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Cove's IM Nuvo Fusion 25 gallon Lagoon


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I've been tankless for a few months now, I tried going bigger with a sump but it was too much work balancing that with school + work. For those who remember, my last tank was a Fusion 20 but I sold it due to the lack of display space. The dimensions of this tank offer a lot more opportunities for scaping.

Display Tank: IM Nuvo Fusion 25 gallon Lagoon
Display Lighting: Ecotech Marine XR15w Pro

Filtration: inTank media basket + inTank filter floss holder
System Water: RO/DI mixed with Aqua Forest Reef Salt
Display Water circulation: MP10qd + 2x Eheim 600

Heater: Cobalt Neo Therm 100w

 

Livestock:
2x Wyoming White Clownfish

Banggai Cardinal
Royal Gramma

 

CUC & Inverts:
Cerith snails
Turbo Snail
Blue Leg Hermits

Sand Sifting Starfish


Coral:

Softies, LPS, SPS, Zoas + Palys

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I run a reef octopus ns80 on my 25 it works awesome and is $43,and a reef octopus.

Awesome, ill definitely consider it.

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You don't need a skimmer for a tank this size. Weekly water changes will for just fine. I'm running my lagoon was an sps tank and all I use is the mini reactor with carbon and gfo. I have no nutrients problems. I do only have two clowns though

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You don't need a skimmer for a tank this size. Weekly water changes will for just fine. I'm running my lagoon was an sps tank and all I use is the mini reactor with carbon and gfo. I have no nutrients problems. I do only have two clowns though

In my old fusion 20 I had 6 fish with really good results, no skimmers or reactors. Im just wondering if there is an added benefit to having them. Sounds like if I do weekly 5 gallon water changes I should be fine.

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In my old fusion 20 I had 6 fish with really good results, no skimmers or reactors. Im just wondering if there is an added benefit to having them. Sounds like if I do weekly 5 gallon water changes I should be fine.

That's what I've been doing in mine,but,the skimmer definitely aids in pulling junk,other wise my skimmer cup would be cleaner. Lol. Ultimately you probably don't have to have one,but it definitely isn't a bad thing to add either for a little extra clean.
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That's what I've been doing in mine,but,the skimmer definitely aids in pulling junk,other wise my skimmer cup would be cleaner. Lol. Ultimately you probably don't have to have one,but it definitely isn't a bad thing to add either for a little extra clean.

 

Lol I have a SC150 in my frag tank and that thing pulls like no tomorrow. My only thing with the Lagoon tanks is they are designed for use with IM Products and if I could avoid the Ghost skimmer I will, having said that the reactor is something I may consider. You mentioned the Reef Octopus skimmer above, its hard to find specific stuff here in Canada. Our LFS dont have a great selection.

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Skimmerless it is!

 

Lol I have a SC150 in my frag tank and that thing pulls like no tomorrow. My only thing with the Lagoon tanks is they are designed for use with IM Products and if I could avoid the Ghost skimmer I will, having said that the reactor is something I may consider. You mentioned the Reef Octopus skimmer above, its hard to find specific stuff here in Canada. Our LFS dont have a great selection.

Ah yea that makes sense being in Canada. Marine depot carries them,I dunno if they ship your way or if it's cost prohibitive.
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Ah yea that makes sense being in Canada. Marine depot carries them,I dunno if they ship your way or if it's cost prohibitive.

Shipping with Canada is expensive enough. Crossing boarder is quite bad. Heck we cant even fly 45 minutes with out paying $500

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Skimmerless it is!

 

Lol I have a SC150 in my frag tank and that thing pulls like no tomorrow. My only thing with the Lagoon tanks is they are designed for use with IM Products and if I could avoid the Ghost skimmer I will, having said that the reactor is something I may consider. You mentioned the Reef Octopus skimmer above, its hard to find specific stuff here in Canada. Our LFS dont have a great selection.

 

ReefSupplies.ca carries the NS80 for just shy of $60 CAD. Pets and Ponds also carries it (but currently out of stock/unavailable listing), as well J&L Aquatics also carries them, so thankfully there are still options for online shopping ^_^

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Shipping with Canada is expensive enough. Crossing boarder is quite bad. Heck we cant even fly 45 minutes with out paying $500

Canada is so cool though :)

I'm a loyal smodcast listener though so go figure :P

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  • 6 months later...

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Cant believe I forgot about my thread.

 

So I started the tank in June, and its been doing great. I took things really slow this time around, I don't regret it one bit. I divided my scape into 3 islands. Front and centre- sofites/zoas, back left- LPS, back right-SPS. For a very long time I only had clownfish and I added a Pygmy Possum Wrasse in August but it swam into my MP10 like the rest of the ones I purchased in my last tank.

Last night I picked up a Royal Gramma and an African Flame Back Angelfish. Insanely excited about these fish. Im deciding on finishing there or adding two more fish. Possibly a Swalesi Basslet and a Midas Blenny.

More pics to come.

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Looking good! How have the new fish settled in?

Really nicely! Just yesterday, I saw them comfortably roaming around the tank, and theyre finally not afraid of me when I approach the tank :D The hardest part is getting a good picture of them on my iphone, but im working on it.

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