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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
That's the one I haven't been to yet. I wasn't super impressed with the Phoenix store - not bad, I just prefer their Surprise location.

They geet me by name there.

For a while, I was known as "Hey, you're that Strat guy?"
Your a strat guy ?
 
That's the one I haven't been to yet. I wasn't super impressed with the Phoenix store - not bad, I just prefer their Surprise location.

They geet me by name there.

For a while, I was known as "Hey, you're that Strat guy?"
Wasn't Surprise their original store, bought out from Blue something or maybe something Blue? One of these days I get to their Surprise location. Chandler is nice but I'm not super thrilled with their dry goods or live goods, showy but not great. I go there very seldomly.
 
Your a strat guy ?
And no, not a Strat guy, THE Strat guy according to my LFS.

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I have a couple of small piles around the tank.
 
Wasn't Surprise their original store, bought out from Blue something or maybe something Blue? One of these days I get to their Surprise location. Chandler is nice but I'm not super thrilled with their dry goods or live goods, showy but not great. I go there very seldomly.
Surprise almost closed. They moved from their old location in Surprise to their new location in Youngtown and didn't have all the permits in place for live goods. By the time they got the permits, they were almost broke paying the rent with no big sales happening.
 
Wasn't Surprise their original store, bought out from Blue something or maybe something Blue? One of these days I get to their Surprise location. Chandler is nice but I'm not super thrilled with their dry goods or live goods, showy but not great. I go there very seldomly.
Surprise is under new ownership recently. The new owner is in the store all the time. He seems like a pretty good dude.
 
Aw shucks, I’m flattered, sincerely Kevin Gibson.
Don't be flattered too much. She keeps them locked in a closet inside their straight jackets...
 
I was the one who told you to get back and get them . The price was unheard of !!
That was @tbrown that had the $10 options. You're right, that's way cheap
 
Never done that. I've had a cup of plain black coffee with a double shot of espresso and that is deliciousness as well.
That's my kind of coffee right there if I drink it. Pure jet fuel
 
What happen to kingranch2003 ?
My sugar dropped waaaay too low last night in my sleep. I wear a continuous blood sugar monitor and luckily it sounded an alarm on my phone and woke me up
 

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