Peter's Innovative Marine NUVO EXT 200 Mixed Reef

[tritonpower]

Fortunately I was able to just cancel my sump, get refunded, and order one from Synergy.

@tritonpower How's it going? Any word?

I called them and they said 6 weeks.

 

[tritonpower]

Video of all fish and corals in their new homes. Moving all that was not fun. On the bright side, at least I have an open space for my new tank now.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Video of all fish and corals in their new homes. Moving all that was not fun. On the bright side, at least I have an open space for my new tank now.

I hope everything stays going smoothly. Definitely rough on you and the corals this emergency move but you did great for an emergency. Hopefully things stay happy until the new tank arrives,

 

[Ioncewaslegend]

I called them and they said 6 weeks.

Ugh, that sucks!!! Was it due to the sump, or just that's when they expect the tank to ship?

 

[tritonpower]

Ugh, that sucks!!! Was it due to the sump, or just that's when they expect the tank to ship?

I assumed it was because I ordered it a month after you guys but with all these sump issues now I am not sure. We will see in 6 weeks. Those other sumps are pretty expensive right? How much money back did innovative marine give you for your sump credit?

 

[AIRDADDY]

Great Save! That's about as good as you could hope for considering the emergency. Glad you were able to keep your passion for the hobby after that.

 

[tritonpower]

I have always used the BRS refractometer with 2 bottles of accubrate calibration fluid. I wanted to be sure so I ordered the tropic marin glass high precision hydrometer (1st one came broken from BRS). The refractometer read 35.5 or 1.0268 and the hydrometer read 1.026. Good to know the refractometer is accurate.

 

[jp_75]

Somehow i only trust tropic marin glass high precision hydrometer

 

[tritonpower]

Somehow i only trust tropic marin glass high precision hydrometer

I wanted to double check. I had a bottle of the calibration solution go bad and I didn't notice before. That's why I use 2 bottles now. Unlikely both will go bad. I like the hydrometer but when checking you have to turn off flow. Not sure I will use it when mixing salt but I may try it.

 

[tritonpower]

Exciting times! My tank will be delivered next Tue.

My 8020 shipment came just in time. I am building a light mount with a 90 degree swivel arm to mount all my Red Sea lights and my XHO LED light strips. I'll make a video of the mount when I am done with it.
I can't believe how heavy 8020 T slot is. I should have got the lite version. Hopefully the weight is not an issue.

 

[tritonpower]

It's here! Now the real work begins. Inspection went well with no defects found.

 

[tritonpower]

Stand is done. Still need to finish light mount and controller board. LFS won't be able to move tank for a few weeks so I've got time.

 

[QuickrdenU]

Stand is done. Still need to finish light mount and controller board. LFS won't be able to move tank for a few weeks so I've got time.

Amen!!!

 

[QuickrdenU]

How goes it?!?!

 

[tritonpower]

Plumbing is ready. LFS is scheduled to level/place tank and help with the plumbing on 7/11. I will start moving fish/corals after that.

 

[tritonpower]

The fun has begun. Video on step 1 of my light mount

 

[tritonpower]

Tank in place and plumbing in place. Just needs to be glued. Also building controller board.

 

[jp_75]

How do you like the tank so far?

 

[tritonpower]

How do you like the tank so far?

Beautiful tank. Very well built. Love the stand. All positive so far

 

[jp_75]

Nice! One more question: does overflow box have cover?