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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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Commencement tonight
Kids got a bunch of awards. I'll just post these here. I'll put the lot up on my thread tomorrow, so as to avoid flooding Joel's thread. I'm a proud father tonight's 😌

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Congrats to them and to you Wes!
 

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Lost two of my new little freshwater fish over night. I have ordered from this place before a few times and never had issues. This time there were 3 DOA and two more dead over night. I'm waiting for a response to see if they will replace them.
 

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good morning Miss. I think I have John to thank for sending all the rain this way. had to stand out in it last night for the ball game. but we did win!
Congrats on the win!!! We got a little over night and hopefully we get more today. What we have gotten over the last two weeks has really helped but we are still about 20 inches below what we need to not be considered in a drought. Some areas around us got hit hard and had a lot of flooding. Especially Hendersonville about 2 hours from us where they were saying a lot of the farmers have lost their raspberry crops as well as other crops.
 

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Congrats on the win!!! We got a little over night and hopefully we get more today. What we have gotten over the last two weeks has really helped but we are still about 20 inches below what we need to not be considered in a drought. Some areas around us got hit hard and had a lot of flooding. Especially Hendersonville about 2 hours from us where they were saying a lot of the farmers have lost their raspberry crops as well as other crops.
yeah, we are in a severe drought but I feel like we have had nothing but rain all spring. the grass needs to be cut like every 4 days (but I have someone cut it once a week), but its back to 40 degree mornings!
 

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Commencement tonight
Kids got a bunch of awards. I'll just post these here. I'll put the lot up on my thread tomorrow, so as to avoid flooding Joel's thread. I'm a proud father tonight's 😌

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Congrats Wes, you have every right to be a proud papa!
 

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Hi Kevin! Any fun plans today?
I plan on cleaning up my raised bed garden and putting my plants in, water change and I want to run out and get some feeder gold fish to put in a shallow bowl to teach the coons how to hunt for when we release them in 3 weeks. I’ll grab some crayfish, crawdads, mud bugs if they have them as well.
 

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I plan on cleaning up my raised bed garden and putting my plants in, water change and I want to run out and get some feeder gold fish to put in a shallow bowl to teach the coons how to hunt for when we release them in 3 weeks. I’ll grab some crayfish, crawdads, mud bugs if they have them as well.
Sounds like a good day hopefully they catch on quickly
 

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Someone must of left the back door open and I happened to walk in.

“What in Sam Hill” is a very fitting term for many on this thread. You know, with the term being coined when a few on here were kids in the 1800’s.
Morning Chris !
 

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Someone must of left the back door open and I happened to walk in.

“What in Sam Hill” is a very fitting term for many on this thread. You know, with the term being coined when a few on here were kids in the 1800’s.
Morning OG !
 

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