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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
Nothing like Chef Boyardee !! Glad you found your ear bud though
Excuse me, that’s Mama Rosie’s frozen ravioli with onion and garlic sauce NOT chef boy o blah and Good Afternoon Rock
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Excuse me, that’s Mama Rosie’s frozen ravioli with onion and garlic sauce NOT chef boy o blah and Good Afternoon Rock
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Set him straight Steve!
 
Good Afternoon Steve! Great to have spares. Sorry about the laptop.
Good Afternoon Tom. I’m going to try to hold off for a bit longer if I can. Seems the battery charge dips (even plugged in) only I’m strewing it by playing games. Normal use seems to hold steady.
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Excuse me, that’s Mama Rosie’s frozen ravioli with onion and garlic sauce NOT chef boy o blah and Good Afternoon Rock
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My apologies to you sir and Mama Rosie!
 
Excuse me, that’s Mama Rosie’s frozen ravioli with onion and garlic sauce NOT chef boy o blah and Good Afternoon Rock
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That's the name! I was trying to remember the name of the frozen ravioli and manicotti I used to buy back in MA and couldn't remember it. Good stuff.
 
Good Afternoon Tom. I’m going to try to hold off for a bit longer if I can. Seems the battery charge dips (even plugged in) only I’m strewing it by playing games. Normal use seems to hold steady.
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You might want to check your charger. It sounds like your laptop is capable of drawing more watts than the charger can supply. Check the specs for the charger for your system and on the actual charger. If you bought it used, it may not be the original charger or it may be going bad. If you let it sit, turned off but plugged in does your battery charge eventually increase to at least 80%?
 
Good morning CB! Not feeling great, the Mrs. Gets home today. My boys aren’t great house keepers, I got to get the house in order for the wife. While I was gone my return pump stopped and the water level in my tank dropped below my MP-40 causing it to slide down the glass to the bottom blowing All the sand to the other side of the tank and covering all the coral on the sand bed. My oldest son fixed it but it looks like I lost a scoly and my big plate coral doesn’t look happy. It could have been much worse, thank god my son was here.
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Sorry to hear . And on top of everything you feel terrible 😢.
So did they schedule the operation to put the probe in your chest ?
 
Sorry to hear . And on top of everything you feel terrible 😢.
So did they schedule the operation to put the probe in your chest ?
They decided not to do it, instead send me to the infusion center weekly and put the permanent fistula in. It takes 3-6 months to mature.
 
Anyone got any idea on what these zoas are? Just trying to figure out of they are the super fast growing ones or the ones that grow slower.



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There pretty zoa’s !
 
Good morning all! So yesterday, after settling in and having this for brakfast
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I dozed off while watching something on tv . With my earbuds in. Woke up and the earbuds had fallen out with the right hand one nowhere to be found, thinking my cat absconded with it. Ordered a relatively inexpensive pair on Amazon . Then after that I decided to relax and play a game on my MacBook Pro. Second surprise of the day. Computer got real sluggish so I saw it was at 2% even though it was plugged in. Checked battery health like Google suggested and it’s apparently on its last legs so I’ll have to look for another, most likely used or refurbished.
Now here’s the funny part. I came home, had breakfast, came to my room and fed kitty and added small doses to the tank got changed and then noticed the lost earbud sitting in plain view iron top of the comforter and it was not there when I went to work. Well I still have the other pair as back up but it’s nice to have the others for sure.
Sounds scary 🫣
 
Lost the scoly , plate is looking a little bit better. Just noticed that my duncan has bjd. Shut off skimmer and removed the the carbon and when the whites go off adding cipro. Cipro hasn’t failed me w, I hope it isn’t too late.
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Lost the scoly , plate is looking a little bit better. Just noticed that my duncan has bjd. Shut off skimmer and removed the the carbon and when the whites go off adding cipro. Cipro hasn’t failed me w, I hope it isn’t too late.
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Oh no I'm so sorry my friend!
 

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