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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 have an update. It was an honest to goodness check in with my supervisors. They know about my health issues and were just genuinely concerned and we talked about how do things moving forward. At least for a while I’m going to try to get to sleep after taking care of breakfast for me and kitty and deal with tank necessities . I’m off for the next couple so for today and tomorrow I should be about the ‘ bord at least periodically. So I still have a job and no warning either for now
That helps with the stress load for sure. 👍
Second piece of good news. My Hellfire Frags order is due to go out today ❤️
My Battle Corals box will be shipped tomorrow. Looks like we are both will be having an early Christmas. 🤶
 
That's awesome Steve! My hell fire order is going to make me miss a day of work to receive them. Either that or have them wait in the box for 8 hours until I get home. I've never experienced anything quite like the insanity that is hell fire shipping. I really hope the corals are worth it.

Appreciate it Kevin! have to give the phone a lot of the credit. There a lot of bad and blurry shots that I never delete too. I have over 60,000 photos on my phone 😅🥲

Thank you Steve.

I was very happy to see how everything went for you at work. I'm always here for you brother.
👊
Good Afternoon John! Corals are definitely worth it. I have to remind myself that it’s basically a one man show so I’ll make allowances for shipping to a point. I’m a 50,00 on the phone but only 49,000 or so are reef pics.
I’ll say the same back at you , if you ever want to just chat on DM or call me (I’ll put the number in conversations) feel free to. Of course middle of the night is best time for real time due to my work.
 
I’m sorry, I’m ok. Still processing mother in laws passing and figuring out some tank stuff. Hubbs went from first to second shift, and so I’m getting up later and such, and it’s been hard to get used to it. :)
So sorry for your loss. Loosing someone you love is hard to go through.
 
Wendys has Chili? Crazy man. I go for the burger and fries! 🍟
Good afternoon Shelley, you’ve been missing out!
 
While it is a simply beautiful day, this weather makes it feel wrong to be eating a Christmas Tree Little Debbie while sitting in a t-shirt deer hunting in a tree stand...



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Understand that! We had an unusually warm fall, well, the beginning anyway. It's starting to actually feel like fall now.
 
I’m sorry, I’m ok. Still processing mother in laws passing and figuring out some tank stuff. Hubbs went from first to second shift, and so I’m getting up later and such, and it’s been hard to get used to it. :)
Sorry for loss. It’s been about 9 yrs for me with my parents, both passing in 2017 and I just started to adjust to the reality a year or two ago. Add my wife’s passing in 2025 my brains been a bit of a jumble. But it does get better. And I’ve done the shift switching thing myself, going from second to third shift, though admittedly it somewhat easier for my wife as she had done same work when younger before injuries made her take office type job and was stay at home after that being designated disabled from 2014.
Hang in there.
 
You both know there are laws against that right?
Oh wait, you have little ones... disregard. Carry on
I hope they’re private schools and John and Paul aren’t making the same mistake my parents made. My younger sister did go to a girls private high school after moving to Manhattan to live with our dad and stepmother. I was going to The Ohio State University and her tuition was more than mine.
 
That helps with the stress load for sure. 👍

My Battle Corals box will be shipped tomorrow. Looks like we are both will be having an early Christmas. 🤶
Battle boxes are great. I bought one years ago when I had the large tank, during a period where I was able keep some Acros alive, most of them with Battlecorals ancestry or in that case direct .
 
Wendy’s does have chili fries and baked potato Rock. It’s a chili lovers paradise.
I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow!! Thank you Kevin
 

WHAT’S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS OFF IN YOUR REEF?

  • A fish’s behavior or appetite changes

    Votes: 11 15.5%
  • A coral looks different or stops opening normally

    Votes: 44 62.0%
  • Water clarity or surface appearance changes

    Votes: 10 14.1%
  • Equipment sounds or flow seem different

    Votes: 7 9.9%
  • A test result catches my attention

    Votes: 14 19.7%
  • Algae or other growth starts changing

    Votes: 14 19.7%
  • I usually notice when the problem is already obvious

    Votes: 3 4.2%
  • It depends on what’s going on

    Votes: 13 18.3%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.4%
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