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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
Hey Frank thanks for checking in, feeling great but frustrated. Renal and GI said I was going home today yesterday. Attending physician ran orders through tomorrow so I was told I wasn’t. Nephrologist’s NP came in at 4:30 said last blood work looks good and kidneys are back to working good and she would get the discharge going. No discharge going because the only one to release me is the attending who has orders going until tomorrow and they can’t get a hold of him meanwhile my son told me that the new acan started going down hill today and part of it’s skeleton is showing. On on the fence about walking him through a dip or waiting to see if I’m leaving.
overall good news, but sounds like 1 more night...🙄
 
Hey Frank thanks for checking in, feeling great but frustrated. Renal and GI said I was going home today yesterday. Attending physician ran orders through tomorrow so I was told I wasn’t. Nephrologist’s NP came in at 4:30 said last blood work looks good and kidneys are back to working good and she would get the discharge going. No discharge going because the only one to release me is the attending who has orders going until tomorrow and they can’t get a hold of him meanwhile my son told me that the new acan started going down hill today and part of it’s skeleton is showing. On on the fence about walking him through a dip or waiting to see if I’m leaving.
It probably won’t be til tomorrow night as the doctor seems to show up at the end of his office hours . Plus I think the hospitals get to charge another day . Hopefully he shows Kevin .
 
I just picked up a couple of pitho crabs . How large to they get ?
I just measured a medium-sized one that was hanging out in our tank. It is 1.25" across. I think the biggest we have had was around 2" across, maybe a little less.
 
I slept until 6:30 as well! And then the puppy got ahold of the dog food bag and spilled half of it on the ground.

Interesting fact about labs - they lack the "I'm full" indicator, so, like a goldfish, they will literally eat until they don't see anymore food. She pulled the bag off two days ago also and ended up so far she couldn't hardly walk.
Poor little guy. We bought a nice container made to hold pet food.

My dads kitten once ate so much it looked comatose.
 
Found a paint we both could agree on for the cabin. He will have to start without me. I have maintenance to do tomorrow on all tanks.

Took the filefish and the captive bred Flame angel to the clinics tank this last week. Both are doing well.

Garden walk was today. One lady was also a rose fan. She actually was very knowledgeable. We had a great time chatting about plants.
 
@Calmwaters the horse lover
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@tbrown the hunter
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@tharbin Arizona man
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@code4 loves flowers if I remember correctly
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@CoralB gets some coral
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What an honor. I love them. Thank you
Good morning Mike, absolutely, a lot of flowers enthusiasts on s the Smorg, we go through patches of posting our flowers. Shelley is about as excited about flowers as her reefing.
Mike GIF by KONAMI
Muahaha so true. Fish and corals are my indoor flowers.. I get really excited over them. I am finding I miss the little flame I gave the clinic. Such a beauty.
I I forgot to mention Tom, I’m out of the psych ward and off suicide watch. Like a big boy I can use real utensils!
There is that wit again.
 
So refreshing to see how many of you here will respond in some way to stop ✋ or help to apprehend thieves. My next bucket list item is delivering a baby. Human before you smorgs get started. 🤣
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Actually, just between you and me, there’s some poor psyc aid locked in my room with a goose egg on his head wearing my straight jacket and Hannibal type mask while I’m walking on other floors wearing his white jacket finding rooms with sleeping patients and on open food on their counters.

By the way Kev. I happen to really like Brussel Sprouts, especially roasted in garlic. Those BSSO (Brussel Sprout-Shaped Objects) that they served you initially could have easily caused a mental health incident for me as well.

It is kind of weird but it seems there must be a lot of dress makers that also manufacture plastic spoons because I see a lot of those so called sporks. I think that trying to pawn off the spoons that they accidently chop the end off with their pinking shears as a legitimate utensil is an affront to humanity.
okay you 2 should write a book together. The imagination is there.
Maybe I should just wait and assess when I get home instead of walk him through something he hasn’t done based me not even verifying with my own eyes.
Maybe check that a power head is not pointing directly at it? Best of luck. So hard when you're not there
 
PSA - I spoke to John @kingranch2003 today. He is going to be missing for some time as he had another very sad happening in his life. I will not share the specifics as I feel that is for John to share or not. Instead, I will ask that you send some good energy his and his family's way.
 
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Some of my gardens! My roses aren’t blooming right now but here are some older pics

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Very nice. Love the fenced in beds. Is the fence to keep out dogs? That peach colored rose is stunning. Is it from Heirloom roses?
 
PSA - I spoke to John @kingranch2003 today. He is going to be missing for some time as he had another very sad happening in his life. I will not share the specifics as I feel that is for John to share or not. Instead, I will ask that you send some good energy his and his family's way.
Thanks for sharing. He's had a rough summer.
 

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