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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 have 10 living, and one girl we lost to trisomy-18 on March 8, 2023. We count her as number 10, and her newest sister as number 11.
Oh Wes...
Peace my friend...
 
25 year? I'll come over and help. So true story. I moved Here 10 years ago. I had a stocked bar at the time. Nothing was over $100 a bottle but was considered best stuff. When I moved, I didn't want to pack this open stuff to put in storage for who knows how long so consumed the open bottles during the move process to solve this issue. I drank a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle over a couple nights. Found out later that it was like the best year ever for it and was suddenly $2500 a bottle. 😳

I still have this though.

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Oh sir. We need to party sometime! Absinthe is wonderful. Pour it over a sugar cube into the glass. It's like the hand of God touched you!
 
25 year? I'll come over and help. So true story. I moved Here 10 years ago. I had a stocked bar at the time. Nothing was over $100 a bottle but was considered best stuff. When I moved, I didn't want to pack this open stuff to put in storage for who knows how long so consumed the open bottles during the move process to solve this issue. I drank a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle over a couple nights. Found out later that it was like the best year ever for it and was suddenly $2500 a bottle. 😳

I still have this though.

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Oh, yes. 25 year sir.
 
He eats feather dusters and aptasia but won't eat anything I put in and I have zero feather dusters and aptasia left..
Maybe try live black worms or white worms
 
So I have been keeping 2 peps in a bucket under my tank.
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This very front rock was completely covered in aiptasia.
You couldn't even tell it was a rock.
I'm hoping I've got my aiptasia cure going on now.
In talking with Kev last night he suggested putting an airstone in the bucket and low and behold production picked up 10 fold.
Kev is very smart.
I put a heater in there too, hooked to my inkbird.
Don't need the heater in the big tank anyways since it's running at 83.
Thanks Kev!
 
Maybe try live black worms or white worms
I have some white worms but i'm waiting for the colony to establish! I'll pull a few this weekend if he won't touch any clam!
 
So I have been keeping 2 peps in a bucket under my tank.
20250710_182607.jpg
This very front rock was completely covered in aiptasia.
You couldn't even tell it was a rock.
I'm hoping I've got my aiptasia cure going on now.
In talking with Kev last night he suggested putting an airstone in the bucket and low and behold production picked up 10 fold.
Kev is very smart.
I put a heater in there too, hooked to my inkbird.
Don't need the heater in the big tank anyways since it's running at 83.
Thanks Kev!
The @kevgib67 guy might be a PITA but hes a pretty good friend to have around! Now, if you could just get him to stop using all that hippy dippy young kid lingo, we'd be all right!
 
I sincerely thought that Fishy was going to win this month but I see that he is losing by 2 votes, the other person could be a good reefer but I don't know him, the truth is I don't go out of this thread either lol but I haven't seen that name around
Fishy is Jason, he's basically Frank's right hand man. He's an awesome guy and super helpful. I'd love to see him win. If you haven't voted for him, please do.

Nova is one of the SBB guys. I don't know a lot about him but what I've seen, he is a great guy and pretty helpful. Most of the SBB crew are super great people, similar to the Smorgasbord crew.

Both are deserving I'd say but if I had to pick one today, I'd go with Jason just because of who I know he is.
 

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