steverino Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Well I might be a little late to the nuvo 8 party, but better late than never. I started a 29 AGA mixed reef tank 12 years ago and kept it running for about 7 years. The hobby progressed a lot in that time period and during that time I found out how my set up was not ideal. After being without a tank for 5 years I'm back in the hobby and this time I have a wife and 2 year old to enjoy it with. Lighting: Nanobox mini Filtration: IM media basket with Chemipure blue and a phos pad. I also perform a 2.5 gallon water change every week. Flow: MP10 original from my 29 gallon Controller: RKL from my old 29 gallon Heater: Hydor 50w at 78.0 Salt: Aquavitro Salinity 1.0260 ATO: Tunze Nano Here is first evening with it. We were mixing salt. We put in roughly 6 pounds of live rock. Link to comment
steverino Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Cycling. This is three weeks in. I'm actively looking for new light do to the fact that I'll probably start adding corals before a fish. CUC will be before corals however. Link to comment
steverino Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Well I added a cleanup crew after getting water checked by LFS. I've added 2 very small blue legged hermits, 2 cerith snails, and 2 trochus snails. My son finally has something to look at beside rocks. I've also been trying to find a sweet spot for the mp10 as the sand I have is a pretty small grain. I'll slowly vacuum it out during water changes and go with something larger. Link to comment
steverino Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Well I've added some corals. I've added 3 types of zoas, a red macro algae(flame?), a green favia, one orange ricordia and a frogspawn. I also have a new light on the way. I bought a used mini tide that will be sent to Dave for a new paint job and a couple of tweaks. I'm also slowly removing my current, very fine grand sand to make room for some black sand with a larger grain size so that my mp10 won't blow it everywhere. FTS as of 8-16-15 Link to comment
steverino Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 I've had lots going on since my last update. I bought a small clownfish. He's been eating flake and frozen like a champ. He's definitely feeling confident as he bit my hand today. Lol. I've also added 2 blasto frags and 2 small rasta zoas. I also put my black sand in after my weekly water change today. I'll post some pictures soon. Link to comment
steverino Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 FTS on 8-31-15 Finally replaced my sand bed. This is as of 9-7-15. Link to comment
steverino Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 New corals. It's a full blown addiction at this point. Link to comment
tk-it-ez Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 New corals. It's a full blown addiction at this point. Looks great and I agree about the addiction Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 FTS on 8-31-15 Finally replaced my sand bed. This is as of 9-7-15. Looks really nice! Did you ever get the minitide on top of your tank? Link to comment
steverino Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 No not yet. Let's just say it took a long time to get to Dave. I emailed him a couple days ago and he said he hoped to get it shipped Friday. So as you can imagine I'm checking my email like 30 times a day. Link to comment
steverino Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Mini Tide is on the way!!!!! Link to comment
lakerron Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Looks great! What is the black gravel (coral?) called? I'd like to mix some of that with my white coral. Thanks! Link to comment
steverino Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Looks great! What is the black gravel (coral?) called? I'd like to mix some of that with my white coral. Thanks! Thanks a lot! The gravel is Caribsea arag-alive Hawaiin black. My MP10 would just launch the fine grain sand I had. This gravel stays put pretty well, and it's still fine enough that my ceriths can bury themselves without any issues. Link to comment
steverino Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 It's not a great picture by any means but here's a full tank shot. 9-28-15 Link to comment
ReefSafeSolutions Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Love the rock work!! Link to comment
steverino Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Love the rock work!! Thanks a lot! Link to comment
steverino Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 With our family vacation quickly approaching I present the new ATO. Getting it set up today. Link to comment
steverino Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Mini Tide is here!! I'll get some pictures up later today. Link to comment
steverino Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Some actinics with new light Splatter hammer Blastomussa Frogspawn FTS 10-15-15 Link to comment
steverino Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Had to treat my Rastas with some Furan 2 last week and they are looking much better. They are actually opening up. I'm Keeping a close eye on my others zoas but so far so good. Link to comment
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