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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'm definitely saving this, so I can just copy and paste it when I'm trying to explain why I use these products lol. What's really cool is that I'm showing no rise , whatsoever in nitrates since dosing. I'm not using a scant amount either, it's the recommended dose for my tank. This tells me that the corals are consuming it before it even has the chance to convert to N03. If that's happening, then the corals had to be almost starving before I started dosing it.

I haven't begun dosing sodium phosphate yet, because my P04 is usually very steady at .2 to .3. I may have to up NH4HC03 if nitrates stay very low.
Exactly!
This is proof the corals can readily consume and utilize the ammonium and urea, negating having to convert nitrate (inorganic nitrogen) back to ammonium.
Your NO3 won't rise unless you are dosing enough to increase it. For instance, I found that I need to dose 15mls of the ammonium/urea to keep my nitrates 5-10 and 10mls phos to keep PO4 around .05-.1
 
I broke the Fiji cube magnets it was a new rack. They wouldn't replace it so I had it modified.
Good morning Bobby, much clearer, I just have one question did you modify it with the pizza or were you eating pizza while you were modifying it?
Bobby GIF by Get The Coast
 
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You need Ammonium Bicarbonate, not chloride Steve. Im pretty sure that's not the correct P04 product as well.
I will post up what I use or you can John. You bought the ones I recommended right?
 
Maybe some sort of a code like how you call 911 and order a pizza if your being kidnapped or something? !
Someone has taken Bobby!
Maybe it's the pineapple beer again?
 
Ya. Rock told me. I was able to cancel one and the other is in request to cancel limbo. I ordered the bicarbonate. Rock thought the urea would be ok but not the last in the list I ordered dipotassium it needed to straight potassium phosphate.
No, I think you should get the LoneWolf Urea, not the pellets like you have sir. I'm sorry if that was confusing.
 
Udders not utters, lol.
Morning!
If you utter udders on R2R you may violate ToS, especially if combined with skinned almonds.

Afternoon Sven!
 
Also forgot some of you have only been awake an hr.
I don't know if any amount of sleep and the actual Rosetta Stone would've helped. We're just glad you didn't get kidnapped!
 

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