Hi there!
It's been several years since I've had a go at saltwater and now that I own a house I'm going to give it a proper shot with a Nuvo 20 I've had in a box for the last two years. Up to this point I've collected most of the gear I'll be using and built the stand.
Equipment:
Tank: IM Nuvo 20
Lighting: Reefi Uno 2.0 Pro (using default LPS profile w/ slightly increased whites during the day)
Filtration/AIO chamber equipment:
ATO/WC: Autoaqua smart awc, IM Hydrofill 5G Reservoir
Livestock:
Planned (fish):
FTS 9/27/23:
FTS 11/05/23:
OG Info:
Here are some current/in progress shots of the tank/stand. The stand is still a WIP as I add more equipment!
Custom designed and laser cut acrylic panels to house switches and equipment mounted inside of a custom wood frame I laid out.
Retro fitted this side cabinet section into a stand I made a couple years ago (my woodworking has gotten quite a bit better I'm finding!)
Finalized and mounted the side panel with both of the frames for gear. I designed this such that I can laser new designs to slot into the frames should my equipment needs change. For instance, I picked up a newer heater with a controller and intend to have that mounted between the switches below with a new hole to route the wires through.
Current heater controller location, plan is to move this to the outside for easy reference, waiting for more acrylic to come in.
Full shot to show custom lighting mount solution. Should ideally work for any future lighting plans as well.
The tank as it stands now. Starting to get the uglies, more on the live rock than the caribsea dry live which is interesting. I've been lazy getting the door off of the stand and stained to match the rest but it doesn't hurt anything!
Hitchhikers so far:
Yesterday - 9/8 (about 2 weeks after inital setup), I did the day 1 dose of microbacter start xlm and quickcycl, measured about 1.2-1.5 Ammonia 2 hours later. Will measure again this evening. 2 week delay was simply researching the best way to get cycled these days, it's been a while since I've looked into it!
It's been several years since I've had a go at saltwater and now that I own a house I'm going to give it a proper shot with a Nuvo 20 I've had in a box for the last two years. Up to this point I've collected most of the gear I'll be using and built the stand.
Equipment:
Tank: IM Nuvo 20
Lighting: Reefi Uno 2.0 Pro (using default LPS profile w/ slightly increased whites during the day)
Filtration/AIO chamber equipment:
- (Left) filter floss, live rock rubble
- (Left center) Skimmer (nuvoskim dc nano, not running currently, still debating removal)
- (Center) Sicce 1.5 return, ATO/WC probes (still working these out)
- (Right center) 100w Helio PTC heater
- (Right) filter sock, bag of chemipure, WC pump, Helio temp probe
ATO/WC: Autoaqua smart awc, IM Hydrofill 5G Reservoir
Livestock:
Planned (fish):
- Wrasse - dwarf, either pink-streaked or possum
- Black Storm Clown pair (9/29/23)
- 6x blue leg hermits
- 4x Astrea snails
- 2x nassarius snails
- 1x sand sifting star
- 1x Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (9/29/23)
- 4x Rock Flower Nems (9/29/23)
- 14x Dwarf Cerith (10/21/23)
- 2x Dwarf Trochus (10/21/23)
- 1x Halloween Hermit Crab
- (10/21/23)
- 2x Zebra Turbo Snail
- (10/21/23)
- 1x Emerald/Ruby Mithrax Crab
- (10/21/23)
- Purple/Green Splatter Hammer (9/10/23)
- Hairy Green Mushroom Colony w/ Armor of God Zoa Colony (9/16/23)
- Florida Ricordea (9/16/23)
- Orange Bam Bam Zoas (9/16/23)
- Candy Cane (9/22/23)
- Pink Hammer (9/22/23)
- CC 21 Tails Torch (9/27/23)
- JF Nuclear Trumpet (9/27/23)
- JF Vegas Strip Zoas (9/27/23)
- JF butt Monkey Zoas (9/27/23)
- JF Daisy Dukes Palys (9/27/23)
- JF Crazy Lady Palys (9/27/23)
- TCK Insane Hellfire Torch (9/27/23)
- TCK Peach Favia (9/27/23)
- TCK Baby's Breath Favia (9/27/23)
FTS 9/27/23:
FTS 11/05/23:
OG Info:
Here are some current/in progress shots of the tank/stand. The stand is still a WIP as I add more equipment!
Custom designed and laser cut acrylic panels to house switches and equipment mounted inside of a custom wood frame I laid out.
Retro fitted this side cabinet section into a stand I made a couple years ago (my woodworking has gotten quite a bit better I'm finding!)
Finalized and mounted the side panel with both of the frames for gear. I designed this such that I can laser new designs to slot into the frames should my equipment needs change. For instance, I picked up a newer heater with a controller and intend to have that mounted between the switches below with a new hole to route the wires through.
Current heater controller location, plan is to move this to the outside for easy reference, waiting for more acrylic to come in.
Full shot to show custom lighting mount solution. Should ideally work for any future lighting plans as well.
The tank as it stands now. Starting to get the uglies, more on the live rock than the caribsea dry live which is interesting. I've been lazy getting the door off of the stand and stained to match the rest but it doesn't hurt anything!
Hitchhikers so far:
- Several bristle worms. I got a red light to watch at night to get an idea of size/count. There seems to be 1 or 2 largeish worms and a handful of tiny ones. They don't appear to be fireworms so I am not concerned at the moment.
- Ball anenome - at least I think! It's very small, moved under an overhanging rock which, combined with the notable "balls", leads me to believe that's the correct ID.
- TONS of feather worms. I feel like every day over the last couple weeks more and more have come out. It's great.
Yesterday - 9/8 (about 2 weeks after inital setup), I did the day 1 dose of microbacter start xlm and quickcycl, measured about 1.2-1.5 Ammonia 2 hours later. Will measure again this evening. 2 week delay was simply researching the best way to get cycled these days, it's been a while since I've looked into it!
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