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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
You’re going to love this one…


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Tomorrow is going to be a great day.

This'll be my centerpiece torch, and it was cheaper than most of the corals in my tank!

The 5 knuckle sandwich hellfire torch!
 
Good night everyone! Sick again, 3rd one this year ... Kids bringing trying to collect them all from school 😅
Hope you feel better soon!
 
Good morning Peeps! All this talk of new corals has me excited. My oldest son and I are going to Lear this Saturday. Becky and I hope to meet each other. Plan to pay all my bills for the month of March before I leave, better safe than sorry. I never been to one of these.
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Good morning Peeps! All this talk of new corals has me excited. My oldest son and I are going to Lear this Saturday. Becky and I hope to meet each other. Plan to pay all my bills for the month of March before I leave, better safe than sorry. I never been to one of these.
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That is awesome! I hope you have an amazing time and get some awesome deals! Please if you can get lots and lots of pictures!
 
That is awesome! I hope you have an amazing time and get some awesome deals! Please if you can get lots and lots of pictures!
Absolutely! My son is stocked, I asked him last Saturday if he wanted to go with me to pick up my new tang and he replied, “ no I want to save my money for Lear.”
 
Good morning Peeps! All this talk of new corals has me excited. My oldest son and I are going to Lear this Saturday. Becky and I hope to meet each other. Plan to pay all my bills for the month of March before I leave, better safe than sorry. I never been to one of these.
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If I was closer I would go to that! I’ll 100% be at rap Orlando though!
 
A couple of things to consider.

-You don't need the short walls at the top. They just add complexity.
-Unless you plan to put some media in chamber two I would make it only around 1/2" wide, 1" at the most as the space is better used in the 3rd chamber. This turns that into a double partition and makes chamber 3 chamber 2.
-The second partition wall in your diagram should be a little taller. the top of that wall will set the height of the water column in the first chamber.
-I'm not sure what you plan to use in the wide chamber but you may have a problem with it. As drawn it both fills and empties from the top that means it will tend to move the water across the top and let gunk settle in that chamber. I would reverse walls 3 and 4 so that the wide chamber empties form the bottom and the return fills from the top which will also allow an ATO to work correctly in the return chamber. As drawn the pump will run dry once the water level in the wide chamber falls below the 3rd wall.
still working on designs

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design 2
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design 3
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still working on designs

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design 2
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design 3
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Keep in mind, the top of baffle #4 (far right baffle) controls the water depth in your chamber 2. If you want to ensure the water is passing through the media basket in chamber 2, you could either raise baffle #2 another inch or lower baffle #4 an inch. It may not be necessary, but just food for thought.
 
Oh man do I ever feel you on that. They treat germs like they treat Pokémon, gotta catch em all....

Goodnight my friend be well. Feed yourself good and oversleep!

Thanks bud, isn't that the truth, the struggle is real.
 
Thank you! Frankly it's getting old, they got me sick 8 times last year.
I understand that! I work at the local health department here and get everything that comes through from the sick people. Lol
 

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