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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 afternoon Zack!
It always makes me sit up for a second when someone else is addressed as Zack, because everywhere else many people get my name wrong and call me by my last name. Particularly on chat boards or email threads. Not having my name displayed here prevents it. Literally no one on Reef2Reef has called me Zach (outside of responses when I won something and had to give an address), but I still react to Zack. 😆😆
 
It always makes me sit up for a second when someone else is addressed as Zack, because everywhere else many people get my name wrong and call me by my last name. Particularly on chat boards or email threads. Not having my name displayed here prevents it. Literally no one on Reef2Reef has called me Zach (outside of responses when I won something and had to give an address), but I still react to Zack. 😆😆
So we can refer to you as Zach or Zack?
 
About 40 minutes ago I was sitting in my recliner watching Alien:Earth and was about to ask my wife to bring me another beer when I heard my wonderful wife who we will be celebrating our 35 year wedding anniversary in December say “my love do you want chicken, beef or lamb for dinner.” I said beef sounds good and she said “ you are getting soup you fat ba**ERd I was talking to the cat.” 😞 I decided to get my own beer.
 
@Calmwaters
hows your arrow crab? Does it bother corals or other inverts?
He seems to have picked a spot and mostly stays in it unless he's hunting at night after lights out I haven't seen him bother and inverts or corals at all.
 
So we can refer to you as Zach or Zack?
If it makes you happy but it might confuse some people. Here at work I don't bother correcting people. Those who work with me regularly call me Wes. Everyone else is hit and miss, at best. I told my sons, "Don't get offended if people get your name wrong. You'll just spend your whole life being offended." Just goes with the territory.
 
About 40 minutes ago I was sitting in my recliner watching Alien:Earth and was about to ask my wife to bring me another beer when I heard my wonderful wife who we will be celebrating our 35 year wedding anniversary in December say “my love do you want chicken, beef or lamb for dinner.” I said beef sounds good and she said “ you are getting soup you fat ba**ERd I was talking to the cat.” 😞 I decided to get my own beer.
Does she know you lie like that? 😅
 
Ok now that I'm caught up. Today I received the smallest fish! My tiny pea puffer is not much bigger than a grain of rice. I was trying to get a decent picture but my phone kept focusing on the mesh of the breeder basket that I decided to keep him in for a little while. Also here is my newest 5 gallon that I setup I got the plants I ordered with the little puffer as well as 17 amano shrimp to help with some algea in a couple of my tanks. Thank you @tbrown For letting me bounce ideas for the tank off of you! I decided not to go with the root thing because it didn't leave enough room for plants.

 

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Ok now that I'm caught up. Today I received the smallest fish! My tiny pea puffer is not much bigger than a grain of rice. I was trying to get a decent picture but my phone kept focusing on the mesh of the breeder basket that I decided to keep him in for a little while. Also here is my newest 5 gallon that I setup I got the plants I ordered with the little puffer as well as 17 amano shrimp to help with some algea in a couple of my tanks. Thank you @tbrown For letting me bounce ideas for the tank off of you! I decided not to go with the root thing because it didn't leave enough room for plants.


Great little fish and the tank is beautiful!
 
Great little fish and the tank is beautiful!
Thank you! I knew he would be small but I didn't realize how small he would be. I'm going to have to chop up the frozen blood worms for him. 😆
 
Houston do we have a problem? Every single mushroom I’ve put in my tank detaches. Over three years ago this one did and for a long time I thought it had went the way of the others. About 2 1/2 years ago it attached to the side of my rock. About a year or so ago it split. Over the last six months it has been dropping more and more babies. I’ve seen tanks over run with mushrooms, mostly green and red. Should I intervene now and if so how?
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Houston do we have a problem? Every single mushroom I’ve put in my tank detaches. Over three years ago this one did and for a long time I thought it had went the way of the others. About 2 1/2 years ago it attached to the side of my rock. About a year or so ago it split. Over the last six months it has been dropping more and more babies. I’ve seen tanks over run with mushrooms, mostly green and red. Should I intervene now and if so how?
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They are very pretty but I'm no help... LOL
 

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