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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
Morning y'all!
It's sooooo wacky today...
My goodness 😳
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Good morning Joel, extra wacky here as well! Three employees are out. Physical therapy assistant has to be at the front desk so I’m doing her job as well as mine. 9 patients an hour.
 
Good morning Smorg.
Kind of a rough morning so far. Driving to work and a semi pulled out in front me. I swerved to miss broad siding it. It was sleeting so the roads were slick. I put the Beemer in the ditch. I'm fine, couple small dents on the rear bumper but oh well. It's fixable.
I will get caught up shortly.

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Glad you're OK. Looks like the Beamer is OK from the pics.
 
I do believe I started following you on IG very recently. Continuing to tell me what I really need to do will result in a prompt click of the unfollow button. Even if you are my elder, by a few months, (presuming the "67" in your username is the year you were born) and my parents tried beating the "respect your elders" into my head. They were just mistaken about the thickness of my skull.
I hope it's his year and he didn't start 6 7.
 
Good morning everyone. Please say a prayer for my friend Cristina she's got uterine cancer and is having a hysterectomy today to have it removed.
You got it. My prayers are headed up for her now
 
Well apparently I missed a lot in less than 2 days.
Amanda I hope your friend does well.
Keith, glad you're OK.
Kev, crack those backs.
Chris, welcome back and congrats that you're still married. If you checked in, you would have received that extra honeymoon gift.
 
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WARNING: below will be a copy and paste message, with slight variations, I am placing on various threads I follow. Please forgive me as I am simply to lazy and lack the time to address each thread with a more subjective and personal response.

Good morning, all!

Hope everyone has been well and all of your systems are thriving!

I am back from the honeymoon and happy to report that I am still married.

Apparently, I missed 197 pages and I will not lie, I am not going to read any of them. Knowing all of you, there's probably 170 pages of tomfoolery, 25 pages of music and 2 pages of actual good reefing info.

What I will say, though, is that it has come to my attention that the guy who remains dead to me (Chris) (@907_Reefer ) won one of the giveaways. Specifically, the Hydros contest. This causes me so much distress that I may have to take another 17 day European vacation. Nevertheless, I will man up and power on through the trauma. It's just how I roll. Besides, my new bride tells me, all too frequently, that I need to lighten up a little. Or a lot. I can't be sure which because I only hear about 35% of what she says. Of that 35% only about 50% registers. Of the 50% of the 35% that registers I only devote about 15% of my brain power to it. Otherwise, my brain starts to malfunction. I am still confused how I got so lucky to have such a wonderful woman but I stopped questioning it about 11.5 years ago.

Onwards and upwards towards to us all!
Welcome back!!!
Happy Pop Tv GIF by One Day At A Time

You have definitely been missed brocephus. Sorry about the giveaway thing lol Im glad that the honeymoon went well and that you're back with us misfits here on the Smorgasbord.
 
Good morning Tim <tips hat>
Sorry amigo! Got on, checked in for like 20 seconds, got pulled into a meeting, then got dragged out to the field to discuss current situations and fears of the future when I leave in a couple of weeks. Checking back in now but only for a bit before I'm off and out and about again unfortunately.
 
I loved the old Trunk Monkey commercials.

Almost as good as th Squatty Potty commercial:

potty squatty GIF
 
Please enlighten me, Japanese, Chinese or Thai?
Licking Jackie Chan GIF
Chinese buffet take out. You can see I avoid the veggies. Rice noodles, sweet pork and cabbage, beef and broccoli (basically just beef), general tso's and my fave moo goo gai pan
 
Sorry amigo! Got on, checked in for like 20 seconds, got pulled into a meeting, then got dragged out to the field to discuss current situations and fears of the future when I leave in a couple of weeks. Checking back in now but only for a bit before I'm off and out and about again unfortunately.
Feeling any better ?
 
Chinese buffet take out. You can see I avoid the veggies. Rice noodles, sweet pork and cabbage, beef and broccoli (basically just beef), general tso's and my fave moo goo gai pan
Moo goo gai pan is my favorite as well. I avoid the rice and noodles for diet restriction reasons, but beef and broccoli/bell pepper/pea pods are another. My second favorite is Crystal Shrimp and a local special called Happy Family which is basically pork, shrimp, chicken and veggies in a light sauce.

Okay I'm hungry.
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 7 26.9%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 5 19.2%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 5 19.2%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 8 30.8%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 5 19.2%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 5 19.2%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 1 3.8%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 2 7.7%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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