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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

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What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
Patience

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Seriously Kevin , give them newly hatch brine . I’m doing a batch weekly since I started hatching . They will love you for it .
I’ve been planning on it but I’ve been busy buying corals and fish. Would like to get it up and running before my mandarin pair get here!
 

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Ran to the LFS to see if they had any plants for Kephins tank. I was going to get just one bunch of the two kinds of plants they had but the owners wife said would you like another one? I can start a buy one get one free special with you so I got two bunches. Lol she also gave me some Java Moss they have it growing in all their tanks. She's really nice to me everytime I go in and she's there, even remembers my name. 😆
 

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I’ve been planning on it but I’ve been busy buying corals and fish. Would like to get it up and running before my mandarin pair get here!
Do you have a hatchery? If not I can send you my black one that I'm not using anymore since I got my bigger one.
 

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Ran to the LFS to see if they had any plants for Kephins tank. I was going to get just one bunch of the two kinds of plants they had but the owners wife said would you like another one? I can start a buy one get one free special with you so I got two bunches. Lol she also gave me some Java Moss they have it growing in all their tanks. She's really nice to me everytime I go in and she's there, even remembers my name. 😆
That’s awesome Susan! 😉
 

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Do you have a hatchery? If not I can send you my black one that I'm not using anymore since I got my bigger one.
Thank you Amanda, that would be great, I appreciate it! You would have to mail it because that restraining order I have against you doesn’t expire until the end of the year.
 

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Thank you Amanda, that would be great, I appreciate it! You would have to mail it because that restraining order I have against you doesn’t expire until the end of the year.
Don't forget the eggs!
 

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I’ve been planning on it but I’ve been busy buying corals and fish. Would like to get it up and running before my mandarin pair get here!
Lol luckily there's nothing to get up OR run. It's just a dish that you pour water into and sprinkle some eggs into it!
 

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Thank you Amanda, that would be great, I appreciate it! You would have to mail it because that restraining order I have against you doesn’t expire until the end of the year.
DM me your address and I will send it to you it might be Saturday before I can get to the post office though.
 

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aquascape is a tad lower than I thought, I knew this before adding water but decided to go ahead with it. More room for coral growth and also for the fish. Nitrites have yet to drop. Its in my laundry/storage room, but its temp controlled and the window is north facing but still getting a curtain.

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