacles away from others corals. Maybe the top right cross.
 
@Imrahilwjz The white worms are colonizing my new culture perfectly. This has been a lot of fun, thank you. My fish and corals absolutely LOVE them. I'll be sending @Rocks reef a culture soon. I just want to make sure it is well colonized and loaded with eggs. I don't want to send him just a pile of dirt.
I hope your family and new little baby are doing great. Blessings and prayers from down south brother.
 
My piece of advise not from an expert, I would put the torches together away from other euphyllia, mine are quite aggressive with hammer. Also with the flows sending the tentacles away from others corals. Maybe the top right cross.
Awesome Remi thank you. If you look right under the cross you mentioned, there is already a small closed up torch. This is a great place for them, or one of them at least. Thanks for the input. I definitely have to consider aggression.
 
@Imrahilwjz The white worms are colonizing my new culture perfectly. This has been a lot of fun, thank you. My fish and corals absolutely LOVE them. I'll be sending @Rocks reef a culture soon. I just want to make sure it is well colonized and loaded with eggs. I don't want to send him just a pile of dirt.
I hope your family and new little baby are doing great. Blessings and prayers from down south brother.
Awesome. I'm glad they're working out so well. The baby has a little cold, but nothing serious. We're doing well and glad to have a week off together.
 
Awesome. I'm glad they're working out so well. The baby has a little cold, but nothing serious. We're doing well and glad to have a week off together.
Man those early times off together are so precious. I know sleep is at a premium though.
 
Ok Amanda, I’m going out on a limb and thinking you went to bed, rude, good night peanut, sleep tight!
Sorry i slept a lot yesterday it seems to be the way my body copes with pain or illness.
 
I'm doing a 5g waterchange right now, I may to more later, hopefully at least another one tomorrow. The water in the bucket looks green to me.

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Algae bloom? Did you have GHA prior or do have GHA?
 
I used a Remora Pro on a 40 Breeder back around 2005 or so. Pretty good skimmer for a HOB. I'd take it. Even better the Tunze Comline 9004 is a really good internal skimmer that surface skims, so better for in tank. I use one in the back of my 100 lagoon. Tunze makes good skimmers.
I'm running a Comline on the 40g breeder. Nice little filter for what it is. Pretty reasonably priced as well.
 

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