innovative marine nuvo 16

[pugmommie]

I have been in the salt water aquarium hobby for over 9 years and wanted to do a smaller tank. I started out with a 29 gal. with no sump and after 5 years upgraded to a 120 gal with a 75 gal sump along with the 29 gal attached to the sump! So for the new tank, I wanted to keep it simple and went with the nuvo 16.

I didn't think the stock pump for the return had enough flow for me, so I took the "Y" off the return and hooked up the stock pump to the left side and added a maxi-jet 900 to the right side. Now I have much better flow. In a few weeks or so I also want to add the spin stream nozzles.

I have added 20 lbs of Hawaiian black arag- alive, 15 lbs of reef saver rock, and 1 kessil a 350w.

 

[vlangel]

Love the black sand and contrast with the rock!

[pugmommie]

Thanks, I think the black will really make the corals stand out! I plan on putting a small orange plate coral, red brain, hammer coral, and neon favia frag once the tank is stable.

[JMCollins24]

Like the setup! I really want to upgrade to the 16!

[pugmommie]

Here's the tank with some corals and fish.

[pugmommie]

Here a pic of how the tank looks today!

 

[Oceanus]

Looking good! I love that bleeding apple scoly and the open brain.

[pugmommie]

I took that brain and bleeding apple from my husbands tank! I just got this orange scoly today. Really pops in the tank!

 

[pugmommie]

Here's one of him eating.