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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
My experience has been that they either spread fast or they spread slow. I've got two Superman Monti frags and a Rainbow Monti frag that are frags. No bigger than the plug. The Rainbow has been with me for about 3 years. I've killed it 5 or 6 times and it survived. The Superman frags have been with me for 2-3 years. It spread fast, then I made it into 2 frags and it stopped spreading.

I had a Cherry Tree or similar that went CRAZY and started encrusting and plating - Monti Eating nudis ate it.

I've got an Orange cap with green polyps that's dying and a black/purple with green polyps that's died and came back 3 or 4 times. I've got a TSA Megachrome that is encrusting like crazy and taking over my frag rack currently.

My Beach Bum never did anything and then Monti Eating nudis ate it. My Mystic Sunset was encrusting a lot before the Monti Eating nudis ate it.

They'll either go crazy, go slow, or do nothing.
Thanks for the answer Tim. I knew you had all kinds. I wish I had room for a bigger tank to try these all out in. How do you mount or display your encrusters? Sounds like frag racks? You know im cool with the frag racks!
 
Thanks for the answer Tim. I knew you had all kinds. I wish I had room for a bigger tank to try these all out in. How do you mount or display your encrusters? Sounds like frag racks? You know im cool with the frag racks!
The only one on a frag rack is the Megachrome and that's just because I didn't relocate it yet.
 
The only one on a frag rack is the Megachrome and that's just because I didn't relocate it yet.
That's a nice one too! I think ill back wall the tyree sunset and find somewhere down low for the beach bum, which is actually growing like crazy, but it is gorgeous.
 
I dunno... I heard people taste good today.

But did you know that it's illegal to eat the flesh of another person in Idaho???? Apparently it .makes you guilty of cannibalism.
Too bad I think nowadays I'd make more money seving people than food... 😉
Or people for food...
Or food for people 🙄
Food for thought 🤔...
 
@tbrown I love the style of your tank. Hel l you post one picture and im buying more montis. It wouldn't hurt my feelings to see it more often honestly.
 
Too bad I think nowadays I'd make more money seving people than food... 😉
Or people for food...
Or food for people 🙄
Food for thought 🤔...
But it's such a neutral protein!
 
Too bad I think nowadays I'd make more money seving people than food... 😉
Or people for food...
Or food for people 🙄
Food for thought 🤔...
"Food" for thought. Ha!
This reminds me of a beautiful quote I once heard. If God didnt want us to eat each other, He wouldn't have made us out of meat.
Eat up my friends, enjoy :)
 
Puppy update...
Doing better, they made it to the vet.
I told everyone to give it water on the way, only syringe I had is my 100 for aiptasia killing.
It did the job, dog's more responsive.
Vet said it looks stoned, like it injested some weed...
Good call Jill and that was the real question I asked first of the boyfriend...
Anyways, hopefully they can just come home.
I'll update..
 
@tbrown I love the style of your tank. Hel l you post one picture and im buying more montis. It wouldn't hurt my feelings to see it more often honestly.
I need to put some in this tank...
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I was thinking a chunk of the red/green cap on the left side up top and an encruster down low. Maybe a Styloconiella or Cyphastrea on the right above the Strats. My Green Goblin is growing but because the lighting is so white it doesn't fluoresce much.
 
Puppy update...
Doing better, they made it to the vet.
I told everyone to give it water on the way, only syringe I had is my 100 for aiptasia killing.
It did the job, dog's more responsive.
Vet said it looks stoned, like it injested some weed...
Good call Jill and that was the real question I asked first of the boyfriend...
Anyways, hopefully they can just come home.
I'll update..
Boyfriend currently

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@00W @tharbin I know you guys like a little more mellow style jazz, but Ole Mr. Minus can get you up and hopping in the morning time. I love how the horns, piano, then eventually drums fight for the rhythm line in this song. What are they even doing!?
 
I need to put some in this tank...
1000007406.jpg

I was thinking a chunk of the red/green cap on the left side up top and an encruster down low. Maybe a Styloconiella or Cyphastrea on the right above the Strats. My Green Goblin is growing but because the lighting is so white it doesn't fluoresce much.
Oh yeah a burning banana or electric daisy stylo would be nice! And of course a nice cyphastrea is unbeatable and may grow slower. Your goblins look great. I love me some anacropora. Maybe a ponape birdsnest or something pink would pop in the white more?
 
They're actually a beautiful Nudibranch. Almost like a Blue and white version of a Berghia but MUCH smaller.
Berghia are so cool. I wish they ate mysis lol
 
Puppy update...
Doing better, they made it to the vet.
I told everyone to give it water on the way, only syringe I had is my 100 for aiptasia killing.
It did the job, dog's more responsive.
Vet said it looks stoned, like it injested some weed...
Good call Jill and that was the real question I asked first of the boyfriend...
Anyways, hopefully they can just come home.
I'll update..
Glad the puppy is good. Sorry Joel. Love the kiddos, but they keep adding to this gray look Im developing.
 
Glad the puppy is good. Sorry Joel. Love the kiddos, but they keep adding to this gray look Im developing.
Yep for sure...
I've got 3, and lots of gray.
But remember John...
 
Oh yeah a burning banana or electric daisy stylo would be nice! And of course a nice cyphastrea is unbeatable and may grow slower. Your goblins look great. I love me some anacropora. Maybe a ponape birdsnest or something pink would pop in the white more?
Burning Banana, Electric Daisy, Meteor Shower, and Bizzaro are all in the 70. Maybe a Bling Bling...
 
A Pink Branching Cyphastrea! That's what I need. That and a Skittlebomb or Monet Madness.
 

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