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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
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Hello Smorg! It's been a long and busy day! I will try to log on tonight and catch up.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Howdy Rock!
 
No way that's an easy SPS looks too nice to be.
I have a frag that's doing ok at 210 par, not growing very fast, but it still has great color,
 
I have a frag that's doing ok at 210 par, not growing very fast, but it still has great color,

Interesting and tempting, will add to my consideration pile, thank you!
 
Green Slimer for sure I've heard can be on the easier end to grow.
I was told by someone on the smorgasbord that the tricolor and echinata would do ok in the lower SPS light scale
 
Interesting and tempting, will add to my consideration pile, thank you!
it would do better at higher par, if you can give it 210 or better
 
I eat what my wife cooks, but she loves what I do also, I am probably 75% carnivore now, I like potatoes, rice and greens, most of the plates I post here that I cook have these with meat and seafood
I mentioned it before you were on but I have always had a natural Atkins diet. I don’t like anything sweet, no ice cream, cake, doughnuts, pie, cupcakes, etc. except Chris, I can’t get enough of that guy! As a kid I would have my mom not ice a section of my birthday cake because the icing was too sweet. I eat very little carbs but plenty of meat and fat. I can’t gain weight for the life of me.
 
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I mentioned it before you were on but I have always had a natural Atkins diet. I don’t like anything sweet, no ice cream, cake, doughnuts, pie, cupcakes, etc. As a kid I would have my mom not ice a section of my birthday cake because the icing was too sweet. I eat very little carbs but plenty of meat and fat. I can’t gain weight for the life of me.
I very rarely eat sweets, only when its offered and i want to be nice. when i was young I was type 1 diabetic , but my blood sugar is 68 to 73 when i get up. gets to 110 during the day.
 
I don't know looks like there's new growth on all the tips, someone with better knowledge of birdsnest will be able to tell better.
I seem to remember a guy on here that had a huge colony that he had t constantly frag and couldn’t give them away. 🤔 He was a real jerk!
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I seem to remember a guy on here that had a huge colony that he had t constantly frag and couldn’t give them away. 🤔
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Which is why I tagged said person for his input. Lol
 
@kevgib67 would you take a look at my post about my birdsnest and see if you think it will be OK and if the spot I have it in now will be good for it?
I agree with Steven it looks healthy to me of course I don’t see the color change. As you know I didn’t have crazy lighting on my previous tank. I think with moderate/high flow it will be fine.
 
I actually was severely addicted to freshwater, i ran close to 14 breeder tanks for danios, fancy guppies, and albino cory cats, which a LFS bought from me until he went out of business. The guppies were easy, worked mine down to two types, yellow/black and orange/black, the danios were not to much trouble. The cory cats were the hardest to get to lay eggs and touch and go if the eggs were fertilized or not.
That's really cool Jimmy. I didnt realize you were that big into freshwater before this. I loved freshwater too. I bred green terrors, and kept tiger veil, and albino red Oscar's for years. I even had one that would play soccer with a floating ping pong ball. Those fish have so much character.
 
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