00W's AIO Smorgasbord

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T22:43:07-0400

Mr_Knightley said:
Alright, this thread has been haunting my front page for 5 years and I still don't know what the deal is. Someone catch me up before I read through eight thousand pages of text!

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T22:48:10-0400

How bout some Fab Four?

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T22:51:58-0400

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T22:54:56-0400

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T22:57:27-0400

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T22:58:37-0400

kevgib67 · 2026-09-15T23:00:22-0400

Good night nerds!

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T23:01:07-0400

steveschuerger · 2026-09-15T23:02:19-0400

kevgib67 said:
Good night nerds!

Mr_Knightley · 2026-09-15T23:16:46-0400

kevgib67 said:
Mr_knightley glad you are here! Just a group of people who enjoy each other’s company and enjoy helping and encouraging each other. Sometimes we make fun of each other, anything for entertainment. Don’t go back and read everything, just jump in and you will be welcomed.

Well I feel very welcomed! I'll kickstart my contributions with a pic of my tank :) FOWLR 125g, dealing with Valonia atm but slowly winning the battle :)

00W · 2026-09-15T23:20:56-0400

tharbin said:
I don't agree with the multitudes that API are bad. I've never gotten a bad reading from fresh reagents. I only have two issues with them. It can be very hard to figure out the colors correctly and some of them can be less precise than we normally require (phosphate).

Agreed Tom.
Phosphate API is for the birds.

00W · 2026-09-15T23:22:03-0400

Mr_Knightley said:
Well I feel very welcomed! I'll kickstart my contributions with a pic of my tank :) FOWLR 125g, dealing with Valonia atm but slowly winning the battle :)

Welcome to the Smorgasbord @Mr_Knightley

00W · 2026-09-15T23:24:04-0400

Mr_Knightley said:
Well I feel very welcomed! I'll kickstart my contributions with a pic of my tank :) FOWLR 125g, dealing with Valonia atm but slowly winning the battle :)

Very nice!
Love the lighting and stand!
The whole thing looks awesome!

Mr_Knightley · 2026-09-15T23:36:57-0400

00W said:
Very nice!
Love the lighting and stand!
The whole thing looks awesome!

Much thanks!
The lighting is a "hydroponics" fixture I got for $7 in a grower supply store moving sale, I nabbed five of them and still have two left unused haha. Came with white bulbs that have lasted obscenely long, twice as long as my ATI bulbs for sure. Wish I could take credit for the stand, but it's just a factory Planet Aquariums stand as far as I can tell :)
Tank's been a rollercoaster of different setups over the years, started as a mixed reef, then went across dominant, then back to mixed, macroalgae for a little while and now FOWLR because I was getting tired of not having angels

00W · 2026-09-15T23:40:44-0400

Mr_Knightley said:
Much thanks!
The lighting is a "hydroponics" fixture I got for $7 in a grower supply store moving sale, I nabbed five of them and still have two left unused haha. Came with white bulbs that have lasted obscenely long, twice as long as my ATI bulbs for sure. Wish I could take credit for the stand, but it's just a factory Planet Aquariums stand as far as I can tell :)
Tank's been a rollercoaster of different setups over the years, started as a mixed reef, then went across dominant, then back to mixed, macroalgae for a little while and now FOWLR because I was getting tired of not having angels

Love it

I've had angels in every tank I've ever had since 1989 or so.
I have just a few softies left then I'll be fowlr too lol.
These two butterflies have eaten just about everything...