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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

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In all honesty I like any old truck or muscle car. I don't know much about them but we use to go to any car show near us when I was growing up my dad loved them. I'm not much of a fan of rat rods I prefer when they have been restored to as close to original as possible.
 
@JoJosReef , no i dont mind brainstorming about the cbb. the thing i dont want to do is bash the sender. they are going to rectify the situation. but i would love peoples thoughts on how to better my chances of getting them to survive. i have every kind of food available i think....
 
There's no such thing as a cool Chevy Kevin. :)
Somehow the Cubans keep the 1950’s Chevys running even though they can’t get parts from the US, I think they make the parts themselves. Your statement is not correct, you should have seen my Chevy that I drove to the levy only to discover that the levy was dry. But I met a few good old boys, they were pretty hammered.
 
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In all honesty I like any old truck or muscle car. I don't know much about them but we use to go to any car show near us when I was growing up my dad loved them. I'm not much of a fan of rat rods I prefer when they have been restored to as close to original as possible.
Same! That said, I much prefer ford over the rest
 
@JoJosReef , no i dont mind brainstorming about the cbb. the thing i dont want to do is bash the sender. they are going to rectify the situation. but i would love peoples thoughts on how to better my chances of getting them to survive. i have every kind of food available i think....
How is your other CBB doing? What is it generally doing during the day?

I'm finding that once they let you feed them, they become much more active. Still working on moving from my CBB (and the same with my previous one) accepting food from a feeder pipette to actively going for food in the water column. @exnisstech has been my adviser on all things CBB happiness!
 
One of our fun things is that since we really only need one car most of time, we take my car out at least once a week to stretch its tires. My wife usually drives on the way out (she loves to drive) and I usually drive on the way back. The idea is to take it out and do a loop in the city with a short freeway stretch. The last three times though my wife felt it needed a little more exercise which usually starts with 'how about we get a sandwich at Chompie's'? Now Chompie's is about 40 miles from home. My answer is always 'Sure'. The photo I posted a few days ago was from the previous constitutional where we went to Aquarium Arts and Chompie's. This week just Chompie's:

Lunch
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Bacon and egg bagel.

Most likely dinner, we found these on a end cap and decided to give them a try:

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Oh, in case anyone is interested I do still have a reef aquarium also and it looks like there are still some fish in it.
 
Somehow the Cubans keep the 1950’s Chevys running even though they can’t get parts from the US, I think they make the parts themselves. Your statement is not correct, you should have seen my Chevy that I drove to the levy only to discover that the levy was dry. But I met a few good old boys, they were pretty hammered.
Then the Chevy said, "This'll be the day that I die"
 

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