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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 morning John! Layers, layers, enuf said.
Tom Hanks Hello GIF
Good morning my friend

Absolutely right Kevin. I have one half of the clothes I own right now lol
 
bought 32 ounces of pod and 32 of plankton...put all 32 of pod in the 300. been dosing 50ml of plankton once a week corals look amazing...getting them strong for the tank upgrade...
thinking of setting up a small plankton farm here for the new tank...doesnt look hard..
 
I bought an urchin to hopefully make a dent in an ulva outbreak and the first thing he did was take a piece of ulva to wear as a hat.....

Not even sure if he is eating it but I got to hope so.
You got a good one there. Mine loves to wear it too, if there are no dead crabs available. The cool thing is, he'll only wear a clump of it for a little while before he let's go and gets another one! If he's going to be wearing the emerald crabs, he has to do their job. So far, so good.
 
Thank goodness. Quick work on your part
always great to dodge a bullet....speaking of this activity...We went and saw the new Statam (Stallones's buddy) movie last night..SHELTER...it was ok/good but not Expendable great...or like the mechanic or the transporter movies...honestly was a bit disappointed...
 
bought 32 ounces of pod and 32 of plankton...put all 32 of pod in the 300. been dosing 50ml of plankton once a week corals look amazing...getting them strong for the tank upgrade...
thinking of setting up a small plankton farm here for the new tank...doesnt look hard..
@TheNative192 Posted an outstanding step by step guide with pictures and links to buy the equipment. It a couple days back, but it's worth searching up and checking out.
 
always great to dodge a bullet....speaking of this activity...We went and saw the new Statam (Stallones's buddy) movie last night..SHELTER...it was ok/good but not Expendable great...or like the mechanic or the transporter movies...honestly was a bit disappointed...
That's a bummer.... I love Statham, and The Transporter movies were my favorites. I haven't seen the Beekeeper, but I want to
 
So the plan for the old 300 will be to cut off the bad seam part and make a sump 60x30x18...going to make removable chamber partitions with various heights after the skimmer..No way gonna get into the past issues of having fixed chamber partitions... Planning to have the ozone, calcium reactor and UV inside the sump above water on a raised frame...just incase of a leak
 
Elvis was a preset?
Sarcastic The Office GIF
yuppers. Elvis, MLB baseball, and I forget the others. Every time I have the car safety inspected or oil changed, the radiator defaults sometimes to factory settings. They must disconnect the battery or something.
 
yuppers. Elvis, MLB baseball, and I forget the others. Every time I have the car safety inspected or oil changed, the radiator defaults sometimes to factory settings. They must disconnect the battery or something.
Well at least there's baseball lol
 
So the plan for the old 300 will be to cut off the bad seam part and make a sump 60x30x18...going to make removable chamber partitions with various heights after the skimmer..No way gonna get into the past issues of having fixed chamber partitions... Planning to have the ozone, calcium reactor and UV inside the sump above water on a raised frame...just incase of a leak
Wow that is going to be an epic sump. Could you imagine the cryptic zone you could create? You could probably even set up an entire anaerobic area if you wanted too
 
Wow that is going to be an epic sump. Could you imagine the cryptic zone you could create? You could probably even set up an entire anaerobic area if you wanted too
yes and thanks for that anerobic idea..I will convert a old reef octopus reactor into one...currently it is my dark reactor(aka cryptic)
 

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