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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
Hi!!! Doing last minute things for when the baby comes. I’m currently at the hospital, wife is in active labor!!!!
Congratulations Mike, hang in there, speaking from experience delivery is much harder on the dad than the mom! Praying for your wife and your baby.
 
Congratulations Mike, hang in there, speaking from experience delivery is much harder on the dad than the mom! Praying for your wife and your baby.
I wouldn't say that in front of mom while she's in labor if I were you.
 
My son said when he fed the tank the mantis shrimp came out and grabbed mysis. Shoot, I was going to put the trap in tonight. My phone is about to die and I don’t have my charger!
So did you let it stay?
 
In photos! 😆
I will have to take some this year
@code4 Shelley after you sent me all of those gorgeous Irises, the weather has been ridiculous. During all the 100° + dog days of summer, we had absolutely no rain. Not even a good dew in the mornings. The nice rich soil that they were all planted in quickly turned to light gray dust.

I watered those dam things almost every day for nearly 2 months. 😆

Now we are getting a half inch of rain every day it seems. Surprisingly, 95% of them look really good, and ALL of them are still alive. Ill be honest, I became even more attached to them from all the care I had to give them. I really hope to send you some crazy pics of em blooming all over the place, in the near future.
They always mean more when you pour your heart and soul (and water) into them. I thought I lost Taiga clematis to the heat. But I noticed last week it was sending up sprouts. Never give up.



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Aw, I used the neighbors mailbox for target practice. We could have had such fun if we had been neighbors.
We might of ended up in juvie, but it sounds like it would've been worth it! 😆
 
I will have to take some this year

They always mean more when you pour your heart and soul (and water) into them. I thought I lost Taiga clematis to the heat. But I noticed last week it was sending up sprouts. Never give up.



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Beautiful! That’s the stratosphere zoa of the plant world!

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The clowns already know the hand that feeds them lol. I got in this morning and they rushed to almost the front . I swear they had expectant looks on their fishy faces…
I know exactly what you mean. Clowns and this guy are pigs!



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