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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
All of my big anacropora colonies, acans, zoas, the entire garden basically, 4 or 5 hammers 2 torches, a couple montis, a plate and some blastos.
Oh jeez John! I would have ordered you a seahare. Berghia not doing their job?
 
Youngest son said he just saw a blackish mantis shrimp swim across my rock! 🤔 Looks like the crab trap will be put back in use.
 
The wrasse in the DT ate some, swam out of its crevice to grab food, just a few pieces, looks fine.
 
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As for myself, it's another day of tossing dead corals. Victims of aiptasia, gha or both. 😔
Wait…

Did you treat the tank with anything?
Only way aiptasia or GHA can kill a coral is if it overgrows it.
You have a recent, as like now, pic of your tank?
 
Hey Smorg!!!
I truly miss you guys. Between work and summer house projects, I have been pretty absent, for which I apologize.
Howdy Rock, I think you have your priorities backwards!
Kung Fu Wtf GIF by A24
 
Aiptasia and gha lol. Where the corals are being stung, they're growing algae bc I spiked my nutrients a while back with a weird coral food. Im turning the tide in them now some, but a lot of damage is done.
Not telling you what to do but it wouldn’t hurt now to try the peppermint shrimp and tuxedo urchins or get Kevin to loan you his algae slug . Well you still have to worry about the coral but you’re loosing them now . I don’t know , maybe I’m wrong
 

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