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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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Sorry I went missing again, I looked over at the tank and realized my big flowy coral that I forget the name of had fallen from the rock it was on so I had to fix it and that then lead to cleaning the glass and filling up the ato and then dosing with coral snow. My glass was bad so it took a while...
 

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No it’s part of the Metro park system, not attached to the main park and kinda in the boonies! I hope we taught them well. I’m sure they are going to miss the Ritz Carlton!
Hope you don’t find them at your house in the next morning
 

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Meant to ask earlier. Actual reef question in the midst of the other stuff. I’m starting to get bubble algae , apparently out of nowhere. Should I get emerald crabs, pithos or something else?
Get a rabbit fish
 

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Emerald crabs never failed me but I’ve read pithos are better, maybe faster?
Emeralds are good if they don’t have another food source , pithos is what Tim has recommended but I’ve always used rabbit fish
 

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Emeralds are good if they don’t have another food source , pathos is what Tim has recommended but I’ve always used rabbit fish
I have had 4 pithos. mine don't like to climb up the rocks. unless they do it at night.
 

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Hope you don’t find them at your house in the next morning
That would be funny but to far and they are to young for a drivers license and they don’t have a car.
 

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That would be funny but to far and they are to young for a drivers license and they don’t have a car.
I just heard a story about a dog they just recovered in Maine and the dog was from apopka Florida . Just saying .
All they need is your scent .
 

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