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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
48" per kit
Ok, will you use a single piece per light? If not, you will have two 24" pieces to hang each light. Will 2 feet be enough to hang from the ceiling?
 
Any fish eating? The zoas I cut the other day. I'm missing two, and I don't know who it was.
Sometimes they slime coat and come out of the glue. I've lost several Strats that way.
 
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This is Charlie.
He and his brother just turned 13 .
He's a dope and a lover, never even really barked.
Unfortunately he has cushings disease which affects his bladder control.
He'll drink over a gallon a day.
Sometimes he'll walk through the house and just tinkle all over the floor.
He's gotten a bit better, as good as he'll get with some natural supplements.
Needless to say, I've been cleaning and rearranging the house today.
Owning the restaurant is difficult, being away for hours, not able to let him outside.
He's destroyed 2 expensive area rugs over the past month so I had to get those out of the house.
It's been a good thing, too, since the downstairs is cleaner than it has been in a long time but it really took up my day off.
 
been quite...here...did alot of yard work....here...last few days....you all ok?
Good here, restaurant has been overly busy, feeling my age but great to see you my friend!
 
been quite...here...did alot of yard work....here...last few days....you all ok?
Good here, restaurant has been overly busy, feeling my age but great to see you my friend!
 
My friend Luis, who sold me the weeping willow, had a leak in his tank and almost all of his corals died, so he talked me into selling him a piece of my weeping willow, which I ended up giving him. I didn't want to cut it down, but my dad wanted to too, and in the end I made a mistake that I'm paying now. It's my fault for agreeing to cut it down. My friend came as a pro with all his utensils because he's been doing this for many, many years. Well, the result is that his and my dad's are perfect, but mine is slowly dying, and I don't know what to do anymore.

Regarding the phosphates, I was very happy keeping them at 0.4 until I had to change the reactor contents (rowaphos). I don't know why, because I didn't change anything on the timer or anything, but the new bag brought my PO4 down to 0.01 in a day or less. I realized right away why the Acan got bad and has been like that since then
IMO, rowa is the best medium for phosphate removal.
Almost too good.
Sorry about this Luis 😔.
When replacement is done, only put in 1/2 the amount after initial stabilization.
Meaning get it to where you want it, test weekly and if it starts going up, put in 1/2 the amount when changing out.
Don't know if I said that right.
 
IMO, rowa is the best medium for phosphate removal.
Almost too good.
Sorry about this Luis 😔.
When replacement is done, only put in 1/2 the amount after initial stabilization.
Meaning get it to where you want it, test weekly and if it starts going up, put in 1/2 the amount when changing out.
Don't know if I said that right.
I definitely understand you and it was my mistake, since I thought that since I had the same amount as the previous time, what had the most influence was the time the reactor was working.
 

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