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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
+1 on this. I was going to go back and add it but got lazy. Vinegar works well but it can attack some plastics, including some seals, and swell magnets. I use Sicce Pump Cleaner now but otherwise I use Citric acid. I began to question the use of vinegar when I noticed it was stripping the plating off of our faucets.
as for the plastics, they recommend NOT to use windex on your car backup cameras or headlights because most contain vinegar and put that haze over them supporting the breakdown of certain plastics and coatings. I know my shower stall was made with aquarium glass and they clearly said not to use windex with vinegar for that very reason.
 
long spine?
Short spine. I would have preferred pincushion or tuxedo, but they were out of those. It was these or pencil urchins. The LFS is temporarily closed while they remodel and rearrange their tanks. The owner's wife met me at the store, and I didn't specify in my text what kind of urchins I wanted, so I picked these.
 
Beautiful Luis, what is the coral front and center on the Square?
It's my acan that suffered a lot with the drop in alkalinity and I think the foxface was also nibbling at it, but I think it's recovering well. ( not an actual photo )
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Well, hi guys!

It's been awhile. Things are finally starting to wind down here. The tank is doing alright, it's been neglected pretty bad but things are doing well. I'm hoping to get back into it, but the last few months have just been so hard that I haven't had the time to really take care of it and appreciate it. Anyways, here some pictures of the dogs, and yes, the broken wall and outlet was from them lol

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Short spine. I would have preferred pincushion or tuxedo, but they were out of those. It was these or pencil urchins. The LFS is temporarily closed while they remodel and rearrange their tanks. The owner's wife met me at the store, and I didn't specify in my text what kind of urchins I wanted, so I picked these.
I have heard if you out them in with triggers, they chew down there spines. I haven't seen a tux in a really long time anywhere local.
 
Well, hi guys!

It's been awhile. Things are finally starting to wind down here. The tank is doing alright, it's been neglected pretty bad but things are doing well. I'm hoping to get back into it, but the last few months have just been so hard that I haven't had the time to really take care of it and appreciate it. Anyways, here some pictures of the dogs, and yes, the broken wall and outlet was from them lol

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is someone in trouble for making that dent in the wall? ummm and chewing on the outlet cover? I think you need child outlet protectors!
 
is someone in trouble for making that dent in the wall? ummm and chewing on the outlet cover? I think you need child outlet protectors!
I mean it's disappointing, but what can you do about it 🤷‍♂️ also, thankfully they don't chew on outlets lol, it's broken from the running into it when they have the zoomies
 

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