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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
Good evening John! Beautiful torch, hell fire?
Thanks man! Kevin, this torch has been called everything in the world. I bought it as "Brainfreeze ", then when I questioned them about the coloration, they said they sent the wrong torch. I loved it more than the one I originally ordered, so here we are. I would agree to maybe hellfire on this one.
 
Thanks man! Kevin, this torch has been called everything in the world. I bought it as "Brainfreeze ", then when I questioned them about the coloration, they said they sent the wrong torch. I loved it more than the one I originally ordered, so here we are. I would agree to maybe hellfire on this one.
It’s very nice and looks very similar to mine. I don’t know what you originally ordered but I hope it was an upgrade!
 
Okay, my wife is staying with my daughter tonight and over the weekend. My boys are going on the bachelor golf excursion in northern Michigan. Once again a Kevin is home alone. Another toga party?
 
Lovely, do they ever go to the market?
Yes, they do. They will all be going to market and will be ready early December!

Thank you everyone! I thought we were done earlier with a total of 9 for my first ever little. 8 alive 1 passed, but came outside and I now have 11 alive, and 2 additional that passed making it my and Libbys first litter of 14! 🥴
 
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im here! been wasting most of my day with ups. my husband had me next day air an important tractor part for him yesterday. cost me $150. well they sent it on the wrong flight and its wandering around in ky somewhere. smh.
it was supposed to be in ID by now. sigh....
We're you sending me tractor parts? ;)
 
So yesterday was my day off.
I've got some restaurant things to get ready for mothers day but it was raining.
Anyhow, about a year ago, my wife noticed a medium dog running around the supermarket parking lot so she picked it up and brought it home.
We had it upstairs with my daughter for about a week.
It was hell.
The dog is a sweetheart but my two morkies are more like dottybacks.
Finally someone answered the lost poster for the dog and came and got him.
Needless to say my daughter was heartbroken and they exchanged numbers.
Flash forward to last week and the woman calls needing to re home the dog.
So my daughter has been looking for her own place to keep the dog.
Not so easy to do.
My wife and I decided to rent a b&b for her for 3 days so she could see what dog ownership was all about.
Yesterday was take back day, which was hours north of here off grid.
About a mile from the house the dog jumped up and started barking.
When we let him out, he ran off everywhere, totally excited.
We drove home quietly.
I haven't heard about the dog since, weird since for weeks it was uttered every other word.
I wasn't ready for my daughter to move out yet, well, really I am but this was a good lesson for her.
And me.
And that, John, @kingranch2003 is why I spent 5 hours in the car yesterday.
 
Okay, my wife is staying with my daughter tonight and over the weekend. My boys are going on the bachelor golf excursion in northern Michigan. Once again a Kevin is home alone. Another toga party?
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So yesterday was my day off.
I've got some restaurant things to get ready for mothers day but it was raining.
Anyhow, about a year ago, my wife noticed a medium dog running around the supermarket parking lot so she picked it up and brought it home.
We had it upstairs with my daughter for about a week.
It was hell.
The dog is a sweetheart but my two morkies are more like dottybacks.
Finally someone answered the lost poster for the dog and came and got him.
Needless to say my daughter was heartbroken and they exchanged numbers.
Flash forward to last week and the woman calls needing to re home the dog.
So my daughter has been looking for her own place to keep the dog.
Not so easy to do.
My wife and I decided to rent a b&b for her for 3 days so she could see what dog ownership was all about.
Yesterday was take back day, which was hours north of here off grid.
About a mile from the house the dog jumped up and started barking.
When we let him out, he ran off everywhere, totally excited.
We drove home quietly.
I haven't heard about the dog since, weird since for weeks it was uttered every other word.
I wasn't ready for my daughter to move out yet, well, really I am but this was a good lesson for her.
And me.
And that, John, @kingranch2003 is why I spent 5 hours in the car yesterday.
This is an emotional situation all around. Your daughter is involved, and as a father, I realize that always changes the game. The dog came in and added an extra layer of emotion to it, because they can steal our hearts too. I'm sure having her up there and out of the house was sobering for you all. It probably felt extremely REAL.
I'll share this with you Joel. I guess I'm sharing it with you all.
Tonight, my 8 year old had a little league game. There's another boy on his team and he's a bully. He throws water on the other kids, pushes em around, the whole 9 yards. My son, John is a loving, kind and smart kid. He'd rather be everyone's friend. Well tonight this child decided to hit John boy in the face with a baseball as hard as he could from about 10 feet away, and it hurt him. I was so mad I told my son that he had my permission to knock the other kid on his as$. I'm sure most people would have done the same thing. But I have to be better. I'm disappointed in myself. My son knows that he can defend himself, but I just overreacted here, and shouldn't have.

Stay with me Joel, it's relevant to your situation.
A little while later the kid that hit my son had struck out and was sulking, he had his head down and was probably crying. Until my son came and wrapped his arm around this bully kid that had just hit him and hurt him. I realized right then, this beautiful child is his own person and all I can do is try to steer him the right way. But with that comes the fact that even though l made a mistake tonight, I'd obviously taught him how to show grace and forgiveness in the past.
Your daughter had a rough go with this life experience and you felt it too, because she's your daughter. But you have taught her well, taught her to care. I'm sure she'll do everything right when she's faced with being on her own.
 
aww thats rough @kingranch2003 . makes you wonder what that poor boy lives with and is going thru.
and yes that makes the verse in the bible come alive- unless we become as little children....
 
Unfortunately not this. You wouldn't like them cold 🙈
I don't know Anna, this might still be good after a week in the sump. Good Lord lady!
 

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