JTM1991 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 So after having to move and getting rid of my IM Nuvo 20 I decided to get a new tank. I’m going to try my best to document the build in this thread. Equipment: IM Nuvo 30l with black stand IM stock return pump IM custom caddy IM Hydrofill TI ATO, Pump, and Reservoir Cobalt Neotherm 100w Ecotech MP10QD 2 AI Prime HD LED lights black on flexible arms 25lb Carib Sea Life Rock 20lb Carib Sea Fiji pink sand IM Protein Skimmer IM Media Reactor Here’s how it looked at the store when I bought it. Here’s how it looked when I set it up. Here it is with sand. Now for the aquascape. Here it is after I added my lights and water. Here it is a day after cycling. Current Livestock: Fish: 2 Snowflake Clownfish 1 Diamond Gobi 1 Watchman Gobi 1 Coral Beauty Angel 1 Red Scooter Blenny Inverts: 1 Fire Shrimp 1 Pistol Shrimp 3 or 4 red and blue legged hermit crabs 1 Tiger Conch snail 3 or 4 other snails not sure the types Coral: 1 Leather(not sure what kind it’s green) Current FTS: 3 Quote Link to comment
Indiana Reefin Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Really nice start!! I love the scape 1 Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 10 hours ago, Indiana Reefin said: Really nice start!! I love the scape Thank you I appreciate it, I hope it works when I put livestock in it Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I like your scape. Need to put some fish in it tho lol ? 1 Quote Link to comment
burrito Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 How’s your tank going. Quote Link to comment
mystersyster Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Tanks looks sick! Is that your only piece of furniture? 1 Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 another one bites the dust....? Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 9:02 PM, A Little Blue said: I like your scape. Need to put some fish in it tho lol 😉 It has some fish now! I’ll update with pictures soon! On 4/16/2018 at 8:51 PM, burrito said: How’s your tank going. It’s going well I think I have one leather coral that is growing well I’ll post some pictures in a bit. Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 11:24 AM, samnaz said: another one bites the dust....? Nope just got caught up in other things and forgot to update haha On 4/17/2018 at 12:56 AM, mystersyster said: Tanks looks sick! Is that your only piece of furniture? It isn’t anymore I had just moved into the house and it was the first thing that went in. Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Here is a current pic of the tank. It’s going well I need to add some more coral now. 1 Quote Link to comment
falcooo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Scape looks great! How did you possible make it from February to now without adding various corals? I had the itch to add corals before my tank was even filled with water lol Quote Link to comment
Indiana Reefin Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Patience pays off. It seems like it always takes 4-6 months before my tank completely stabilizes. It seems like most of my tank crashes usually happens around 2-3 months for me. Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, Indiana Reefin said: Patience pays off. It seems like it always takes 4-6 months before my tank completely stabilizes. It seems like most of my tank crashes usually happens around 2-3 months for me. That’s what I have always heard I tried my best to get as many fish in there to make sure my filtration was all good now I’ll add the coral one at a time 49 minutes ago, falcooo said: Scape looks great! How did you possible make it from February to now without adding various corals? I had the itch to add corals before my tank was even filled with water lol I have had the itch the whole time trust me it’s bad haha my issue is I want all the fish and I need to remember it’s not that big of a tank. Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, JTM1991 said: Here is a current pic of the tank. It’s going well I need to add some more coral now. Love the scape! Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, micoastreefing said: Love the scape! Thank you I appreciate it we will see how it fills out with coral! Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 So I have been watching the tank a lot recently and with my rock scape I wasn’t getting good flow on the other side of the tank. So I upgraded the stock return pump to a Sicce 2.0 and decided to try out the IceCap gyre 1K. So far it seems to be working well the amount of water movement all around is pretty impressive. Here’s a current FTS. Quote Link to comment
specore Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 What equipment are you running? Almost looks like you have two skimmers Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 9 hours ago, specore said: What equipment are you running? Almost looks like you have two skimmers I have an innovative marine protein skinner, and innovative marine media reactor, the sicce 2.0 return pump, auto top off, a cobalt heater, and the icecap 1K gyre pump. 1 Quote Link to comment
specore Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 51 minutes ago, JTM1991 said: I have an innovative marine protein skinner, and innovative marine media reactor, the sicce 2.0 return pump, auto top off, a cobalt heater, and the icecap 1K gyre pump. Gotcha. A media reactor would be nice, wish it didn't stick up so far out of the tank Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 16 hours ago, specore said: Gotcha. A media reactor would be nice, wish it didn't stick up so far out of the tank Yeah it is a little tall, it is all the way down too so there is no putting it lower. I’m not sure it’s doing anything though haha Quote Link to comment
specore Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, JTM1991 said: Yeah it is a little tall, it is all the way down too so there is no putting it lower. I’m not sure it’s doing anything though haha I assuming that is the larger of the two they make? The desktop looks like it has a lower profile Quote Link to comment
Raindog3030 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I dig your rock scape, very nice! These are really cool setups, following along to see what you do with it 😉 Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 On 6/21/2018 at 8:03 AM, specore said: I assuming that is the larger of the two they make? The desktop looks like it has a lower profile Yeah it’s not the mini one it’s the larger one. On 6/21/2018 at 8:15 AM, Raindog3030 said: I dig your rock scape, very nice! These are really cool setups, following along to see what you do with it 😉 Thank you hoping to get an anemone this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment
JTM1991 Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Got my first anemone this weekend. It’s just a bubble tip that’s green. 1 Quote Link to comment
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