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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
He doesn't skip a meal! I love chunky, happy fish!
He’s quite a pig. Some of that’s from human skin and tears lol. (Kidding but not from lack of effort on his part.)
 
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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.
Is installing a doggie door an option?
 
For over two months this is all my female clown does, just hangs out in front of the cave that the royal gramma is holding out in. I thought she would get bored. The sixline wrasse that was added after has free reign. She is such a beach! I want a free swimming royal gramma like I had before!
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For over two months this is all my female clown does, just hangs out in front of the cave that the royal gramma is holding out in. I thought she would get bored. The sixline wrasse that was added after has free reign. She is such a beach! I want a free swimming royal gramma like I had before!
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Put her in a time out box
 
I'm along the lines of sitting out in that heat where they try to mass sell them. I would hesitant of bacterial growth.
They cook em in the restaurant there. Like they do everywhere else you get brohemoth! That's another thing they're cooked not raw. Maybe I've built up an immunity overtime.
 
They cook em in the restaurant there. Like they do everywhere else you get brohemoth! That's another thing they're cooked not raw. Maybe I've built up an immunity overtime.
I’d eat them John! But I grew up with the 10 minute rule.
 
How was everyone's Monday?
My little boy had his bday today and his big brother's was yesterday. It's been a long week but they had fun. How was your day?
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Looking like Paul McCartney
 
My little boy had his bday today and his big brother's was yesterday. It's been a long week but they had fun. How was your day?
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Looking like Paul McCartney
Happy birthday to the little one
Happy Birthday GIF by Heather Roberts
 
They cook em in the restaurant there. Like they do everywhere else you get brohemoth! That's another thing they're cooked not raw. Maybe I've built up an immunity overtime.
I heard half shell earlier so thought raw. I would not eat raw oysters at any ball game personally.
 
My wife made pasta e fagioli, an Italian soup that greatly varies. This is her grandmother’s recipe. Unlike chicken noodle soup it’s never the same at any restaurants.
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My little boy had his bday today and his big brother's was yesterday. It's been a long week but they had fun. How was your day?
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Looking like Paul McCartney
A future veterinarian!
 
I heard half shell earlier so thought raw. I would not eat raw oysters at any ball game personally.
I feel ya brother. I used to pop them off the pier pilings with a paint scraper at low tide when I was a kid. Fish with some and eat some. We did use Tabasco though, so maybe that helped?
 
thoughts on a maxima clam? should I get one or no? I heard if they die, they nuke the tank. seems the 1.5-2" size is plentiful.
If you have the par absolutely! I plan to get a few clams when I upgrade and a blue maxima is on my list, I love them.
 

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