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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
I like them better than hermits, honestly. Here are some cleaning out a trochus that was already dead.

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Yes, mine help clean up any carcasses with my nassarius snails.
 
Man that's no good brother, but the sooner they can narrow it down, the sooner you get a plan for recovery man.
I'm calling my doctor back tomorrow to see about some potential imaging.
 
I'm calling my doctor back tomorrow to see about some potential imaging.
Get better so we you can take me on a Gould's turkey hunt next year! Lol im try
 
No bumblebee snails Shelley?
All my quarantine tanks are being used for fish now. I have a few I could move from my softie tank though. But first I am slowly taking rocks out after water changes. Scraping and smashing as many of the devils off into the waste water as possible.
I thought of those but worried about the other things they tend to munch on
I have also heard this. But have never had an issue in 20 years. Lucky? Maybe 🤔
I put them in my tank and they cleared the vermatids and have kept them in since without a single problem.
This is my hope. And why there are bumblebee snails in my other tank.
 
Well, her brother unloaded it from the truck and put it in place. All I did was change the fuse (upgraded the water heater) and helped slightly with the wiring and a little on the plumbing. No heavy lifting yesterday or today.
That was nice of him to help. I once walked across the street where a lawn crew was just finishing a yard. Asked them if they could unload a large grill for us. My husband had just recently had a knee replacement. 3 of the crew came over and unloaded it. I tipped them all $10 each. Took them less than 5 minutes. I was very grateful.
I have 3 goni's, same age, same size when purchased, roughly the same flow, but one seems to like it better than the other, well the yellow one is kind of in-between.

toward the top in the back, the left one is actually blue (filter kills it)
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Do they grow slowly?
All my goni's started off the size of this guy, has yet to cover the frag, but besides small appears healthy

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Very nice.😊
I'm definitely getting some, the vermitids are not a problem (thanks to me) but always happy to to hire some help
I put some in my softie tank a couple of years ago. Because they are so flipping cute. I had some of those nasty v things then. They are gone. I didn't make the connection then. I have conches, turbo snails and couple others. No problems
 
I went to a weight lifting class this morning. There were 2 people there that were trying to lift way to much. When doing the clean and press I thought the guy was going to have a heart attack.

I did enjoy the class and will go back.

Had lunch at a pub. No taco though. I really couldn't pass up their burger.🍔
 

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