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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
We had a big windstorm for a couple of days.
Got to the restaurant this morning at 2 am to most of the patio furniture in the parking lot.
Fixed all that by 7, along with making whatever food we blew out on crazy Sunday and lo and behold served 53 people by 7:30, never any rest
Phone rings it's my daughter.
Dad,flat tire what do I do?
Call mom for a ride.
Ok.
Phone rings.
Call remote battery dead what now?
Hold remote right next to start button.
Great it worked
Super busy all day, had to send dishwasher home early because he was throwing things in the dish pit 🙃 😑.
What in the world is going on here?
Left with daughter at 3, stopped by the house to get the air compressor but no need, tire is destroyed so I got the joy of the scissor jack lowering the tire sit on your butt put the temporary on experience.
To the tire shop, $1000 later new tires...
$1000 my goodness where am I anyways?
Off to petco to get diapers for the dog since he peed all over the rug I just cleaned for 2 hours.
But...
I ate watermelon 🍉 😋 for dinner!
It was wacky...
It's still Wednesday...
 
Dinner time! Salad and Go Roasted Autumn salad with grilled chicken and a traditional lemonade.

Heading home after a long day.

Water main break at 2am. My crew fixed that and put them back in service at 11:45am only to have a second water main break almost exactly 1 block west at 2pm. That one is isolated and we were able to make it not affect any residents. Little sleep last night, long day today. I'm tired and have a headache.
 
We had a big windstorm for a couple of days.
Got to the restaurant this morning at 2 am to most of the patio furniture in the parking lot.
Fixed all that by 7, along with making whatever food we blew out on crazy Sunday and lo and behold served 53 people by 7:30, never any rest
Phone rings it's my daughter.
Dad,flat tire what do I do?
Call mom for a ride.
Ok.
Phone rings.
Call remote battery dead what now?
Hold remote right next to start button.
Great it worked
Super busy all day, had to send dishwasher home early because he was throwing things in the dish pit 🙃 😑.
What in the world is going on here?
Left with daughter at 3, stopped by the house to get the air compressor but no need, tire is destroyed so I got the joy of the scissor jack lowering the tire sit on your butt put the temporary on experience.
To the tire shop, $1000 later new tires...
$1000 my goodness where am I anyways?
Off to petco to get diapers for the dog since he peed all over the rug I just cleaned for 2 hours.
But...
I ate watermelon 🍉 😋 for dinner!
It was wacky...
It's still Wednesday...
Oh goodness buddy. A dad, a business owner, and just being alive is enough. This is late but relax and enjoy brother. Oh, "The perils of being in 3D"

 
Night all. Thanks for the kind words and prayers, and music, today. Hopefully tomorrow will be less crazy for all of us.
Goodnight my friend. Here's to tomorrow.
 
We had a big windstorm for a couple of days.
Got to the restaurant this morning at 2 am to most of the patio furniture in the parking lot.
Fixed all that by 7, along with making whatever food we blew out on crazy Sunday and lo and behold served 53 people by 7:30, never any rest
Phone rings it's my daughter.
Dad,flat tire what do I do?
Call mom for a ride.
Ok.
Phone rings.
Call remote battery dead what now?
Hold remote right next to start button.
Great it worked
Super busy all day, had to send dishwasher home early because he was throwing things in the dish pit 🙃 😑.
What in the world is going on here?
Left with daughter at 3, stopped by the house to get the air compressor but no need, tire is destroyed so I got the joy of the scissor jack lowering the tire sit on your butt put the temporary on experience.
To the tire shop, $1000 later new tires...
$1000 my goodness where am I anyways?
Off to petco to get diapers for the dog since he peed all over the rug I just cleaned for 2 hours.
But...
I ate watermelon 🍉 😋 for dinner!
It was wacky...
It's still Wednesday...
My eldest had a similar experience with his car tire about a week ago. New experience for him.
 
May have posted this before, but it seems appropriate for everyone's stories. And...I love the steel guitar "solo" (I don't think the drummer ever actually stops)
 

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