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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
We had a LOT of rain in the state over the weekend with some flooding but the weather is great, mid 70s mainly. This is one of my favorite times of year, cool enough to go out mid day but warm enough to avoid sweaters.
I enjoyed this time of year and spring when I lived in Mesa. I worked in the ICU at Mountain Vista Medical Center. I spent a lot of time in Apache Junction and downtown Phoenix on the strip where ASU hangs out. There’s probably a Rock Jr or 4 running around out there like the Tasmanian Devil
 
@00W

Joel,

I pray the new job works out well for you.
The good news is there are plenty of Subways here in AZ so when he moves he can just transfer. And I don't mean those dangerous subways like in New Jersey. Of course, in their defense, the light at the end of the tunnel there is New York.
 
How’s the Arizona weather treating you? It was 72 here today, very unusual for this time of year, but I’ll take it
73 here and hasn't rained since Sunday.
 
How’s the Arizona weather treating you? It was 72 here today, very unusual for this time of year, but I’ll take it
They're actually having to let water out of the reservoirs to prepare for the rain that happened up north...
 
I enjoyed this time of year and spring when I lived in Mesa. I worked in the ICU at Mountain Vista Medical Center. I spent a lot of time in Apache Junction and downtown Phoenix on the strip where ASU hangs out. There’s probably a Rock Jr or 4 running around out there like the Tasmanian Devil
Love Apache Junction, well the Superstitions, but there are a bunch of new developments going in over there. One of my favorite model railroad shops was in Apache Junction (closed 2 years ago) and one of my favorite LFSs is in Mesa near the Apache Junction border.
 
Ok @Calmwaters per your request.
View from my couch in the front living room.
You can faintly see the top of a beer can in the lower left.
No filter. My lights run a very natural setting. This is about an hour and a half before lights out and it’s still quite white. Intensity is low as it’s ramping down.

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Ok @Calmwaters per your request.
View from my couch in the front living room.
You can faintly see the top of a beer can in the lower left.
No filter. My lights run a very natural setting. This is about an hour and a half before lights out and it’s still quite white. Intensity is low as it’s ramping down.

IMG_2352.jpeg
Love it! Would it be to much trouble if I ask for a close up of the gonis please?
 
Love Apache Junction, well the Superstitions, but there are a bunch of new developments going in over there. One of my favorite model railroad shops was in Apache Junction (closed 2 years ago) and one of my favorite LFSs is in Mesa near the Apache Junction border.
Some of the best trout fishing I had was hitting the salt river going up through the mountains to Canyon Lake.
 
Salt River in town today...

If I recall correctly, they're letting 43,000 CFS (cubic feet per second) out of Bartlett Lake currently. 1 cubic foot is 7.48 gallons.

That's 19 million gallons per minute being released into the river.
 
For reference: the City I work for uses 4-6 million gallons per day.
 
The good news is there are plenty of Subways here in AZ so when he moves he can just transfer. And I don't mean those dangerous subways like in New Jersey. Of course, in their defense, the light at the end of the tunnel there is New York.
Yes, we have one in town. We had two but one was in a lousy location and closed, was replaced by a Krispy Kreme, which closed, and there is a Sushi Gon Estilo Sinaloa (Mexican Japanese Fusion grub) there now.
 

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