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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
I've obviously missed a lot. hope this is the one Kev. BTW, it was too hot to get with your family this weekend. lots of traffic. I'm sorry but I really don't like CT.
Ya my wife and I were out last July. Looking forward to the beach, Westport has a great beach. Take the train into NYC for food, of course. It was in the mid nineties, we walked the beach a little but there was no way we were going to put a towel down and lay in a furnace. All the concrete and steel in the city was a no go. Hit my sister’s pool a couple times and restaurants in CT have air conditioning.
 
Ya my wife and I were out last July. Looking forward to the beach, Westport has a great beach. Take the train into NYC for food, of course. It was in the mid nineties, we walked the beach a little but there was no way we were going to put a towel down and lay in a furnace. All the concrete and steel in the city was a no go. Hit my sister’s pool a couple times and restaurants in CT have air conditioning.
my future wife and I were on the beach at Sherwood Island. skipped stones across the water. her bracelet is out in the water somewhere! Skipped more than the stone did! I don't miss that traffic. by far the worst in the US. And I've lived in a lot o places!. Bport to Stamford is absolutely nothing like anywhere else!. 15 miles and takes 90 minutes unless there's a crash. 🥺
 
When you're fishing, even not catching anything doesn't bother you lol, I used to go fishing to a place with my father-in-law that was practically a mangrove swamp. We would go at 4 am and until 9 am the mosquitoes would almost make you levitate because there were so many of them and they would bite us a lot, and for some reason we would continue going to that same place almost every weekend lol
Exactly! I dont know why we put up with all of that to fish, but it's worth it. Ive always wanted to fish mangroves. Where there a lot of crabs and shrimp in there too?
 
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though I went out for dinner. so that will be tomorrow nights meal. here was tonights! braised beef rib. sorry, I started eating before I took the pic!


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Good Lord man. It looks like something you'd make actually
 
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
Probably, people do get tired of the rain here during our winters. We do have sporadic nice days in the winter. From mid-July to about October 1st is basically drought conditions. We still get rain in June, July, but it is generally dry enough for fire season to start by June 15. This year June 10, but it still rained after the start of fire season
 

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@Rocks reef and @Imrahilwjz can I pick your brains? It started today, whenever my son goes from laying down to sitting or standing he gets hiccups. When he lays down they stop. Hiccups can be a neurologic thing, what do you think? Have you ever seen it before?
 
@Rocks reef and @Imrahilwjz can I pick your brains? It started today, whenever my son goes from laying down to sitting or standing he gets hiccups. When he lays down they stop. Hiccups can be a neurologic thing, what do you think? Have you ever seen it before?
Inner ear issue?
 

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