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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
Quick question for you guys. When i hang my lights from the roof will it effect the range of the light? Do you guys think this is a bad idea?
Thanks
Cam
 
Morning/afternoon? Been answering unanswered threads. Got sent this message.
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Good morning Camden! Nice job, it always feels good to be recognized.
 
At least you caught it and know what the issue is. I'm assuming you took it offline?
Do you have a pic of your toadstool Luis? When I fragged the one I had in my old system, it sulked for a while, did not look happy at all, but it bounced back.
Wife sent me this one yesterday, she's sad about it because it was her favorite coral.
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Wife sent me this one yesterday, she's sad about it because it was her favorite coral.
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There is life there! Leathers are pretty hardy I have hope.
 
There is life there! Leathers are pretty hardy I have hope.
I'm clinging to that but it doesn't improve, the truth is that the tank doesn't look the same and that bothers me a lot
 
Are the Zoas all together? Mine fight each other, the Bam Bam are winning, and the Super Saiyans come in second.
This was my island before I added the Pink Playboy Bunnies. It’s hard to see from pictures but the bunnies seem to be winning.
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i dont @Rocks reef . i didnt really feel like i had much to tell people! i havent changed anything and all my numbers seem to be holding stable where they usually are. its just 2 of my oldest colonys that ive had for several years have been closed up now for a couple of weeks and seem to be slowly disappearing. i just hope whatever it is doesnt cause me to lose my rastas and vegas strip....
 
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.
That's exactly what I did. And I think it looks pretty cool.
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I'm not sure I would eat those.
Lol why not? They were harvested from a reef within sight of the stadium. Theyre so prevalent here, that's the team name lol. Honestly I was more concerned about the hotdogs
 
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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Ugh remi, sorry to hear this. Sounds like possibly bjd or another infection?
 
i dont @Rocks reef . i didnt really feel like i had much to tell people! i havent changed anything and all my numbers seem to be holding stable where they usually are. its just 2 of my oldest colonys that ive had for several years have been closed up now for a couple of weeks and seem to be slowly disappearing. i just hope whatever it is doesnt cause me to lose my rastas and vegas strip....
Idk if this helps but they seem to thrive with higher iodine levels. In the first picture I had been dosing 3 drops 3 times a week of Lugol’s iodine for quite a while. Then I got my ICP results and iodine was about 10 x normal. I currently do two drops a week, I know I shouldn’t be without testing but even at the very high levels it wasn’t bothering anything.
 

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