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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
Haha and don’t ask me what I’m doing because I have no idea lol
Obviously you have great water, perfect lighting, and the right flow. Sounds like you nailed it to me!
 
I feel pretty good overall. Thanks. How are you doing?
Pretty good. Trying to keep myself from buying some of these gorgeous corals floating around these days. My wife's birthday is coming soon, so Id better focus on her a bit lol
 
Pretty good. Trying to keep myself from buying some of these gorgeous corals floating around these days. My wife's birthday is coming soon, so Id better focus on her a bit lol
Same on both corals and wife's birthday. The corals are a bit easier for me because my green hammer is very unhappy lately and the birdsnest might be developing STN. No sense making more corals miserable.
 
Same on both corals and wife's birthday. The corals are a bit easier for me because my green hammer is very unhappy lately and the birdsnest might be developing STN. No sense making more corals miserable.
Do you think it's flow or perhaps splitting? My green hammer is up to about 7 heads. It always looks terrible during the process of splitting. You've been doing this way longer than I have, so I know you've experienced this too. Im just trying to help brainstorm
 
Pretty good. Trying to keep myself from buying some of these gorgeous corals floating around these days. My wife's birthday is coming soon, so Id better focus on her a bit lol
buy her a dozen rock flowers 😊
 
Pretty good. Trying to keep myself from buying some of these gorgeous corals floating around these days. My wife's birthday is coming soon, so Id better focus on her a bit lol
Tell me about it!!! I want to order more and I want to get the hydros system lol
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Do you think it's flow or perhaps splitting? My green hammer is up to about 7 heads. It always looks terrible during the process of splitting. You've been doing this way longer than I have, so I know you've experienced this too. Im just trying to help brainstorm
Mine started as two heads it now has about 24 heads. I have four 'possibles', I think. The first is flow but I don't think that is it because I moved it to a different location temporarily and it did not seem to improve, second is light, that is possibly contributing so I'm going to play with it some. I think the most likely is disease because it didn't seem to ever completely recover after I lost the two indo torches. The other possible is parameters. I was going to test them today but got busy with cleaning up all of the removed gear. My wife is currently doing a 2.5% water change. When she is done I may try to pull my alk, nitrate, and phosphate readings and change the positioning of the colony. Six or seven of the heads are not receiving as much light as they were. It is not splitting.

Thanks for getting me thinking about it. The birdsnest looks more like mechanical damage than STN once I looked more closely. It did get knocked off the rocks when I had the two gyres on about two weeks ago and could have sustained damage then. In my experience a damaged birdsnest does not heal well. I might end up fragging it.
 
Mine started as two heads it now has about 24 heads. I have four 'possibles', I think. The first is flow but I don't think that is it because I moved it to a different location temporarily and it did not seem to improve, second is light, that is possibly contributing so I'm going to play with it some. I think the most likely is disease because it didn't seem to ever completely recover after I lost the two indo torches. The other possible is parameters. I was going to test them today but got busy with cleaning up all of the removed gear. My wife is currently doing a 2.5% water change. When she is done I may try to pull my alk, nitrate, and phosphate readings and change the positioning of the colony. Six or seven of the heads are not receiving as much light as they were. It is not splitting.

Thanks for getting me thinking about it. The birdsnest looks more like mechanical damage than STN once I looked more closely. It did get knocked off the rocks when I had the two gyres on about two weeks ago and could have sustained damage then. In my experience a damaged birdsnest does not heal well. I might end up fragging it.
Well thought out Paul. Yes, sometimes that second look can be helpful. 24 heads? Wow, yeah that's probably not the issue. Im glad you mentioned this about birdsnest. Im very interested in a colony of the ponape variety, or maybe just a pink.
 
What is this "below 0" of which you speak?
I couldn't figure it out either Tim. Is it that show about the Alaskan families? Or perhaps an ice cream shop?
 
I think running/splashing water too. mosquitos I think only like stagnant water.
Nah, they'll lay in fountains that run or splash.
 
Good evening everyone! Our temps here can be zero then throw in the windchill and we go into the negatives... Took a good picture of my Duncan a little while ago.
 

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Well thought out Paul. Yes, sometimes that second look can be helpful. 24 heads? Wow, yeah that's probably not the issue. Im glad you mentioned this about birdsnest. Im very interested in a colony of the ponape variety, or maybe just a pink.
I'm going to keep an eye on the birdsnest. If it doesn't start to improve I will probably frag the branch off just below the damage and then frag the branch itself just above the damage and mount it.
 
Good evening everyone! Our temps here can be zero then throw in the windchill and we go into the negatives... Took a good picture of my Duncan a little while ago.
Happy camper Amanda!
 

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