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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
Good morning all, the 2nd clown is forbidden to the BTA so he begins to look at the elegance. Hopefully he will not bother it too much.
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Remi!!! Thank you so much for suggesting the makeup brush protectors to cover my inlet on my filter! It works great! And your tank is beautiful!
 
I decided to leave work early so I could come get my RFAs and Duncan in the pico. They aren't fully opened yet and the Duncan is still pretty much closed but here they are. I will post more pictures when they are open all the way. I though I ordered 5 but I only ordered three I think my brain got confused because I was also looking at a 5 pack on ebay.
 

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I decided to leave work early so I could come get my RFAs and Duncan in the pico. They aren't fully opened yet and the Duncan is still pretty much closed but here they are. I will post more pictures when they are open all the way. I though I ordered 5 but I only ordered three I think my brain got confused because I was also looking at a 5 pack on ebay.
3 beautiful ones!
 
Good morning all, the 2nd clown is forbidden to the BTA so he begins to look at the elegance. Hopefully he will not bother it too much.
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That's an incredible picture Remi!
 
Good day Smorg family! It was a super busy day. I taught two, four hour self defense courses for work today.
Just got home and went to check on the tank...all is well!
 
I have had this Hellfire torch since setting up the tank in December. It came out of a friends tank that was running metal halide. Over the course of 8 months it was slowly losing color. I moved it a month ago to a spot directly under one of my Kessils....PAR is around 350. It is back to its original slender!


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Posted new picture of Coral and RFA's on both build threads for anyone interested. I watched a YouTube video the other day on how to get better pictures. These were taken just with my phone without the color lens which I had no idea was possible. If your phone has a pro setting all you have to do is set the WB setting to 10000k.
 
I have had this Hellfire torch since setting up the tank in December. It came out of a friends tank that was running metal halide. Over the course of 8 months it was slowly losing color. I moved it a month ago to a spot directly under one of my Kessils....PAR is around 350. It is back to its original slender!


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It's lovely!
 

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