First of all, hello to everyone. I have lurked here for quite a while, but never really posted much. I have had this Nuvo 8 going for about 3 months or so now. I have a thread going on another forum, as well, so some of you may recognize it if you visit other forums. I figure I would share it here too!
Some of you may ask, so I might as well just explain it here: The reason I title this The Not-So Symbiotic Nuvo 8 is I originally intended to incorporate as many symbiotic relationships into this tank as possible. Over the course of the past couple of months, though, I went through multiple changes and also realized some of those relationships just would not work out. In any rate, I love my aquarium and it is coming out great, symbiotic or not.
Here are my specs:
Hardware
Aquarium: Innovative Marine Nuvo 8 - Black
Lighting: NanoBox Mini Tide w/ Storm Controller
Heater: Cobalt Aquatics Accu-Therm 75 Watt NeoTherm 75 Watt
Heater
Pump: Stock pump MJ900 w/ spin stream
Filter Media: InTank Media Basket with Filter Floss and SeaChem Matrix
Carbon
NanoBox Mini Tide Storm Settings
PWM Day Settings: White Channel: 80, Blue Channel: 120
PWM Night Settings: White Channel: 0, Blue Channel 1
Sunrise/Sunset Mode: Manual
Sunrise: 11:00am
Sunset: 10:30pm
Ramp Time: 180 minutes
Ramp delay: 150 minutes for White
Cloud frequenzy: 1
Lightning Frequenzy: 3
Dosing/Weekly Schedule
Livestock
Fish
Ocellaris Clownfish
Yellow Clown Goby(added 4/12/2014)
Clean-Up Crew
1 x Small Mexican Turbo Snail(added 4/8/2014)
2 x Astrea Snails
2 x Nerite snails
3 x Nassarious Snails(added 3/23/2014)
6 x Cerith Snails(added 4/12/2014)
1 x Emerald Crab(added 3/23/2014)(RIP 3/27/2014)
1 x Emerald Crab(added 4/8/2014)(removed 4/8/2014)
LPS
Purple Tipped Torch Coral
3 headed Duncan(added 3/23/2014)
Red Blasto(added 4/4/2014)
Soft Coral/Mushrooms
Yellow and Purple Yuma
Rainbow Ricordea(added 3/23/2014)
Blue/Yellow spotted Mushrooms(added 4/12/2014)
Orange Fringed Rhodactus(added 5/2/2014)
Zoas/Palys
Red Death Palys
Unknown Paly(similar to Gorilla Nipples)
SunnyDVivid Rainbow(added 4/4/2014)
Rasta(added 4/12/2014)
Kryptonite Zoas(added 5/2/2014)
Current FTS
DSCN3727 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr
Some of you may ask, so I might as well just explain it here: The reason I title this The Not-So Symbiotic Nuvo 8 is I originally intended to incorporate as many symbiotic relationships into this tank as possible. Over the course of the past couple of months, though, I went through multiple changes and also realized some of those relationships just would not work out. In any rate, I love my aquarium and it is coming out great, symbiotic or not.
Here are my specs:
Hardware
Aquarium: Innovative Marine Nuvo 8 - Black
Lighting: NanoBox Mini Tide w/ Storm Controller
Heater: Cobalt Aquatics Accu-Therm 75 Watt NeoTherm 75 Watt
Heater
Pump: Stock pump MJ900 w/ spin stream
Filter Media: InTank Media Basket with Filter Floss and SeaChem Matrix
Carbon
NanoBox Mini Tide Storm Settings
PWM Day Settings: White Channel: 80, Blue Channel: 120
PWM Night Settings: White Channel: 0, Blue Channel 1
Sunrise/Sunset Mode: Manual
Sunrise: 11:00am
Sunset: 10:30pm
Ramp Time: 180 minutes
Ramp delay: 150 minutes for White
Cloud frequenzy: 1
Lightning Frequenzy: 3
Dosing/Weekly Schedule
Livestock
Fish
Ocellaris Clownfish
Yellow Clown Goby(added 4/12/2014)
Clean-Up Crew
1 x Small Mexican Turbo Snail(added 4/8/2014)
2 x Astrea Snails
2 x Nerite snails
3 x Nassarious Snails(added 3/23/2014)
6 x Cerith Snails(added 4/12/2014)
1 x Emerald Crab(added 3/23/2014)(RIP 3/27/2014)
1 x Emerald Crab(added 4/8/2014)(removed 4/8/2014)
LPS
Purple Tipped Torch Coral
3 headed Duncan(added 3/23/2014)
Red Blasto(added 4/4/2014)
Soft Coral/Mushrooms
Yellow and Purple Yuma
Rainbow Ricordea(added 3/23/2014)
Blue/Yellow spotted Mushrooms(added 4/12/2014)
Orange Fringed Rhodactus(added 5/2/2014)
Zoas/Palys
Red Death Palys
Unknown Paly(similar to Gorilla Nipples)
SunnyDVivid Rainbow(added 4/4/2014)
Rasta(added 4/12/2014)
Kryptonite Zoas(added 5/2/2014)
Current FTS
DSCN3727 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr