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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
So you and John both mentioned and ice bath, so I assume thats pretty much essential! I dont think i have any ice currently so i'll get some made and in the meantime i'll clear the drain board 😅
It helps a lot, maybe more than anything. Im not even trying to be funny. Sit a bowl of water outside. That'll be plenty cold enough by time the eggs are done.
 
I have a cheapo skimmer that I cant even use because I tried to clean the pickup tube with alcohol and the acrylic/plastic literally crumbled. But I cant bring myself to throw it away because I could diy something with the body maybe haha
I don't even know how many times I decided to leave the hobby when moving and gave away/sold literally everything only to restart, from scratch, a few months or years later. Better to keep it all. Starting over gets real expensive.
 
Well ladies and gentlemen (and the rest of you too) I'm about to be off to be cultured. We're going symphonying this afternoon so I'll be offline for several hours (and likely more than several pages).
 
I can out it outside for 5 minutes. Would you like it cut into bite sized pieces too?
I would expect nothing less!
 
So you and John both mentioned and ice bath, so I assume thats pretty much essential! I dont think i have any ice currently so i'll get some made and in the meantime i'll clear the drain board 😅
How can you not have ice? That's like a staple in our house. Lol
 
WIth how cold it is out there....

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST MONDAY
Maybe you should stoke the fire place in the boat tonight !
 
No. I have the leucoxanthus - very similar but instead of full yellow, he's yellow with a white belly.

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He's a zoomy zoomer and doesn't like his picture took.

I'm considering replacing the melanurus with a chrysus if I can find a young, healthy female. Usually they're skinny or sickly looking.
Looks like a White-Bellied Coris Wrasse to me 🤣 🤣
 
Better than me, I usually hold out for decades and then kick myself for weeks at how much time/energy/money said item saved me.
What gets me is when I see something on sale and don’t but it only to find out I do need it and pay extra
 
How can you not have ice? That's like a staple in our house. Lol
Momma drinks room temperature water. Nothing else. No tea. No coffee. No juice, and no soda. Water. At room.... temperature...

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