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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
That looks really good! I just wish I liked fried seafood more. Something about it I just can’t do. I love some good blackened seafood!
Morning Bailey
 
Have a coral shipment coming in today, won the Oct. site supporter, coming from TSA, a few where WYSIWYG. Here is the stock photos of what I ordered. The green slime ball and tricolor valida I hope will be ok in 225 to 235 PAR

Blue Lagoon Zoanthids.png
GREEN GOBLIN.png
Slimeball Spongodes Montipora.png
JF Lunar Landing Leptoseris.png
TRICOLOR VALIDA.png
JF Klepto Lepto Leptoseris.png
Good morning Jimmy! Beautiful choices! The Valida will do fine as they are a lower light requiring acro. The slimer will do well also at those numbers. They are both quite hardy.
 
Good morning and happy Thursday, everyone!

As we are coming up on Thanksgiving, I wanted to take the time today to do something different. Let's all be more thankful today. Give thanks to your family, your community, or those that you come into contact with. Give thanks that you are alive another day. Give thanks that you are able to enjoy the hobbies that you enjoy. Give thanks that you are able to walk outside and enjoy God's creation. We are busy creatures by nature, but something about stopping in our tracks and being thankful is refreshing. So take time out of your day to thank God and thank those around you for what they have done for you!


Those are words to live by Bailey
 
That looks really good! I just wish I liked fried seafood more. Something about it I just can’t do. I love some good blackened seafood!
Your health is probably better for that. Lol There's nothing wrong with some delicious blackened seafood either my friend! So much flavor
 
Beautiful song! If I tried singing it, the neighbors might start praying too — for me to stop.
Or to continue! Maybe they would give you a pass because it has beautiful lyrics lol
 
Your health is probably better for that. Lol There's nothing wrong with some delicious blackened seafood either my friend! So much flavor
Well i mostly think my stomach for that one, haha. I have a weak stomach when it comes to fried/fatty food. So naturally, I have to eat stuff in a healthier way. I don't always make the best choices, but I try to do my best from time to time.
 
my mag and cal are running kinda low. do i just keep bumping up the all4 reef?
And if you dose it separately until it goes up a bit, the problem with all for reef is that when you try to raise one parameter, all the others will also go up.
 
Have a coral shipment coming in today, won the Oct. site supporter, coming from TSA, a few where WYSIWYG. Here is the stock photos of what I ordered. The green slime ball and tricolor valida I hope will be ok in 225 to 235 PAR

Blue Lagoon Zoanthids.png
GREEN GOBLIN.png
Slimeball Spongodes Montipora.png
JF Lunar Landing Leptoseris.png
TRICOLOR VALIDA.png
JF Klepto Lepto Leptoseris.png
It's hard to tell if that's green slimeball ANACROPORA or Montipora Spongodes. Maybe Tim will chime in. Either way, that is perfect par for them, absolutely. Beautiful choices, the lepto's you chose are stunning. Easy on the light with the leptos. I bleached one in about 150 par but I moved it up way too fast. Acclimate slowly or keep them at 100 or lower in my experience. Great choices Jimmy
 
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And if you dose it separately until it goes up a bit, the problem with all for reef is that when you try to raise one parameter, all the others will also go up.
thats what i was worried about. hmm
 
And if you dose it separately until it goes up a bit, the problem with all for reef is that when you try to raise one parameter, all the others will also go up.
That was always my issue with it. As much as I love using AFR, the downfall is, it'll raise all of your parameters even though you might need them all raised
 

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