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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
Good late afternoon everyone! Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving holiday week!

I was away last week in Aruba and got to see a ton of awesome fish and corals up close. I ended up hand-feeding bread to what had to be around 200 dark blue tangs (lol).

Then, since I won a little in the casino (lol), I treated myself when I got back and picked up some Hydros gear second-hand. Who says you can’t add automation to a 25-gallon tank? 🤣

The only bad news is I’m dealing with a bit of a dinos outbreak right now in the new 25 gallon tank. Luckily I don’t have much coral in the tank yet (frags from my other tanks), so I’m not too stressed. I picked up some silicate to dose and hopefully get a diatom bloom going to outcompete the dinos.

What’s weird is that my phosphates are sitting around 0.4 (I know… high) and nitrates are around 25, yet I never really went through a proper diatom phase in this tank.

We’ll see how it goes!
Welcome back Thomas!
Glad you had a great time.
Good luck and keep us informed.
Lots of great family here to help.
 
We dont view any of your reefing questions as dumb, my friend. We were all new to this at one point. That's what brought us all here in the first place.
Speak for yourself sir! I was born into saltwater! Back in the day, my mom had a saltwater tank, pure white bleached coral skeletons, rock, and sand with a Snowflake Eel, a Lionfish, and a Grouper. I'd feed them live goldfish a few times each week.
 
Speak for yourself sir! I was born into saltwater! Back in the day, my mom had a saltwater tank, pure white bleached coral skeletons, rock, and sand with a Snowflake Eel, a Lionfish, and a Grouper. I'd feed them live goldfish a few times each week.
Im sure she has enjoyed seeing you keep it going! My boys love it, but they're little so who knows if they'll stay interested.
 
Good morning and Happy Hump!

As usual, I was on here, tooling around, at 3:00 this morning. None of you Smorgers were here.

I felt all alone... Bbuuwwwwwaaahhhhhhhhh!

 
Good morning and Happy Hump!

As usual, I was on here, tooling around, at 3:00 this morning. None of you Smorgers were here.

I felt all alone... Bbuuwwwwwaaahhhhhhhhh!


Good morning Chris, have a great day!
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