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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
Yes, I think in one way or other the mention something about every Steven King novel. The even mentioned the Shawshank penitentiary.
A lot of the show takes place there! Even Misery pops up!
 
Wife said "what are you doing" I said John wanted some pic's.

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Now that's a porch to hang out with your honey on, and have a drink! Man you cant get anything better than a nice porch with a fan and a breeze.
 
My son took the one in the acclimation box.
I wouldve kept that one too Kevin!

That guy is just a bit shy from all your big active fish. I cant see a thing wrong. Im betting by this time next week, he's right up there swimming with them.
 
This is a frag of my sinularia, one of my first corals almost Five years ago. The mother colony got to big for the Biocube.
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Looks like my Kenya tree

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I wouldve kept that one too Kevin!

That guy is just a bit shy from all your big active fish. I cant see a thing wrong. Im betting by this time next week, he's right up there swimming with them.
My son’s is more colorful ( less stress?) and swimming around like it’s happy to be out of the box!
 
I don’t understand why whenever someone posts that they are having trouble with gha sea hares aren’t automatically mentioned. When I do mention it I also bring up that they need to be addressing the problem causing the gha problem as well.
One reason is if you get them startled they will pollute the tank with ink or some type of nasty ink like substance .
 
Now that's a porch to hang out with your honey on, and have a drink! Man you cant get anything better than a nice porch with a fan and a breeze.
well right now its rocking over 90 deg. but, keep the cold beer flowing, it can be tolerated
 
Here's the sea rhino. Of course he's in a corner with coraline and sponges covering the glass, but you can tell how big he is!

That's about a 2" rhodactis and a full size large Mexican turbo in the back for reference

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One reason is if you get them startled they will pollute the tank with ink or some type of nasty ink like substance .
You are correct but ours never has , it gets handled a lot. Last time I moved it from my tank to my son’s in the basement I just carried it in my hand. It wrapped itself around it like it didn’t want me to put it down. When I did it immediately started eating algae.
 
One reason is if you get them startled they will pollute the tank with ink or some type of nasty ink like substance .
It’s not toxic, kinda like squid ink.
 
@tharbin Tom, here's one I dont remember hearing before. I thought they were very talented, and probably went to a big music school. So many bands went and got classically trained just to throw it all behind a hammond organ and an electric guitar, and sing about other dimensions. 😆

Thank goodness!

It's super psych and funky. This is the perfect time of day for it.

 
You are correct but ours never has , it gets handled a lot. Last time I moved it from my tank to my son’s in the basement I just carried it in my hand. It wrapped itself around it like it didn’t want me to put it down. When I did it immediately started eating algae.
You were lucky
 

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