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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
Oh Jeez, yesterday it was Amanda and Bev at each other’s throats ( I don’t remember how that started) and now you two!
Napoleon Dynamite Fighting GIF
I've got him on the ropes!
 
Yep, but they were small, IDK ( that’s I dig kites for you older reefers) I think because they were planted in the spring. I’ll plant in later fall like I usually do this year.
yeah, spring garlic is always small but that's how you do soft neck. Hard neck 100% fall. Possibly your soil might have been depleted too. I dump in dehydrated chicken manure 2 weeks before planting it, churn, dump in the day I plant churn, then 6" deep, 6" apart. I do mine a little early over here. normally I think it's done 2nd week of November but it's easy for me to associate Halloween with planting it. my guess for you would be sometime 2 weeks before Thanksgiving up to Thanksgiving.
 
yeah, spring garlic is always small but that's how you do soft neck. Hard neck 100% fall. Possibly your soil might have been depleted too. I dump in dehydrated chicken manure 2 weeks before planting it, churn, dump in the day I plant churn, then 6" deep, 6" apart. I do mine a little early over here. normally I think it's done 2nd week of November but it's easy for me to associate Halloween with planting it. my guess for you would be sometime 2 weeks before Thanksgiving up to Thanksgiving.
Before reading any further I’m about to use the M word. Every spring I turn the soil and add a layer of mushroom compost and then a layer of topsoil. Definitely going back to the hard neck this fall.
 
I've got him on the ropes!
Aw you two were just playing, this was Amanda and Bev. All over who’s got the better barbecue North or South Carolina. I don’t even know how the subject was even brought up.
cat fight GIF
 
Aw you two were just playing, this was Amanda and Bev. All over who’s got the better barbecue North or South Carolina. I don’t even know how the subject was even brought up.
cat fight GIF
The answer is Texas.

Im Right I Mean It GIF by Desus & Mero



Today, I choose violence.
 
so my leather looks like it's reaching for the light but closed up somewhat. I thought they liked low flow and low light? I have it near the back corner so it's not directly under the light. I am getting some wide spread bubble algae now. unfortunately the Pitho died before I left so will order I think 3 or 4 of those soon. had him for about 2 years and his carapace was the size of a quarter so think he was old. so should I move the leather or leave him alone?

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so my leather looks like it's reaching for the light but closed up somewhat. I thought they liked low flow and low light? I have it near the back corner so it's not directly under the light. I am getting some wide spread bubble algae now. unfortunately the Pitho died before I left so will order I think 3 or 4 of those soon. had him for about 2 years and his carapace was the size of a quarter so think he was old. so should I move the leather or leave him alone?

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How long has it been like this, and did you notice any mucus / gunk coming off of it? If so, it could just be shedding, and it is a sign that it is healthy.
 
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How long has it been like this, and did you notice any mucus / gunk coming off of it? If so, it could just be shedding, and it is a sign that it his healthy.
I went away for a week. Came home yesterday and it was "chubby" looking last night and early this morning. but when the lights came on it just looks like it's reaching for the center of the tank. I dropped a frozen plankton cube in there this morning and fed that as well to some of the other corals/. the Elegance though who has been in a few weeks longer looks phenomal. Goni looks OK. Just walked over to check and it is short and stubby again like steroids. Duncan looks off too but I fed it the red plankton too. Is that because it got fed?

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