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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
We went to our godson's birthday party. Other than that, church and homework. I even have some. I'm slated to give a speech at the boys' graduation on Friday and I'm trying to get it written. 😁

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What an honor sir!
 
Who
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would have thunk, you can find your SOS in the frozen section of your grocery store! Saw this today but left my phone in the car.
 
Who
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would have thunk, you can find your SOS in the frozen section of your grocery store! Saw this today but left my phone in the car.
Frozen?

Blasphemy.

Since it's Stouffer's it's probably pretty good. I have an Ohio-breed bias for Stouffer's.

Wonder why they didn't just call it SOS, better product awareness. I think I heard it called Chipped Beef on Toast maybe three times in my life. Then again since they don't include the last S, I guess they'd have to call it SO and even WWII vets aren't going to recognize that.

By the way we have a 102 year old Iwo Jima survivor in town that still goes to daily mass. He was doing volunteer plumbing at the Catholic school up until about four years ago. I guess SPAM and SOS can give your immune system impressive resilience.
 
Frozen?

Blasphemy.

Since it's Stouffer's it's probably pretty good. I have an Ohio-breed bias for Stouffer's.
😉
Wonder why they didn't just call it SOS, better product awareness. I think I heard it called Chipped Beef on Toast maybe three times in my life. Then again since they don't include the last S, I guess they'd have to call it SO and even WWII vets aren't going to recognize that.

By the way we have a 102 year old Iwo Jima survivor in town that still goes to daily mass. He was doing volunteer plumbing at the Catholic school up until about four years ago. I guess SPAM and SOS can give your immune system impressive resilience.
Stouffer’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities are on the same street as the office I work in in Solon Ohio. When I was a child that’s what my mother called it probably because SOS wasn’t appropriate for a child.
 
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Is that an Orphek?
yes sir. been brainstorming how to hook it up. This was only thing easy. I'm putting in a request that Orphek make mounting brackets unless someone here has a CNC metal machine and can do two of these for me like the AI has. I need the screw holes 3 7/8" apart.

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I think you nailed it Paul. The wrapping job on the hanging cable is superb! Well done!
they need to make brackets for these to give one more hanging option for Euro braced tanks,. I really don't think I need to of these lights. the output is incredible from just turning it on. I need to figure out the settings still. but it's a WOW factor. It did trip the breaker as soon as I plugged it in but I think it's only 150 watts. but that GFCI runs the MP40's, Sicce 5.0 for skimmer, ATO, Heater etc...The main Pump I have in a UPS that goes to outlet with no GFCI. I want the main pump running when I'm not home and lose power.
 
yes sir. been brainstorming how to hook it up. This was only thing easy. I'm putting in a request that Orphek make mounting brackets unless someone here has a CNC metal machine and can do two of these for me like the AI has. I need the screw holes 3 7/8" apart.

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Can you use a drill ( dewalt 😉 ) to make new holes? That's what I did, but mine was invented with some closet rails from Home Depot and Nicrew lights, which aren't very popular, and there aren't many options.
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yes sir. been brainstorming how to hook it up. This was only thing easy. I'm putting in a request that Orphek make mounting brackets unless someone here has a CNC metal machine and can do two of these for me like the AI has. I need the screw holes 3 7/8" apart.

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Why metal? A lot of us are using 3d-printed mounts on our lights.

Here's the ones I just made for my new Meridian 11 out of PET-CF.

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and here it is mounted. All of the lights are on 3d-printed mounting bars.
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