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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
I actually bought bristle worms and spaghetti worms for my tank 6 months after I set up the Biocube. It was a vendor in Hawaii.
Kevin are you still doing black worms? I found out my lfs sells them for dirt cheap. I think im done with white worms. These are easier to deal with and the fish like them even more.

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Bulleit Bourbon time ..
Got the sump in place.Still dry with skimmer, recirculating bio-ball reactor, two return pumps and the pump for the new UV in the sump tomorrow plumb that all ,
3 drains from the over flow box installed. One with a gate valve.
Got some of the two return lines cut.
Cut 1 inch strips of acrylic with a 22.5 degree angle for the inside of the overflow so water will flow throw the weirs onto the 1 inch acrylic and onto the pre-sump filter felt inside the overflow box.
neat the story of bourbon GIF by The Orchard Films
 
Kevin are you still doing black worms? I found out my lfs sells them for dirt cheap. I think im done with white worms. These are easier to deal with and the fish like them even more.

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I’m out but I still use freeze dried ones.
 
It may not look like it did in the glory days before the aiptasia and algae bombed it out, but I saved enough corals to keep the look. We'll get back there. Stay tuned!

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Looks great actually. Nice job
 
I actually bought bristle worms and spaghetti worms for my tank 6 months after I set up the Biocube. It was a vendor in Hawaii.
My problem is nothing in that tank eats them...I can put them in one of my other tanks. My wrasse and copperband will eat them.
 
My problem is nothing in that tank eats them...I can put them in one of my other tanks. My wrasse and copperband will eat them.
Arrow crab?
 
I cover them if needed. I just don't want all those bristle worms. Some is okay. But there are to many. I could send them to you. ☺️
I dont know if my leopard wrassenor Springeris would get them hit the bottom. Im sure they're there, but I've never seen a bristle worm in my tank.
 
My wife (Amy)'s tank doesn't get enough love I suppose. I may have the color, but she's got the best system I've ever seen in person. I was trying to film her tube nems, but the camera kept focusing on the pods crawling all over the glass! Watch the second nem. He's grabbing the pods off the glass and eating them. As I was taking this video, I ironically remembered that she took sand and hermits from our local beach and put this tank together, a few years ago, before I had my first reef tank. Hmmm this kind of has me thinking 🤔

 
Bulleit Bourbon time ..
Got the sump in place.Still dry with skimmer, recirculating bio-ball reactor, two return pumps and the pump for the new UV in the sump tomorrow plumb that all ,
3 drains from the over flow box installed. One with a gate valve.
Got some of the two return lines cut.
Cut 1 inch strips of acrylic with a 22.5 degree angle for the inside of the overflow so water will flow throw the weirs onto the 1 inch acrylic and onto the pre-sump filter felt inside the overflow box.
Sounds like a cool build my friend! It definitely has you working hard these days. I got my tank today and ill be starting a 2nd build thread soon. I may very well pick your brain!
 

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