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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
So the Mrs texted me asking if I wanted sauce ( ODG did I just text that word) for dinner. I said sure just make about 1/3 since it’s just us three and my youngest son isn’t big on leftovers. This is what I came home to.
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Here we go again again. Why is it always you, Kev???
 
Here we go again again. Why is it always you, Kev???
I’ve got something coming for you at the end of the week that will either make you proud of me or will gather up the crew to have Rev remove me from this thread. Oh the pressure I’m under right now! Freddie David can you bail me out?
 
ok im lost. must be my slow brain. but i dont get this thing about how many pages (rows) . can someone explain? 🤔
The way he or she presents themselves in the thread maybe, I don't understand either, maybe this has already been answered but I'm still catching up
 
Apologies everyone.
Had to do a bit of back to school shopping and since we have nothing here in regards to that we had to travel out of town.
Luckily we are down to our last child we need to buy for...
 
The berghia I got were massive and then after a while I saw the very small, newly hatched berghia. This past week, I saw an adolescent or mid-size berghia. This tells me, maybe there is something left to sustain them for now. But I dont have a lot of rockwork that I can't see and there is no aiptasia visible anywhere.
The first batch I never saw.
Ever.
Tried at night
Nada
I waited 3 months until the aiptasia got so bad I almost quit the hobby altogether.
This time I nuked at least 75 percent of the aiptasia so the battle for the Berghia would be easier.
 
Sorry I have not seen this. Did it just start recently or did you buy it like that. Perhaps getting ready or in the process of splitting. My look awful during the process but no worse for wear after.
Started in the last 4 weeks. I've hade them split before but never with any response like this. Wasn't sure if anyone else had seen a healthy torch swell like this. Oh, and by the way, now I have another one reacting the same way, but it's a jester torch this time 🤔
 
yeah, the trigger would be my guess. but if they crawled into the rocks, I think they should be OK.
I personally watched 4 out of 5 go into the rockwork.
Where I put them, the trigger never goes.
Triggers are huge sleepers, thus the top fin which they can enact anytime and literally stop themselves in turbulent flow.
They also use this fin to go into a crevice and sleep.
He gets up when the sun comes up, which is about 4:30 right now.
It's completely possible that he's mowing them down at dawn but I don't think so.
 

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