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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
Yeah. People run sumps with a single large chamber and a return chamber all the time. Other people run basically a pond setup with no baffles also.
So this opens up so many possibilities for the future! I could possibly fish or other critters in there that I would like to have but that would eat my corals in my DT! I figure it would be about 20-25ish gallons...
 
So this opens up so many possibilities for the future! I could possibly fish or other critters in there that I would like to have but that would eat my corals in my DT! I figure it would be about 20-25ish gallons...
I've got a bunch of Anemones and a pair of Clowns in my sump.
 
Are we talking a lot of bubbles or just a few?
Depends on the flow. Are you planning on still using filter socks or filter cups? That would eliminate some of the bubbles.
 
Good morning everyone! I caught Jihnny Bravo out in the wild today. Should be a good one.

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I have no words for that.... sorry for disappointing. Well, except... Johnny Bravo in his 60s after chain smoking and a case of PBR every day since his teens.

Good morning John!!
 
Only if you need to maintain a specific water level for something like a protein skimmer.

Or as a method of chemical, biological or mechanical filtration.
Hello Lowell
 
Morning y'all!
I made it to Monday...
Peace ✌️
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Good morning Joel!
May blessings be plentiful for you today.
 
Depends on the flow. Are you planning on still using filter socks or filter cups? That would eliminate some of the bubbles.
I have filter cups. But I don't think I will do this as I need that middle section to help keep copepods for my scooter blenny and soon to be red draonet... I think switching my 120 gallon over to saltwater would be a better idea.
 

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