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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
Interesting. I never thought of that either 😅 i just did a tiny bit of research and apparently i'm one of the people who solar panels make an extreme amount of sense and pay themselves off in like 5 or 6 years vs 15. I might just get a whole home system now 🤔
Yeah but your still gonna want some batteries and that made that price go up unless you buy a car battery and hook that up which is completely possible. Then only 2k for the junk prius.
 
oops, copperband butterfly
Do you still have a clam? Idk if you just talked about it or did get one, but i almost regret having a CBB now because I want some clams but heard the CBB will not leave them alone. Maybe its a blessing in disguise kevin 🤷‍♂️
My CBB left my crocea alone for 2 years in a 40. Now he is in my 100 and the clam happy in its 40.
 
It's not you Kev. I'd just about guarantee it's the collectors.
Yes, if I remember correctly they use a cyanide based agent to stun the fish when collecting in many cases
 
Good to see you Shelley! How are your corals doing? Hopefully your fish and those at the clinic are thriving as well.
thanks for asking John. All is well. Going to be adding the Puramid to the clinics tank next week. Along with 2 Cardinal tetras. How is the family
 
I'm getting ready to buy some panels for my small Bluetti. I woke up this morning to no power. It had gone off about 5:30 and I awoke at 6:30 and threw the Bluetti on the return pump for the 100 gallon and the internal filter for the 40 breeder. They're still connected to it until I'm sure the power is going to stay up. I decided to also see what I get for runtime for the tanks on the Bluetti. I think it is good enough. It estimates the remaining runtime at 3 days 19 hours.

I'm not at all happy with the UniFi UPS on the network though. I think I'll replace it with a better unit.
According to AI (which i dont trust as far as I can throw it and i cant even get my hands on the little feller inside my phone) I could see a 90-150$ monthly payment, and cover most if not all of my monthly electric bill which is in the $500-600 range due to Maines rediculous energy policies. I was looking at the bluetti and others and realized for what i'd need to spend to do more than just return pumps, and actual solar system might make sense.
 
It’s not Bacon ! Bacon doesn’t look like that Kev .
If it looks like bacon, smells like bacon, tastes bacon and quacks like bacon then it’s natures candy!
 
I have trouble reading the yellow names. They all look the same to me. A yellow smear. Sorry it's true. 😢
Dark Mode? It sounds like when the site upgrade happened it took away the ability to change name colors. It may come back eventually.
 

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