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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
Thanks John it is one of my wife’s and I’s favorite Chinese dishes. We could only get it when visiting my father and stepmother in NYC. My senior year and her junior year at OSU my coworker introduced me to a five star Chinese restaurant in Columbus that had it on their menu. Last time we down there for a football game it had closed 3 months earlier. 😪 I need to increase the heat next time, this batch was only mildly spicy.
Kevin, Chinese food and seafood are my two favorite foods. Tacos are up there too. Ive already faced elimination once this week, I don't want to try it again! My favorite Chineese restaurant closed during covid, so I feel your pain. I planted some Chinese 5 color pepper plants that are supposed to have a great flavor and heat for stir fry and the like. The first picture is not mine. The last one is a pic of my plants. I have a pack of seeds left if you are interested!!
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everyone has their opinion, but the tetanus bacteria / virus does not live on "rusty nails"
Absolutely agree. Another pharmaceutical company ploy for more money!
 
Hello my Smorg family. Been a busy past few days. I guess you all know by now, I really don't sit down unless it's to deposit political promises. Lol!
I hope everyone is doing great!
I will try to jump back on later.
 
Yesterday I wanted to share this video with you all and I forgot. I know that all tanks are not the same, but look at those beauties with 1.2 I think of Po4.

I love this post. We can sometimes get so wrapped up in "the perfect parameters " that we sometimes do more harm than good. This just shows how each tank is totally different and unique.
 
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The tank has been doing really, really well. I only spend a few minutes on it daily and everything is doing well! Oh, and look at what I got today!

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Oh my.... We have missed seeing this tank. I can't believe the growth since I saw it last. Way to go goni master!
 
everyone has their opinion, but the tetanus bacteria / virus does not live on "rusty nails"
That always perplexed me Jimmy. Tetanus is a anaerobic organism and should not be on the surface of anything that is in oxygen. I looked it up and supposedly it produces spores ( another thing that doesn’t make sense, I never heard of bacteria making spores, just fungus) and when they get deep enough into tissue with little to no oxygen the bacteria comes out. Still seems like a long shot but what do I know I went to public school. I don’t remember when or if I have ever had a tetanus vaccine. @JoJosReef is a immunologist may he can shed some light.
 
Hello my Smorg family. Been a busy past few days. I guess you all know by now, I really don't sit down unless it's to deposit political promises. Lol!
I hope everyone is doing great!
I will try to jump back on later.
Good to see you back out on the campaign trail brother!
 
Absolutely agree. Another pharmaceutical company ploy for more money!
I can say they do try to error on the safe side with that one. but basically a paper cut can give you tetanus
 
Kevin, Chinese food and seafood are my two favorite foods. Tacos are up there too. Ive already faced elimination once this week, I don't want to try it again! My favorite Chineese restaurant closed during covid, so I feel your pain. I planted some Chinese 5 color pepper plants that are supposed to have a great flavor and heat for stir fry and the like. The first picture is not mine. The last one is a pic of my plants. I have a pack of seeds left if you are interested!!
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Yes, Chinese and Mexican are mine, absolutely I would love some thanks.
 
That always perplexed me Jimmy. Tetanus is a anaerobic organism and should not be on the surface of anything that is in oxygen. I looked it up and supposedly it produces spores ( another thing that doesn’t make sense, I never heard of bacteria making spores, just fungus) and when they get deep enough into tissue with little to no oxygen the bacteria comes out. Still seems like a long shot but what do I know I went to public school. I don’t remember when or if I have ever had a tetanus vaccine. @JoJosReef is a immunologist may he can shed some light.
I went to a private school and don't remember ever talking about it, but then again I graduated in '82
 
I went to a private school and don't remember ever talking about it, but then again I graduated in '82
Thank you Jimmy, I’m no longer the old man on the Smorgasbord! You got me by three years unless you were a Doogie Howser and graduated High School at 9 yo.
 
@luis angel I am asking starfish questions in your 305 club, so guess I will join
It's not my club, buddy, the club was created by someone in the past and is no longer in R2R, I just asked the mods one day to join and they put me as a moderator of the club, at the time I tried more than once to reactivate the club thread and no one seemed interested, and I gave up, I never left the mod job because that way I help the platform and the people who want to be able to have their badge, I already accepted you
 
Kevin, Chinese food and seafood are my two favorite foods. Tacos are up there too. Ive already faced elimination once this week, I don't want to try it again! My favorite Chineese restaurant closed during covid, so I feel your pain. I planted some Chinese 5 color pepper plants that are supposed to have a great flavor and heat for stir fry and the like. The first picture is not mine. The last one is a pic of my plants. I have a pack of seeds left if you are interested!!
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I have seen these plants at big box home stores, did not know if the peppers were worth eating, I grow all kinds of peppers
 
It's not my club, buddy, the club was created by someone in the past and is no longer in R2R, I just asked the mods one day to join and they put me as a moderator of the club, at the time I tried more than once to reactivate the club thread and no one seemed interested, and I gave up, I never left the mod job because that way I help the platform and the people who want to be able to have their badge, I already accepted you
I noticed a lot of folks posting did not have the banner, seemed strange to me
 
Thank you Jimmy, I’m no longer the old man on the Smorgasbord! You got me by three years unless you were a Doogie Howser and graduated High School at 9 yo.
no
 
Thank you Jimmy, I’m no longer the old man on the Smorgasbord! You got me by three years unless you were a Doogie Howser and graduated High School at 9 yo.
I turned 60 in May
 

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