treedog5 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 So I finally decided to go ahead and put my build thread up here, the only reason I didn't do it from the beginning was because I felt like my tank really didn't compare to a lot of the tanks I see posted up here. Number one reason for that is because I am on a very strict budget and we all know budget and saltwater tanks shouldn't be in the same sentence. Regardless of that I ended up with a Nuvo 16 gallon tank and one stock light, and my journey began. Before the Nuvo I had a 29 gallon tank going that I had started back in March of 2013, it was a mess. So when I came across the Nuvo I jumped on it and used some of the rock and water out of the 29 gallon to start up with. So my tank right now is being run by pretty much all the stock equipment that comes with the Nuvo except the lights, which some might say really isn't a upgrade but they are doing fine for me right now. Here is a list of equipment, future plans and livestock that I currently have.Equipment Stock media baskets 1 Jebao WP-10 18" Evo 36 watt Led Light Stock return pump Ebay 100 watt heater Filtration Filter Floss Purigen Chemi-Pure Elite 20 pounds live rock 15 pounds of sand Fish Fire Fish Goby Ocellaris clownfish Bluespotted Watchman Goby Inverts 1 Red Banned Snapping Shrimp 1 Blue Leg Hermit Crab 4 Nassarius Snails 5 Margarita Snails Red Sea Star Corals Green Tip Hammer Torch Acan Duncan Neon Green Toadstool Dragon Soul Favia Green Bay Packers Zoas Random Zoas Green Fluorescent Mushroom GSP Future Plans Kessil A150 Led Intank Media Baskets 1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp Maintenance Weekly 3-4 gallon water change Change Filter Floss Manual Top Off when Needed And here's the pics, enjoy and leave some feedback.. Day 1 ( Leak Test ) Transferred water, rocks and some coral from old 29 gallon tank. Added new light, some fish and new corals. Didn't like the rock scape so I changed it up a bit. Got hit with some serious Cyano. Couple of weeks, Chemi-clean and some snails later!!! Link to comment
treedog5 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Fish and Coral Pics Link to comment
treedog5 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 looks like a great start! Thanks, I know I have a long way to go... Link to comment
treedog5 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 So what do you guys or girls think?? Any suggestions? Link to comment
njasmin Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Looks great, definitely like the final choice of aquascaping compared to the first one! Beautiful coral also. I wish i could have ordered the white nuvo but black was only available at the time i ordered mine Looking forward to see how the tank progresses! Link to comment
treedog5 Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Thx for looking, I will definitely keep this post updated when things change. Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 A bunch of tiny frags eventually grow into a beautiful reef. Nice start here, and WELCOME! Link to comment
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