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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
Correcting myself here from a previous post, my berghia are reaching 8 weeks in my tank tomorrow.
This aiptasia problem has been the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with in all my years of keeping saltwater aquariums.
The most depressing as well and I can see why people abandon the hobby when it happens.
Anyways, I'm going to keep rocking on with the tanks, aiptasia or not and hope that in a couple of weeks, things will start to turn around and I can see some improvements.
We are grounded here in Idaho for at least 2 more years while Joe graduates high school, which I promised him I would let him go to school in the same town kindergarten through senior year
Why not see how large this trigger can get in 2 years? 😉
Hope everyone is enjoying their taco Tuesday 🌮😋
 
Too much math for me Keith...
Nice boat by the way.
My first boat was a 79 Apollo, still my favorite to this day.
Those were built bullet proof too! Nice boat!
 
Except I didn't get involved until around 2021. I was a site stalker, rarely posting.
Same here brother, then I met this amazing group called the Smorg... now I need an intervention because I'm an addict.
 
We're getting ready to do Olive Garden.
Man, I love Olive Garden. Their salad, I know I said salad, is fantastic. Coming from me, that's pretty good. I don't usually eat salads. Those breadsticks... hmm.. texting my wife now for a dinner date!
 
Correcting myself here from a previous post, my berghia are reaching 8 weeks in my tank tomorrow.
This aiptasia problem has been the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with in all my years of keeping saltwater aquariums.
The most depressing as well and I can see why people abandon the hobby when it happens.
Anyways, I'm going to keep rocking on with the tanks, aiptasia or not and hope that in a couple of weeks, things will start to turn around and I can see some improvements.
We are grounded here in Idaho for at least 2 more years while Joe graduates high school, which I promised him I would let him go to school in the same town kindergarten through senior year
Why not see how large this trigger can get in 2 years? 😉
Hope everyone is enjoying their taco Tuesday 🌮😋
Way to keep a positive attitude sir. Who cares if that tank has aptasia? Are they hurting anything?
 
Same here brother, then I met this amazing group called the Smorg... now I need an intervention because I'm an addict.
You know it! I literally gave up Reef2Reef 5 days a week last Lent. All due to the Smorgasbord. 😁

Last Lent, not last month! Spell correct is nuts sometimes
 
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Oh man used to love that place!
I've never eaten at an Olive Garden and there is one not more than ten minutes from home. Guess I'll have to give it a try one of these days.
 
I've never eaten at an Olive Garden and there is one not more than ten minutes from home. Guess I'll have to give it a try one of these days.
My wife’s family wouldn’t be caught dead in an Olive Garden, they say it’s not Italian food. You know snobby Italians that it either has to be homemade or a restaurant run by fellow Italians. Growing up I thought it was good but then again my Swedish mother made pasta sauce from a bottle of Ragu.
 
Got this for Catherine. She'll probably be annoyed that I spent the money on another kitchen machine. Hope it turns out to be worth it, and turns that around
 

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I've never eaten at an Olive Garden and there is one not more than ten minutes from home. Guess I'll have to give it a try one of these days.
Lunch. All you can eat Soup, Salad, and Bread sticks.
 

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