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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
@BubblesandSqueak Im growing Alabama Red okra, purple dragon's tongue beans, black cherry tomatoes, beefsteak heirloom tomatoes, a producer/canning tomato, Chinese 5 color peppers, and a pretty big herb garden. I have two, 3 year old fig trees that have been producing and ate covered in baby figs right now. I like your greenhouse gardens. We went raised beds this year, which was different because I've always dug my gardens in the ground.
My soil consistent of lots of shale. The blasted here then came back and dropped 4” of sifted dirt from the area and added seed. So I had to go up. The greenhouse helps get me through winter. I’m leaving the cucumbers in it and trying pine berries for the first time. Need to harvest peppers already. If I remember tomorrow.
 
My soil consistent of lots of shale. The blasted here then came back and dropped 4” of sifted dirt from the area and added seed. So I had to go up. The greenhouse helps get me through winter. I’m leaving the cucumbers in it and trying pine berries for the first time. Need to harvest peppers already. If I remember tomorrow.
Yes, and that helps with Calcium and Ph. Down here, we use crushed oyster shells. You can literally pick them up anywhere.
 
Yes I could've positioned the boys where the wind wasn't in their faces, but could I have gotten these gems? My big boy took it like a champ. Little guy? Not so much.
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update on my coral rescue attempt: not going good, most have died, lost all flesh. Down to a duncan and piece of zoa. The this duncan was on a frag on the bottom of the tank, the zoa was on some sort of piece of rock, I had attached them to some marco i had left over. pictures are not that great, maybe later when lights are fully on. the zoa appears to have lost a couple of polyps, the duncan seems to be business as usual . also the duncan looks exactly like the frag I bought a few months ago.

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1/2" low iron. It's so clear and it's empty! The fish will look like they are floating
and you can read a book from the other side filled with water. My shower stall I had made with low iron aquarium glass. I think it was $4k 10 years ago. my builders jaw dropped when he heard the price.
 

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