C4R Innovative Marine Builds (40/25/20/15)

[Chris4reef]

Hey all And Merry Christmas. Sold all my Waterbox tanks and went full Innovative Marine. Tanks are mostly setup the same so a lot of ecotech products, Neptune controllers with trident, Red Sea blue bucket salt.

Current Setups:

Innovative Marine 20 (Photo 1)
Start up - sometime in 2016
Theme: Zoas/Mushrooms/QT
Lighting: XR 15 Blue G5
Flow: MP10QD / 3 Nero 3s / Mightyjet return / VCA drop downs with RFG
Filtration: 1 IM caddy - Filter Floss, Chemipure Blue, and Marinepure bio circles / IM desktop UV
Control: Neptune Apex with Trident / Fzone ATO
Recent Test results: CA: 435 | ALK: 8.4 | MG: 1325 | No3: 25ppm | point of sale: . 25
Livestock: Pair of clowns, six line wrasse, scopas tang (moving), 4 chromis (moving), Bangai cardinal


Innovative Marine 25 Lagoon (Photo 2)
Start up - June 2022
Theme: Mixed reef / SPS holding
Lighting: G5 XR30 Pro
Flow: 2 MP10QD / 1 Nero 5 / Mightyjet return w/ VCA drop downs with RFG
Filtration: 1 IM Caddy - Filter floss, chemipure blue, bio media / IM UV / Icecap Skimmer
Control: Neptune Apex Pro with Trident / Fzone ATO
Dosing: Ecotech Versa - ESV B Ionic CA|ALK|MG , Acropower
Recent Test Results: CA: 455 | ALK: 7.8 | MG: 1342 | No3: 8.7 | point of sale: .08
Livestock: Flame Angel, Pintail Wrasse ( Tank is going through Velvet, lost some fish, tank is going through a 60 day QT)

Innovative Marine 15 (Photo 3)
Start up - December 2022
Theme: Anemone Cube
Lighting: G6 XR15 Blue
Flow: MP10QD / Mightjet with RFG
Filtration: IM Caddy - Filter Floss, Chemipure Blue, Bio Media
Control: Soon to be Neptune / Fzone ATO
Livestock: Pair of Clownfish

Innovative Marine 40 Long (Photo 4)
Start up - December 2022
Theme: SPS Dominant Tank
Lighting: 3 G5 XR15 Blue
Flow: 2 MP10 / Mightyjet with RFG
Filtration: IM Caddy - Filter Floss, Chemipure Blue, Bio Media / IM UV / Ice cap Skimmer
Control: Neptune Apex with Trident / Fzone ATO
Dosing: Versa Doser - Aquaforest 123, Acropower
Livestock: Pair of Clowns


As you can see most of my tanks are new and setup the same, but I am excited to go in this direction and document the successes and failures.

 

[blaxsun]

Nice IM tanks! Out of curiosity - why the switch?

 

[Chris4reef]

Nice IM tanks! Out of curiosity - why the switch?

Thanks!

IMO Innovative Marine just makes quality tanks. I love the kit that they provide with the lid and upgraded goodies. I like how the tanks are modular and you can do what you want. The dual overflows are nice to keep surface proteins out of the tank. Some dont like the large black silicone but I dont mind it.

I had a WB 25 peninsula / 20 cube / 10 cube and they are great tanks to but I just like the IM brand and quality.

 

[LeannaBanana]

Lovely tanks! Can't wait to follow along. Merry Christmas to you!

 

[blaxsun]

Thanks!

IMO Innovative Marine just makes quality tanks. I love the kit that they provide with the lid and upgraded goodies. I like how the tanks are modular and you can do what you want. The dual overflows are nice to keep surface proteins out of the tank. Some dont like the large black silicone but I dont mind it.

I had a WB 25 peninsula / 20 cube / 10 cube and they are great tanks to but I just like the IM brand and quality.

They do make quality tanks (I had a pair of IM Fusion 25 Lagoons myself).

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Love the different tanks you have!

 

[Chris4reef]

Love the different tanks you have!

Thank you!

 

[dstockwell]

That’s a lot going on there

 

[Chris4reef]

Have something new coming…. Stay tuned.

 

[Chris4reef]

Photo updates:
Here is the 40L SPS Build

 

[Chris4reef]

25 Lagoon

 

[Chris4reef]

20 Zoa grow out:

 

[Chris4reef]

50 Gallon mixed reef:

 

[Ghostweim]

Nice tanks!

 

[Opus]

Photo updates:
Here is the 40L SPS Build

How do you get the icecap skimmer to sit down in the back chamber? My son just got one for his 40L and with the black screw on the magnet holder it won't fit in the chamber. This was trying to put the magnet so 1/2 is on the outside of the tank. Stopped at that point because we noticed the skimmer had been cracked in shipping.

 

[Opus]

50 Gallon mixed reef:

How did you get the Icecap K1 nano to fit in the back of the 40L?

 

[Chris4reef]

How did you get the Icecap K1 nano to fit in the back of the 40L?

So I dont use the mount that comes with the Icecap. I put some bio cubes under the pump to keep it where I want it. And I use the regulator as a wedge.

 

[Chris4reef]

June 1st Update:

20 nuvo PIC 1 : went from Zoa garden to BTA garden lol.

25 Lagoon PIC 2: SPS dominate

40 Long PIC 3: Crashed…. bottom out on nutrients and went to Dino hell. The tank is currently on the up and up. Replaced the rock structures to small Islands and just placed corals in there for temp. Tank is going to shift from SPS to more of a fish tank with some easy corals.

50 Lagoon PIC 4: Tank is truly hitting its stride. Autopilot and looking amazing!

 

[Opus]

So I dont use the mount that comes with the Icecap. I put some bio cubes under the pump to keep it where I want it. And I use the regulator as a wedge.

Thanks. Not sure my son wants that. As I mentioned, the skimmer came in cracked so if they will let him take a credit, he may go for a Tunze to fit in the far right chamber.

 

[Chris4reef]

Thanks. Not sure my son wants that. As I mentioned, the skimmer came in cracked so if they will let him take a credit, he may go for a Tunze to fit in the far right chamber.

If you decide to go with a different skimmer. On my small IM tanks, I found the bubble magnus miniq to work well.