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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
Sorry all, work has been epic in France and couldn't check the forum, now 150 pages happened 🤣 . I hope you all doing good. Any special happens in between?

I didn't checked tanks for the last 2 weeks. Lost 10 heads on 1 hammer only 4 remaining, 1 acan head and the rainbow chalice nearly fully disappeared. I am assuming all due to coral warfare. In August I will take my summer holidays so I will try to place them better.
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I just got home, now I'm catching up, I tried to be attentive, but I missed you all this weekend. The in-laws' house needs a lot of work, and for now, I'm going to have a little busy weekends with them.
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have you considered renting a uhaul pickup and hiring a high school kid? sometimes it's worth the $200. the stumps are the biggest issue since the roots are under the fence. I'd use a lopper and snip the roots there. And I'd put back in a few bananas, pitaya cactus, and more palms. lemon/lime cocktail tree, compact grapefruit etc...I'd like a jacaranda tree up here. was wondering if I could do it in a large pot on wheel and push it in the garage for the winter till it gets too big. they have nice purple flowers. these trees shouldn't get too bad and not a huge mess to clean up. the banana you just cut down after it fruits.
 
Appreciate it man, it was a good day. That's the first time Ive ever seen oysters on the half shell sold at a minor league baseball game. But the team is called the Biloxi Shuckers so it makes sense lol.
I'm not sure I would eat those.
 
have you considered renting a uhaul pickup and hiring a high school kid? sometimes it's worth the $200. the stumps are the biggest issue since the roots are under the fence. I'd use a lopper and snip the roots there. And I'd put back in a few bananas, pitaya cactus, and more palms. lemon/lime cocktail tree, compact grapefruit etc...I'd like a jacaranda tree up here. was wondering if I could do it in a large pot on wheel and push it in the garage for the winter till it gets too big. they have nice purple flowers. these trees shouldn't get too bad and not a huge mess to clean up. the banana you just cut down after it fruits.
That fence will be replaced later with an 8 ft metal one, but there were too many bushes there taking up a lot of space and yesterday we started cutting them down to get ahead with the work, but without a doubt the hardest part will be getting those logs out of there.
 
Lower than 100 par for sure on the acans brother. Mine live in almost shade
I don't think I can get the needed par for the acro frags where i want them, going to put them on a frag rack up high to keep from messing up the rest of the tank. This will give me time to figure this out, tank is to shallow and my aquascape not very tall.
 
Sorry all, work has been epic in France and couldn't check the forum, now 150 pages happened 🤣 . I hope you all doing good. Any special happens in between?

I didn't checked tanks for the last 2 weeks. Lost 10 heads on 1 hammer only 4 remaining, 1 acan head and the rainbow chalice nearly fully disappeared. I am assuming all due to coral warfare. In August I will take my summer holidays so I will try to place them better.
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Sorry about the losses but glad you are back!
 
I don't think I can get the needed par for the acro frags where i want them, going to put them on a frag rack up high to keep from messing up the rest of the tank. This will give me time to figure this out, tank is to shallow and my aquascape not very tall.
Good morning Jimmy!
 

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