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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
Thank you Kevin. Man, you're always so encouraging. How's your day going?
Good busy day yesterday, trying to get ready for family coming in from California, Michigan, Connecticut and NYC. Yesterday I mulched, wacked, edged around the patio and finished planting the garden. Today was inside work since the wife was doing wedding stuff with our daughter I think. I sometimes wonder if they are day drinking and my wife is laughing about how she hasn’t done any wash or housework on the weekends for 2 months.
 
I just noticed this on my chalice, it almost looks like it’s dropping a baby but I don’t think they do that.
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Good evening Joel, I hope you had a better day. I’ve come up with a couple of ideas for you not to get beat up every weekend. 1, make your meals less tasty, not awful and less fresh. It would go like this. Husband “ we are stopping by the restaurant to eat real quick because I have to get home and get the grass cut before the rain.” Wife “I wish we could go somewhere else the food there is so bland and the lettuce is always wilted.” Husband, “ next week we’ll go to that Mexican restaurant that you really like.” 2, increases your prices by 50%. Husband, “ we will stop at McDonalds on the way home from church.” Wife, “ can’t we go to the restaurant, the food is so good and besides we ate at McDonalds after church two weeks ago.” Husband, “ I don’t get paid until tomorrow and we could only afford one appetizer for us to split with the three kids.” :winking-face:
 
Good busy day yesterday, trying to get ready for family coming in from California, Michigan, Connecticut and NYC. Yesterday I mulched, wacked, edged around the patio and finished planting the garden. Today was inside work since the wife was doing wedding stuff with our daughter I think. I sometimes wonder if they are day drinking and my wife is laughing about how she hasn’t done any wash or housework on the weekends for 2 months.
Wow Kevin, you guys are nationwide! I hope it's an excellent event. It'll no doubt be full of love and EXCELLENT FOOD
 
Wow Kevin, you guys are nationwide! I hope it's an excellent event. It'll no doubt be full of love and EXCELLENT FOOD
Ya, my immediate family moved as far east and west as they could get from me without going into the ocean. An aunt and cousins are coming from Grand Rapids, that’s in the beautiful state of Michigan where I was born. I think Keith has heard of it.
 
Is anyone else getting transferred to Saltwater Aquariums website when you click on the screen? It’s happened to like 10 times today.
 
Is anyone else getting transferred to Saltwater Aquariums website when you click on the screen? It’s happened to like 10 times today.
To me I keep getting the error that I can't see the photos.
 

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