Abeal1117 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 So this is going to be a thread following my IM 25 AIO tank. So I'm planning on this to be a mostly LPS with some softies and some SPS at some point. I am sort of new to the saltwater hobby. But I've kept high tech freshwater tanks with great success, so I have to move onto something more challenging. Now time for the specs: Equipment Ai Prime W/ Aquatic Life T5 Hybrid Fixture (Using 1 Coral Plus, 1 true actinic, 1 blue plus, and 1 purple plus) Reef Glass Protein Skimmer IM MiniMaxx Reactor W/ Roxx Carbon 2x Custom Caddy (Filter Floss, Seachem matrix, Purigen/ Phosguard) IM Refugium Basket 2x Neotherm heaters (2 50 watt heaters) 3x Current USA wavemakers (660 gph) IM Mighty Jet DC return pump AutoAqua Micro ATO Seneye Reef Monitor Livestock 1x Clownfish 1x Blackline Blenny 1x Lubbocks Fairy Wrasse 1x Randall's Goby W/ Pistol Shrimp 1x Pair of Scarlet Skunk Cleaners 1x Pom Pom Crab 5x Algaebarn Nassarius 5x Algaebarn Trochus 5x Algaebarn Ceriths The tank has water, but im currently waiting for my Seneye to come in and my Prodibio Nano so I can start cycling my tank. But here are some pics 1 Quote Link to comment
Reeferadicto13 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Nice! like the 2 inlands 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Congrats on your new nano reef @Abeal1117, that's a great setup! I dig your aquascape, best of luck with your cycle! How are you liking the wave makers so far? Quote Link to comment
Abeal1117 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Reeferadicto13 said: Nice! like the 2 inlands Thanks! I tried several scapes but none of them compared to that one Quote Link to comment
Abeal1117 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Christopher Marks said: Congrats on your new nano reef @Abeal1117, that's a great setup! I dig your aquascape, best of luck with your cycle! How are you liking the wave makers so far? Thanks, I appreciate it! The wavemakers are pretty cool and seem efficient, I have them set up to the Current USA bluetooth piece. I haven't put the third wavemaker in yet, but when I do, I'll have the front 2 running on surge facing each other on odd timing. The third will just keep detritus from settling in the back. Quote Link to comment
Abeal1117 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 So great news! What I need to start cycling the tank all came in the mail today, so I'm gonna start the cycle tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Love the planned stock list and nice scape too Quote Link to comment
pieceofreef Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Following along. I also like the scape? How do you like your light and skimmer? I'm planning a lagoon as well and was thinking of getting the Hydra 26 (no T5 yet) and a Aquamaxx HOB 1.5 since I'm planning on a big stocking list similar to yours (if possible I'd love to add a small flame or potters angel). Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Abeal1117 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 16 hours ago, Tamberav said: Love the planned stock list and nice scape too Thanks, it took me a bit to get a scape I was happy with. I hope the stock list will work out, only thing that worries me is if blenny and goby show any aggression towards eachother, I know it's not likely though. Quote Link to comment
Abeal1117 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, pieceofreef said: Following along. I also like the scape? How do you like your light and skimmer? I'm planning a lagoon as well and was thinking of getting the Hydra 26 (no T5 yet) and a Aquamaxx HOB 1.5 since I'm planning on a big stocking list similar to yours (if possible I'd love to add a small flame or potters angel). Thanks! I love the AI Prime, its easy to use the interface and the light appears to be strong. From what I know, the hydra 26 is pretty much 2 AI Primes in one unit, but at a cheaper price. The skimmer is good, skims on the wet side though, I also have a 10 gallon reef tank and run a Reef Glass Skimmer on that tank for 4 months now and I have no complaints at all. I haven't heard much on the aquamaxx HOB 1.5 though so I can't speak on that, just make sure it'll fit onto the back of the tank. Quote Link to comment
Abeal1117 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 Update! The tank has cycled and I've added a few test corals which are all doing great for the past few weeks. Being cycled I've decided it's time for a fish... SoI ordered a nebula picasso clownfish from Sustainable Aquatics, should be here sometime next week. Since there was so many black friday sales I decided to order some corals, from Golden State Corals. I ended ordering: Captain America Palys Lemon Lime Palys Blue Agave Palys WOW Zoas Utter Chaos Zoas Oxide Zoas Rasta Zoas Blue Hornet Zoas Tyree Orange Rainbow Palys Butt Muncher Zoas Quote Link to comment
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