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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
Only problem with the pond is when grass cutting, have avoided the area so far. but will put together a drop over cover during grass cutting. also going to make a wishing well looking cover for this fall when leaves are dropping
I know they make a netting for them, more to keep raccoons and blue herons from treating it like a buffet. Might work for your grass and leaves.
 
My daughter, her husband and a friend left for Cleveland for the Italian festival, I here they have the best and largest assortment of Chinese food. So I’m dog sitting.
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I know they make a netting for them, more to keep raccoons and blue herons from treating it like a buffet. Might work for your grass and leaves.
has to be temporary, she wants it to cut down on "skeeters", I'm hoping the fish eat the larvae 😏
 
My daughter, her husband and a friend left for Cleveland for the Italian festival, I here they have the best and largest assortment of Chinese food. So I’m dog sitting.
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my dog will not get on the furniture, we never stopped him, he just does not do it. no lap dog for us
 
Oh, I forgot to mention there was this other guy with a cart there, we heard he was from Hamburg Germany, getting no business and it looked as though he was selling what appeared to be fried ground beef that he formed into the shape of a patty and slapped it in between two slices of bread. We got a chuckle, like that would ever catch on.
it's VERY obvious your harvest went well today!
 
has to be temporary, she wants it to cut down on "skeeters", I'm hoping the fish eat the larvae 😏
Ya, I believe it easily removable for cleaning, feeding, adding fish and water treatment.
 
Only problem with the pond is when grass cutting, have avoided the area so far. but will put together a drop over cover during grass cutting. also going to make a wishing well looking cover for this fall when leaves are dropping
they make these in all different sizes and even sell kits to make custom sizes.

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Any reason why I couldn't use this to scrape algea off my glass? I love the one that Luis recommended to me that I have but it's only about 2 inches wide and it takes me forever to do my 125 with it.
https://a.co/d/8JBa28x
The one I recommended to you, I only use it for corners and places where my flipper one can't reach because of the rocks.
 
it's VERY obvious your harvest went well today!
I should have taken my shirt off and just worn overalls only, now I have a farmer’s tan.
 
I should have taken my shirt off and just worn overalls only, now I have a farmer’s tan.
I fish a lot in the summer time, from the knees down, I look Indonesian
 
look on amazon "pop up pond netting". I have a couple that I use on my garden to keep out birds and deer.
ordering this one, 5 x 7 will work fine, would spend that much building something plus time

Pond Net Cover
 
must be a lot of work pruning rhododendrons. Especially when the nippers keep getting gunk all over them. cleaning the pruners with alcohol makes it easier. I'm just getting all this delicata squash right now. I have some watermelon radishes growing but think those have another month. Not sure yet if the sweet potato growing in a bag experiment worked. I have lots of vines but not sure if anything grew from adding more dirt on top. Next year I might try growing it indoors from like New Years Day to get a lot of vine growth and plant it in the garden in July and see if that works. Our season is so short for those long crops but it's too much space I think to do it all inside. but maybe I can attempt that too. small 4 foot kiddie pool under grow lights?
Hydroponic, Martha tent, or an AIO plug and play self humidity controlled grow unit complete with charcoal filter fans and a dynamic lighting schedule.
 

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