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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
Good morning everyone! Hope you are all staying warm! @kingranch2003 see how my poor clowns miss their anemone? Poor things are having to host my palys...

Amanda these are in 2 separate tanks. Same coral. When my anemone died I took some that had been in the sump for over a year. Hence the color difference. But the clowns at the clinic love theirs. It is large and they can disappear into it. I will get a better photo later. It has grown since this one.
 

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Here’s the params I took a short time ago
Added a cap extra of magnesium after getting the results. Bought a 5.5 oz chemiipure blue last night on Amazon
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They are making a custom lid for the veterinarian clinics tank right now. It was missing a glass panel. But I wanted to replace it with a lid with mesh. That would plug into the black hinge the missing glass piece did. Kracken lids said they wouldn't do it. But Clearview lids has been great helping with a design to plug in where the missing glass was. And sit flush on the euro edge of the tank.

The original lid had 4 glass panels. Still has 3.

Actually excited to see how it comes out.
John you shook the bag of dinero at this. I was amazed by the price actually. I can't remember exactly. But no more than $150. The work he has put in just in time to iron out everything for it! I will get my next lid from them. Highly impressed so far.
 
Exactly. Most of the infrastructure we enjoy today, and any long term success in this country belongs to the baby boomer generation and every generation of service members. The subsequent generations have not taken up that slack.
Thanks for this. I sometimes feel left out by the younger generations. Like I am a backwards person mo longer necessary.

Headed to get something done. I looked at TSA gonis. I just don't know if their prices are comparable with other online vendors. Must look. And choose the brightest.

Suggestions on torches, gonis and other bright corals for my new tank welcome.

Oh and best rocks to buy. Live or dry. Not sure which I should use.
 
Just tell him like I do that your friends on here sent them to you or that you won them on here... I don't think he believes me because he just shakes his head and laughs...
I did say I bid on one once. I couldn't believe no one outbid me! Maybe I will have them shipped to a neighbor. Or tell him I am using money I earned from cleaning the clinics tank. And not to look if it bothers him. Muahaha

Honestly I think I feel guiltier than he actually cares. The new tank was a bit of a stretch cost wise
 
Thanks for this. I sometimes feel left out by the younger generations. Like I am a backwards person mo longer necessary.

Headed to get something done. I looked at TSA gonis. I just don't know if their prices are comparable with other online vendors. Must look. And choose the brightest.

Suggestions on torches, gonis and other bright corals for my new tank welcome.

Oh and best rocks to buy. Live or dry. Not sure which I should use.
The sale prices make them a good deal. If I was in Goni purchasing mode I’d pick up at least that Glitter. A glitter at 100 bucks is usually a steal. Normally I wouldn’t purchase from TSA just because they tend to have somewhat higher prices. It’s not the quality. I had bought from them in the past on a sale. If I didn’t need to buy groceries I might have snagged a few more smaller items.
 
Amanda these are in 2 separate tanks. Same coral. When my anemone died I took some that had been in the sump for over a year. Hence the color difference. But the clowns at the clinic love theirs. It is large and they can disappear into it. I will get a better photo later. It has grown since this one.
What coral is it?
 
Goodnight smorgasbord! I genuinely apologize for all the "crazy" talk tonight.
People just can't come in here acting any type of way.

I love you guys, and I appreciate you all for putting up with me, and reciprocating the love.


Sometimes it's best to just ignore the "crazy" so that maybe they just go away...
 

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