WickedReefs Nuvo 10 Build

[WickedReef]

Waiting on stand, testing for leaks

Currently
Tank
Innovative Marine 10 Gallon NUVO Fusion Nano Aquarium
Lighting
Kessil A160WE Controllable LED Aquarium Light - Tuna Blue
with Kessil Spectral Controller.

Heater

Cobalt Aquatics Neo-Therm 50 Watt
Pump Upgrade

Taam Rio+ 800 Powerhead/Pump

Circulation

Jebao WP-10 Series Wavemaker with Controller

Media Basket Upgrade
InTank
Rock

BRS Reef Saver

Sand

10lbs Caribsea Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand
Top Off
Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152

Power Strip
Tripp Lite 8-Outlet Safety Power Strip with GFCI Plug
Top Off Container
Reliance Products Aqua-Pak 2.5 Gallon Rigid Water Container

Livestock

Thinking about 2 Designer clowns and a Nice Bubble Anemone

[moores38]

Nice build, ours are almost identical! Following along!

[reefernanoman]

Nice! I want to see what your tank looks like in a few months with this nice light. Following and welcome to the club!

[WickedReef]

Thanks guys, enjoying your builds also!! I will be following.

Stand
My pops is building for me, I wanted to go a little larger for more room inside stand.
Going to stain it black. He coming down for Christmas. So I should have this thing
up and running around New Years.

 

[da1001]

[kylhcky]

welcome, there's a decent amount of support popping up for this tank lately.

 

watch that water line with the stock screen tabs. mine use to do that when i ran into a restriction in my system, it occasionally wicked water down the side of the tank a few times that it happened.

[R1sky_Biz]

Man, thats gonna be a sick build! I have the 8g and am leaning towards the kessil as well.. I will definitely be following along!

[TeamIM24]

Great start. Looking forward to seeing how you stock it.

[Mike Savage]

That is looking good.

[reefernanoman]

What made you decide to go with this new light if I may ask? the simplicity? the price?

[WickedReef]

Well, I have a kessil 350w on my 25 gal reef and really like it. Then seeing the new 160 that's controllable it was a no brainer. These are really great lights.

[reefernanoman]

Well, I have a kessil 350w on my 25 gal reef and really like it. Then seeing the new 160 that's controllable it was a no brainer. These are really great lights.

Nice. What kind of corals do you have on your other tank and how was the growth?

[WickedReef]

Heres a pic. I do also have a couple easy sps and they do great. Crappy phone pics.

[reefernanoman]

Heres a pic. I do also have a couple easy sps and they do great. Crappy phone pics.

Nice!

[da1001]

You call that a crappy phone pic?!?!? I haven't been able to get one that good with anything I have so far lol.

[teenyreef]

Wow, beautiful tank! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the IM10!

[reefernanoman]

You call that a crappy phone pic?!?!? I haven't been able to get one that good with anything I have so far lol.

My Galaxy S4 doesn't do that bad either with patience.

[WickedReef]

Thanks for the nice comments guys, Those pictures of my 25 were taken with my Nexus 5. The camera software does have a white balance that I can adjust so they come out decent.
Going to Velcro the edge of the curtain down to keep sun off the tank.

Getting Closer

[da1001]

I push-pinned my blinds to my wall so there was zero light transfer and absolutely no cold/hot air coming in from around the sides. It's good stuff.

[WickedReef]

Well, got my Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152 installed today luckily i have one in my other tank so it was a piece of cake also installed a
Tripp Lite 8-Outlet Safety Power Strip with GFCI Plug and Reliance Products Aqua-Pak 2.5 Gallon Rigid Water Container.

Debating on getting a Apex jr. or just a Kessil Controller? anyone else have the kessil controller? Im steering towards the kessil and save some money.

[joem1cha3l]

Definitely in on this build! I am doing mine as well so it'll be great to watch our tanks progress!

[WickedReef]

Well got sand, salt and rock in also receiving kessil controller in the mail today. I may change the rock-work not really sure yet? Need to run some errands today so im gonna cruise by LFS today and look at some dry rock. The large mesh is showing patterns on my rockwork and sand so im going to be replacing the Innovative Marine mesh with some thinner stuff I had left over from my other tank.

[CosmicCanine]

I like it Wicked! psst. put a torch on top.. hehe...

[Normang]

Well, I have a kessil 350w on my 25 gal reef and really like it. Then seeing the new 160 that's controllable it was a no brainer. These are really great lights.

 

I have the fusion 20 and I cant decide on the lights. I like the xr15 pro and the kessil 160

Since you have a 350 and a 160, do you feel the 160 has a large enough spread to cover the 2 foot length of the fusion 20gal?

 

How are you liking the light?

[WickedReef]

I have the fusion 20 and I cant decide on the lights. I like the xr15 pro and the kessil 160

Since you have a 350 and a 160, do you feel the 160 has a large enough spread to cover the 2 foot length of the fusion 20gal?

 

How are you liking the light?

 

Kessils website says the 160w and 350w have a spread of 24" Which I believe is the same as the xr15 pro.

 

Ive been debating maybe replacing the 350w getting a 160w for my 25 because of the price and controllability. I run my 350w at 60 blue and 45-50 white and that seems to be more than enough for my 25 which is mainly softy's and a couple easy sps. The size of the tank is 21.5 wide x 16"tall x 14.5 Front to back not including rear sump which is 4.5". So I would think the 160w should be fine.