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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
I currently use the PE mysis and he has definitely eaten a few. I almost always mix three random cubes up when I feed my fish and then they get pellets throughout the day. I know eating pellets is all but off the table but hopefully i'll find a couple somethings he likes to eat!
If he eats them, perfect, I think PE mysis are the biggest
 
If he eats them, perfect, I think PE mysis are the biggest
I didnt realize brine shrimp weren't very nutritious! Been researching and I might stop buying it. My fish get spoiled i have like 5 or 6 different frozen foods.
 
I didnt realize brine shrimp weren't very nutritious! Been researching and I might stop buying it. My fish get spoiled i have like 5 or 6 different frozen foods.
You’re right but this one is probably a little more nutritious.
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I'm not going to say yes or no.
I've only used either buckets the salt came in or restaurant pickle buckets.
Never checked for that symbol.
I've used new brutes for tank transfers, blue Coleman coolers for fish transport, sometimes lined with garbage bags,plastic gallon jugs of frozen water to cool the tank down in the summer and floated gallon ziplocs of ice.
I've never really worried about the plastic as long as it was new and I knew the source.
I'm going to say you're probably okay but I'd never use a bucket from a hardware store without checking it first.
I'm pretty sure that symbol is just a recycling symbol and is not directly related to whether or not an object is food safe. It is to allow recyclers to sort the products for post processing.
 
Lots of people use the orange home depot buckets without worry Thomas.
I know Luis uses home depot buckets.
If you've got a LFS nearby you can ask them if they've got any extra buckets .
Sometimes they do.
I think you're fine with the home depot buckets just pick some from the middle of the stack and rinse well.
I don't think we need food grade for our buckets. I've used all kinds of buckets and the brute cans a lot of us use for our RODI or mixing are not food grade, they're garbage cans.
 
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I think this one, but I'm not sure. I'll send you a picture when I buy them.
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Those are the ones I use, they are smaller than the PE or the San Fran mysis.
 
You’re right but this one is probably a little more nutritious.
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This is what Aquarium Arts uses to get their CBs eating.
 

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