livewyr25 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Hey, Have had experience with fresh water tanks a few years ago. Wanted to get back into the hobby, but i figured go big or go home, so I'm going saltwater. I don't have a lot of space in my condo, so the Innovative Marine Nuvo 38 gallon would be the best fit for me. I didn't trust the stand that i saw they were selling after reading reviews on it, so I figured i would learn how to build one. It's been a slow process so far building the stand and getting all the equipment purchased and ready. My plan is to have a mixed reef tank. Equipment so far: SpectraPure 90gpd MAXCAP RODI BRS Booster pump ( my water pressure was terrible) API Saltwater Test Kit BRS Portable Refractometer Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152 Cobalt Aquatics Neo-Therm 100 Watt Nuvo 38 Gallon AIO tank ( arriving in a few days) Equipment I plan on purchasing soon: AI Vega Color Custom Hanging bracket from http://www.modularled.ca/custom-hanging-bracket/ (drilling into my ceiling or wall is not an option) Apex Lite Controller MP10 Intank Media Basket (Chemipure & Purigen ) and Refugium basket Aquamaxx hob-1 Protein Skimmer Rock and Substrate: 20 lbs BRS Pukani Dry Live Rock 15 lbs BRS Reef Saver Dry Live Rock Will buy some live rock to seed from LFS 30 lb Bag of Tropical Eden Mini Flakes 30 lb Bag of Tropical Eden Reef Flakes Now to bore you with Pics of my stand Build ( I got the plans for the stand from a reefer on another forum) built to my dimensions. *please note, I have absolutely no experience with wood working At the time i did not own a circular saw so a great employee at Lowes was nice enough to custom cut every piece of wood i needed. Start building the frame. This 90 Degree Clamp i found at Harbor Freight tools for $10 was amazing. Getting there: Frame is Done: Time to Start Skinning, Lowes wouldn't cut the plywood for me, so i had to buy a circular saw (first time using a power tool) But it has a cool laser! Build myself a nice little shelf: Cutting out the door was the hardest part ( still have all 10 fingers and toes) For the Top of the stand, I got the great idea from Fellow Nano-Reefer Maizenblue00 (http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/325661-my-nuvo-38-one-step-closer/) for using a 2 Stair Treads and gluing them back to back to get perfect rounded edges. Painted the inside white to protect the wood ( I will be keeping my ATO reservoir in the bottom part of the stand) and will be leaving the back open so i will have easy access to cables and tubes and whatnot. He is what it looks like after a few coats of stain ( i still have to finish staining the extra pieces of moulding, they were after thoughts) and hang the door. Here is a shot of the box of rocks i got, Time to start figuring out how to make a great aqua-scape Will post more as the stand progresses and i get my tank next week! Link to comment
maizenblue00 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 SWEEEET!!! Keep going and keep up with the pics!! Link to comment
typicaltony Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 digging the build... looking forward to it all. Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Started playing around with some aquascaping: Rocks Came really dirty and full of gunk, so i'm giving them a bath for a few weeks. Good thing i have a cover for it, after a few hours with a Maxi Jet and a Heater in RODI water, it started smelling really bad. Link to comment
joel sandoman Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Where did you get the rock? Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 All from Bulk Reef Supply. 20 Lbs of Pukani and 15 lbs of reef saver. in the comments section of the order i told them it is for a nano tank so they would give me smaller pieces. They did a great job! Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 All done with the stand and moved into the living room. Tank comes today! Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 Looks like it will be another week or 2 to get my tank, thanks for nothing UPS!!! Link to comment
Coolhandreefer Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Wow, that really stinks. It will be worth the wait though! Link to comment
venturalvn Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Wow you did a great job with that stand, and especially for never having touched a power tool before. That sucks about the tank... Link to comment
Jay Wee Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 #### UPS!!! So sorry you have to go through this. I've received a broken nuvo too. I've witnessed several times they just throw heavy big boxes and pushing it across the floor without using a trolley. Great job on the stand! Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 So i arrive home to a Huge Box. Looks a little battered around the corners. But Not terrible. Opened that bad boy up: I believe there is a tank in there somewhere.....only in 348204 pieces. Thanks UPS for breaking it again, but this time leaving it at my door for me to deal with. Hopefully 3rd time is a charm. I HATE UPS! Dr Foster and smith will send it Fedex this time. Link to comment
Jay Wee Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Dude so sorry this happened to you again. 3rd time always a charm! Or you can request for a full refund and purchase it at your local LFS. Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 No one around me sells the tank, and i save tax by ordering it online. Just super annoying. I bought everything else, all i am missing is the damn tank. I am actually a little surprised at how badly packaged this tank is. I would expect so much more styrofoam. Link to comment
Jay Wee Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 No one around me sells the tank, and i save tax by ordering it online. Just super annoying. I bought everything else, all i am missing is the damn tank. I am actually a little surprised at how badly packaged this tank is. I would expect so much more styrofoam. Don't fret. Dr Foster will fix this for you. Let's hope FedEx does a better job at handling. Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Dr F & S have been great, but now its going to be another week until i get the tank. Wish they would upgrade the shipping for me. oh well Link to comment
maizenblue00 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 All done with the stand and moved into the living room. Tank comes today! NOW THAT"S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!! Nice job Livewyr25! Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks for the help Maizenblue! Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 3rd time is a charm!! Tank came today in one piece. Thanks FEDEX!!!! Pics to come shortly!!!! Link to comment
JR! Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 good to hear they got it there in one piece this time. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 3rd time is a charm!! Tank came today in one piece. Thanks FEDEX!!!! Pics to come shortly!!!! It's about time! Time to get things going! Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Arrived in one piece and i didn't break it taking it out of the box. Tank all set up, Making RODI water takes a lot of time! Leak testing now and going to make the salt water first and then add the rock and sand to the tank. Link to comment
livewyr25 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 And we have saltwater!!!!! http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/lhdq.jpg/'> Link to comment
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