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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
Did you figure it out Joel? I read about what happened. I'm sorry my friend, that always sucks to lose livestock. Especially ones you have had long term!
 
Yes but he states these ones are different. Classic csf leak symptoms. Can’t sit or stand without excruciating pain, nausea and vomiting that is 90% better when laying flat.
Oh Kev....
 
I think Joel is on his thread less on his days off than when he is working. That’s a good sign, I hope he’s out on the water with his family
 
Oncology appointment this morning. Dr wants a new MRI before deciding whether to start treatment. Then to Cottage Grove to get Simon's driver's license. But first lunch at Thai Bistro on Main

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Did you figure it out Joel? I read about what happened. I'm sorry my friend, that always sucks to lose livestock. Especially ones you have had long term!
Don't know Keith 😕
Oxygen starvation of some kind.
bacterial bloom of some kind for some unknown reason.
The tank had no filter so it could have been just about anything.
Anemone, corals, rock totally unaffected.
No smell from the water.
For months I would change about 3 gallons of water every other week using water from the big tank.
This little tank was always at zero nutrients and I had so many issues with cyno covering everything.
Maybe the addition of the big tank water this week made bacteria go crazy?
Honestly don't know.
 
I think Joel is on his thread less on his days off than when he is working. That’s a good sign, I hope he’s out on the water with his family
Is the plan this afternoon.
Weather permitting.
It's gray, windy and chilly here but the air is so fresh, so nice.
 
Did you figure it out Joel? I read about what happened. I'm sorry my friend, that always sucks to lose livestock. Especially ones you have had long term!
Could have been the salt too, don't think so 🤔 but who knows.
I tossed it and started over.
 
Like 50 is cold? I'm still wearing shorts and flip flops at that temp!
Ya, but he’s probably laughing at us complaining of 91 degrees, he probably works in a wool sweater in those temps.
 
joel, i think you told me before but i cant find it. i need to write it down. but how long do i wait to add more rowaphos? its been 3 days and its only moved a tiny bit. i did half of what the calculator said. it went from .48 to .47
 
We're supposed to warm up as we get into July

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Now that is perfect weather buddy! Wes do yall get as much rain as they do in the Seattle area? When I lived up there, sunshine was like snow days down here. No one knew what to do with it. Lol
 
Ok so with my recent tragedy in my little tank which I'm still getting over, all corals and rocks are now in the big tank.
I ripped this apart and did a 20g change as well.
Took me about 2 hours.
That's the one bogus thing about bare bottom.
Rocks just don't want to stand up...
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Keep fighting buddy. Hopefully the tank returns to causing you joy, and not stress very soon my friend
 
Oncology appointment this morning. Dr wants a new MRI before deciding whether to start treatment. Then to Cottage Grove to get Simon's driver's license. But first lunch at Thai Bistro on Main

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Thai stroganoff? Lol
 
Ya, but he’s probably laughing at us complaining of 91 degrees, he probably works in a wool sweater in those temps.
50 is fairly cool to us. That's why most people (not me) hunt deer with dogs down here. Sitting still makes you colder. Unless youre fishing for some reason 🤔
 

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