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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
constructed it in the garage then reassembled it outside. it's an 8'x8' foot print.

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8' x 8' areas make me not so friendly.

However, after the kids grow, you can always put an addition on it, turn it into a fish house and invite me up for a visit. Or, I could just invite myself. 😉

Iguana is some good eating


Can't say I have ever eaten them.

I do know they can become destructive though and keep an eye that they do not start digging against our seawall.

Watching the video now.
 
8' x 8' areas make me not so friendly.

However, after the kids grow, you can always put an addition on it, turn it into a fish house and invite me up for a visit. Or, I could just invite myself. 😉


Can't say I have ever eaten them.

I do know they can become destructive though and keep an eye that they do not start digging against our seawall.

Watching the video now.
Deer for dinner on youtube has a lot of vids on cooking iguana

edit: DeerMeatforDinner
 
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8' x 8' areas make me not so friendly.

However, after the kids grow, you can always put an addition on it, turn it into a fish house and invite me up for a visit. Or, I could just invite myself. 😉


Can't say I have ever eaten them.

I do know they can become destructive though and keep an eye that they do not start digging against our seawall.

Watching the video now.
was thinking to cut a whole in the bottom and drag it out on the lake for a fishing shanty.
 
Yes, I also looked into Fusion and do not want to pay the ridiculous monthly subscription to use it. I know they do offer a free version. However, with that free version they also retain the rights to your designs and can access them whenever they wish as you use their cloud to store them. I’m not a fan of others, especially a corporation, owning the rights to anything I create.
I pay a yearly subscription for Fusion 360. I used the free version for a long time but the first time I sent a print to someone else I switched to the yearly subscription. Of course I ended up not charging for the print but, oh well.

I need to go read the terms on the free version again as it seems they have changed. While you could only have 10 'live' projects at a time in your cloud storage they did not have access rights when I used it. I am also not a fan of having someone else having rights to my designs. Of course all of my designs could be easily recreated by a 5-year-old with an Etch-A-Sketch but I like to think that maybe something I did would be useful to someone other than me someday.
 
I need more snow.

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Someone around here was talking to someone else about a snow-making machine they have. Unnfortunately, I am almost as old as @kevgib67 and cannot recall who the convo was between. Sorry.
 
I pay a yearly subscription for Fusion 360. I used the free version for a long time but the first time I sent a print to someone else I switched to the yearly subscription. Of course I ended up not charging for the print but, oh well.

I need to go read the terms on the free version again as it seems they have changed. While you could only have 10 'live' projects at a time in your cloud storage they did not have access rights when I used it. I am also not a fan of having someone else having rights to my designs. Of course all of my designs could be easily recreated by a 5-year-old with an Etch-A-Sketch but I like to think that maybe something I did would be useful to someone other than me someday.
Two quick things:
1.) You are nearly as good as I am with self-deprecating thoughts. Even if you have had more experience.
2.) I presume you went with the Core version for $680.

Being that $680 is the least expensive option they have, I cannot justify paying that right now. I mean, I don't even know if I am going to enjoy the whole endeavor. However, if I do, I may have to put a lock on my own spending account as I have a tendancy to occasionally become obsessed with things. BTW - by "occasionally" I mean always. i.e. - I've already bought some add-ons and 10 x 1Kg rolls of PETG, 4 x 1Kg rolls of ABS and 2 x 1 Kg rolls of PLA. Plus, I am eyeing up some cool, light blue, glow-in-the-dark PLA for making some Christmas ornaments.

Okay, I've putzed around enough. Time to download and get busy with FreeCAD.
 
Are you serious? It was you? Holy jump up and sit down! Maybe my dain bramage, from years of rough living, is greater than I thought.
 

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