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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
looks like the MRs has no problem holding that 30 pound bird, must have some good back muscle and strong has given everyone at that table a good beating at one time...lol/// she said no alcohol at the table so they all drinking H2O...lol...
Her back is strong, she’s married to a chiropractor.
 
ah coffee time...Hope you guys all had a great day yesterday and one today and a great weekend...
Something is up , they gave me next 3 days off....hmmm....
Other news, the girl went outside to talk to the garbage guy and convinced him to take the old dishwasher...
lol...another example of the power of a girls assets ...lol...
then she tips him 100.00 cause we are like that...
 


I don’t like uploading to YouTube lol. But I found this hilarious enough to share with you guys.

A bit after this he went in and knocked the poor crab over 😂He’s still arguing with it.
 
Good morning #Smorgasbord

I hope you all had wonderful days yesterday. Now, get out there and buy something! It's only Black Friday/Blue Friday/Black Friday in July/etc. ten or twelve times a year.
 
Got BJD and lost a lot of heads, one by one slowly but otherwise the tank is OK, still love the waterbox very silent (the tank as 1min ago)
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. Wife wants to move out of Dubai so I may need to sale it all. Is the year of the upgrade for you?
Where are you in Dubai Remi? Im flying in for a day in January.
 
I'm going to order some phyto and copepods. I may run to an LFS to see what they have but I'm trying to restrain myself on livestock at the moment. I may need to rehome the Bluelip Bristletooth as it seems he has branched out from only terrorizing the Firefish to now including the Foxface. Not sure on that yet.

By the way, I've found the best way to avoid putting away your toys is to have so many toys that there is physically no place too put them all.
 
I'm going to order some phyto and copepods. I may run to an LFS to see what they have but I'm trying to restrain myself on livestock at the moment. I may need to rehome the Bluelip Bristletooth as it seems he has branched out from only terrorizing the Firefish to now including the Foxface. Not sure on that yet.

By the way, I've found the best way to avoid putting away your toys is to have so many toys that there is physically no place too put them all.
until................you see your stuff for sale cheap on internet...
 
Good morning #Smorgasbord

I hope you all had wonderful days yesterday. Now, get out there and buy something! It's only Black Friday/Blue Friday/Black Friday in July/etc. ten or twelve times a year.
Good morning Tom, I snagged a laptop!
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Good morning Tom, I snagged a laptop!
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Good morning Kevin. Nice snag.

I've been trolling ever since the Black Friday deals started showing up a week or so ago. I've got two Reefbreeders Edge lights that seem to be out for delivery today and a dosing pump and containers coming Monday or Tuesday.
 
coffee time...
here are some pic (per request that I can honor) I just took, tank is still waking up so a little dark.

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Hey Rumple, your flame angel doesn’t nip at your corals? My son’s is a model citizen so far and I would like to get one in the future.
 

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