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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
Yeah. I earn 3.68 hours every two weeks. Plus 1 personal choice day annually in addition to 15 holidays (Christmas is the whole week and Thanksgiving is Thursday and Friday, not single days).
Vacation total is almost 18 days
Sick time is 9.5 days
Holidays is 15 days

Those are 10 hour days since I'm scheduled for 4-10s
 
Our colors aren't even at peak yet which is late, we have had a warm "fall" so far and a lot of trees still have green leaves...
our neighbors have a few oak trees on the street that I absolutely hate. they turn red then brown, but the leaves do not fall till spring. I think the trees are diseased. it's only like 5 trees.
 
Good morning everyone! Happy Friday Eve for everyone but Steve. 😆 We have a Halloween Party at work today and a lot of us are dressing up in costumes and there will be food of course.
Happy Thursday GIF
Good Morning Amanda! Have fun. I hope nobody comes in a deer costume. It could get ugly.
 
One of the reasons I like Michigan. The fall up here is spectacular
It is here as well normally this year the weather has been weird so the leaves while still pretty were not as bright as some years.
 
Good Morning Amanda! Have fun. I hope nobody comes in a deer costume. It could get ugly.
I thought about being a hunter and gluing fake antlers to a hat and carrying a toy rifle...
 
Uh. You sure do . The the whole smorg team. Now don’t you feel lucky after all 😉😊
Good Morning Steve! Great tunes last night. I'm cheating and jumping ahead to try to get some of my good mornings in before its afternoon.
 
Maybe, but I don't spend money on things that aren't needed like ICP tests, expensive controllers, a bunch of additives, etc... so in reality, it's not that expensive to provide an abundance of live food and exceptional clean up crew. We each have our own definition of "large bill".
Good Morning Rock!
 
hmmm. do you have a coral addition problem? lol...relax it is ok...I got everyones back...I appreciate our chats...
Good Morning 1!
 
Yeah. I earn 3.68 hours every two weeks. Plus 1 personal choice day annually in addition to 15 holidays (Christmas is the whole week and Thanksgiving is Thursday and Friday, not single days).
That's really nice Tim, great benefits and incentives.
I get 4 hours sick and 8 hours annual leave every two weeks, all Federal holidays. We only get the day before Christmas and Christmas day off. Thanksgiving is only the day. You have a pretty sweet gig going man.
 
Vacation total is almost 18 days
Sick time is 9.5 days
Holidays is 15 days

Those are 10 hour days since I'm scheduled for 4-10s
Does your crew need a RN? I could work with those numbers
 
Here's my costume...



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Great look Amanda. You could wear that all year as Super Butterfly or just Superfly for short. I love all the detail in the wings.
 

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