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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
How's Jason looking school so far?
Right now I just dropped him off at school, now my wife works with a client who is in an elementary school too but another school, so I have to bring him every day and since my wife works from 8am to 1pm she has time to pick him up at 1:50pm, so far so good, still a little overwhelmed because he comes from a daycare where there were 30 kids and here there are 700 or so students lol, but he seems pretty happy, little by little he will get the rhythm, we all need to adapt to this change
 
Good morning everyone. I hope you all have a great day! My coral order should be here today. I feel like it's been a long time since I have bought any so I'm excited.
So are we!
 
I have a Meridian 35 I will sell you. I only put it over the tank to see how I'd like it. I even bought a pair of mounting legs to use in test phase.
What's that Rock?
 
My sister Josaphina saw the crying baby picture, gasped, and said that's horrible Weston. That is mean. Why would you do that?
Weston, I apologize for calling you Wesley the other day, my bad. I know you just let it go because you know I went to public school, I’m old and I have dementia, thank you!
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Good morning everyone. I hope you all have a great day! My coral order should be here today. I feel like it's been a long time since I have bought any so I'm excited.
Good morning peanut!
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Good morning Smorgsters! My son made it home 😊 but his luggage didn’t.😞 He said to me this morning, did you buy me another Skunk cleaner shrimp? I said no and told him it was probably his peppermint shrimp it has really gotten red. He came back up and said no it’s a skunk cleaner shrimp, there’s two. I went down and sure enough there were two. I’ve been going down twice a day for 8 weeks and never saw it. He said about a month before his first trip to France he added two but after a few days he only saw one and after 4 weeks figured it had died and got disposed of by his cuc.
 

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