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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
Yea, I was convinced she'd recover yesterday. She seemed to come to the front and started swimming a lot better. Went back to her man, and then woke up and she was in the same spot she was "stuck in" the other day. Which by how easy it was to get her out, I dont think she got stuck, she just found a good spot to rest while she passed. Really bummed. Ecspecially because I had to catch her and euthanize her myself after I spooked her from her spot and she was frantically swimming and hitting stuff and struggling to breath. Hate it.
Sorry Mike 😞
 
My oldest son was getting baby nassarius snails out of my tank, about a dozen, last night and knocked my candycane over. I remounted it and like how I have it a lot better. You can see the other one from the front not just the side.
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Your tank is gorgeous.
 
Today is the first day of Advent (a penitential period before Christmas). I try to sacrifice screen time as much as possible, so I'll only be posting on the weekends until Christmas. I won't read every post, but I'll make sure to check in.
I will need lots of pictures then...
 
Wow! You can definitely see the family resemblance.

I wanted RFAs so bad. I just ran out of room. Time to set up "my son's tank" and add some.
My lone RFA is in the sump with my BTAs.
 
Looks awesome Tim!
I love the landscape and the sand.
I want to add sand to mine too.
I had a nice little sand lagoon in the corner with a trail leading off into the rocks. My son was refilling the tank one day and blasted the hose right onto the sand and created a sand "puddle"...
 
Home...
Was able to get out of it....
Doing what I love now, my Zen...
Talk in a bit...
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Could you tell me The sump ! How big and what manufacture . I’m looking for something like this . I have one that doesn’t have the big area for algae .
 
My lone RFA is in the sump with my BTAs.
I respect your tendency to put beautiful things in the sump lol. That's a great idea though, It basically gives you another tank.
 
Thanks! This is mom n dad lol. There’s a few more but they’re all over the rocks and hard to grab with Bob in there.
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Whoa...
 
What size is your sump and who made it ?. And are those black mangroves in your sump ? .
Trigger systems emerald 26.
I think 26 gallons.
It's completely square.
They are red mangroves, supposedly.
 

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