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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
They don't look like much yet but I'm pretty happy with what colors I can see so far!
 

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they look beautiful amanda!!
oh no! fun times! i hope it ends well! just make sure if he swallowed more than one that they dont grab on either side of his intestines and rub a hole!
 
they look beautiful amanda!!
oh no! fun times! i hope it ends well! just make sure if he swallowed more than one that they dont grab on either side of his intestines and rub a hole!
Thank you!
 
They don't look like much yet but I'm pretty happy with what colors I can see so far!
I don’t want to show you up Amanda because yours are beautiful too but since we are posting our new coral pictures I thought I would repost mine.
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Oh boy my 4 year old swallowed a couple magnets. Adventures in parenthood.
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Today just keeps getting weirder my co worker dropped his 8 y.o off at a birthday party that was supposed to be for his 12 y.o’s friend and had to leave work to do the switch-a-roo…… now this lol I hope he’s okay but wait how did this happen I need a back story
 
Hello my good buddy!
Hey man!

Sorry, Grammy and grampy stopped by and my son just spent the last 2 hours showing us dance moves and animal calls haha.
 
How are the corals going? What about those acans?
Not too bad! Acans are still about the same, I screwed with lighting and pulled all the lenses off my viparspectra. Wasn't the ticket so I ordered 120° lenses(factory are 90°) and gotta swap them out soon. Problem is I gotta disassemble my whole light to do it and that involves taking down my whole t5 hybrid fixture haha. The acros near the top are growing though! I'll try and get some pictures once the kid goes to bed, but my garf bonsai has encrusted the whole plug, and off onto the rock.
 
Ya, the only thing that’s green and growing in my yard is weeds like all of my neighbors. The John Deer is going to need dusted off when I need to use it again.
Mine gets mowed too much lol. One of Oliver's first words was "law moo'er" so we do laps pretty often
 
I don’t want to show you up Amanda because yours are beautiful too but since we are posting our new coral pictures I thought I would repost mine.
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