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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
Yea, what's not comforting though, is it got 5 more acros coming Thursday with at least 2 being higher end acros. 🤦‍♂️ 😂 i've had some reassurances though that my heater fiasco last week is probably the culprit so these new corals dont have too many excuses to die yet! 😂
You got this Mike.
 
You got this Mike.
Absolutely! At the very least, i'm learning what not to do! At least I still got a peice of the ocean in my living room!
 
@kingranch2003, how are the gonis doing?
I ended up with 5 survivors. All of them are really nice, small frags. They gave me a freebie, so that meant I only lost one that I actually paid for. There was a delay in shipping due to weather. The packaging was great.
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I ended up with 5 survivors. All of them are really nice, small frags. They gave me a freebie, so that meant I only lost one that I actually paid for. There was a delay in shipping due to weather. The packaging was great.
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You have beautiful gonies John! Did I just hear Keith giggling?
 
I ended up with 5 survivors. All of them are really nice, small frags. They gave me a freebie, so that meant I only lost one that I actually paid for. There was a delay in shipping due to weather. The packaging was great.
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You have beautiful gonies John! Did I just hear Keith gi
 
Looks good
How’s it looking Amanda?
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Looks good I hope you guys liked it! Sorry I didn't see the post until now it's been a crazy busy weekend. I had friends over last night and we played uno until late then today was homecoming at church so we had a meal afterwards then took food to one of our deacons that broke his hip a free weeks ago and is home recovering from surgery. Then grocery store and visiting my father in law. I need to go back to work to get some rest. Lol
 
Looks good

Looks good I hope you guys liked it! Sorry I didn't see the post until now it's been a crazy busy weekend. I had friends over last night and we played uno until late then today was homecoming at church so we had a meal afterwards then took food to one of our deacons that broke his hip a free weeks ago and is home recovering from surgery. Then grocery store and visiting my father in law. I need to go back to work to get some rest. Lol
Glad you had a good weekend Amanda, if you read on you’ll see it was a hit!
 
I made it yesterday. My son walked into the kitchen and asked what I was making because it smelled so good. My wife and I had a bowl and my son knocked off almost all the rest, maybe a half a bowl left. My wife looked at me and asked “he’s eating that?” He hasn’t eaten a bean in his entire life. Excellent Amanda, thanks for sharing. Next time I will need to double the recipe!
This makes me so happy that you guys liked it!!!!
 
This makes me so happy that you guys liked it!!!!
Loved it but I did double the chili powder and added some cut up jalapeños to my bowl. Paul made it today also and knocked it out of the ballpark with his presentation. They were in bread bowls.
 
Oh my gosh that looks amazing! We eat it with tortilla chips crunched up in it.
I had thought about getting tortilla strips (the multi colored) for it but they didn’t have them at Whole Foods.
 

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