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Nuggs' IM NUVO Fusion 20 Build
Well my new tank arrived yesterday.
Shout out to the ReefSupplies.ca guys, great packing and free 2 day shipping. Just couldn't pass it up. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...2.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...3.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...4.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...5.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...6.jpg~original |
Welcome to the fusion Club :)
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I was unsure what to do for a stand. The one from IM has really poor reviews.
I did look at either building one myself, or reinforcing a 24" bathroom vanity. Then I found this little gem on Kijiji, needs a paint job :) http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...7.jpg~original |
A fresh coat of pant and it will look awesome
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Unfortunately this stand isn't going to work. The measurements supplied to me were incorrect, and the tank overhangs in the back 5/8".
I was considering adding 1/4 oak plywood to the top that would be 24" x 15" and supporting the overhang in the back. When mudded and painted you wouldn't even see it. I have one more stand option that popped up so I may go a different direction yet. |
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Looks good! FWIW, the first stand would have worked just fine as is. Hanging one edge off isn't a big deal - especially with a nano tank. I love these Fusion tanks. What are you doing for lighting?
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That explains our crazy Uline invoices lol
Love the stand! |
Apologies for not keeping the thread up-to-date. I'm still in the process of shutting down my 150G and some issues on that side slowed me down.
First my Gyre 150 controller died out of the blue. Lucking the guys at Distribupet (Maxspects Canadian Warranty support), hooked me up and 2 days later its back up and running. Of course for those two days I was running a mishmash of powerheads in there. One of my old Koralias was moved in from my salt mixing setup. Of course when I went to adjust the angel, the ball joint was jammed with calcium sediment and it broke of in my hand. Completely my fault, just a **** off to an already ****ty day. But it did make me think of a use for it, more on that in a later post. And then to top it all of my driver went in one of my Chinese LEDs (full spectrum side). Another shoutout to Reefsupplies.ca, they've threw a new driver in my order that should arrive tomorrow. Thanks Ray! Anyway... back on track... I got the sand and water in 5 days ago. Decided to go with 15 lbs of CaribSea SeaFlor Special Grade, plus 1/4 cup of my old sand just to help seed it. I am a big fan of sand in a tank, looks more natural to me than bare bottom. I also can't stand that crushed coral look, too gravelly (Is that even a word?). In my last tank I went with Oolite, and although I loved the look, I could never run enough flow through it without creating sandstroms, and my Orange Spot Diamond Goby was always keeping just enough fine particles of it in the water column that the tank never looked completely clear. The SeaFlor Special Grade has a slightly larger grain size (1.0-2.0mm VS 0.1-1.0mm), and I can already tell it's going to work out much better. The following day I moved over about 13 lbs of Pukani from my 150G. A quick hacksaw here and a little bone cutter there and I came up with this: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...4.jpg~original I didn't really get much further, I had been ordered to recycle the box the tank had come in (APPARENTLY it had been "laying" around too long). So of course I did as ordered: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...4.jpg~original |
As far as the cycle goes. I've never seen Ammonia, Nitrite hit .25ppm the day after adding the rock and was gone the following day, and Nitrate is steady at 4ppm.
I don't think I'm going to see any more of a cycle than I already have. Beyond the good liverock, and the slight sand infusion, I also cycled 1L of biomedia in a TLF-150 for 2 weeks in my old tank, and moved it over here temporarily until everything is solid. I keep pulling out the odd Asterina Starfish or Collonista Snail, not all of them mind you, just enough to prevent plague proportions. There is other life as well, I' counted about 4 "Micro" Brittle Starfish: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...7.jpg~original |
Changed the rock a little bit.
The shelf piece gives me a larger cave, more crevices and a little more zoa garden room. I'm pretty satisfied, barring any other spur of the moment changes in design I'll likely epoxy this together tonight. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...2.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...3.jpg~original I've always been a fan of the golden ratio two islands look. |
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Inverts:
1 x Tri Colour Hermit 2 x Scarlet Reef Hermit 1 x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 1 x Bumble Bee Snail 2 x Banded Trochus Snail 2 x Spiny Star Astraea 2 x Cerith Snail 2 x Nassarius Snail Fish: 1 x Hi Fin Red Banded Goby http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...9.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...6.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...5.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...4.jpg~original |
Havn't seen the Goby since I put him in the tank, even with a little red flash light at night scouring all the little pockets in the rock.
Has me a little worried, but at the same time there is alot of holes I can't see into. I'll give him another day or two, and then I'll have to shake some rock and see if he's ok. |
I had had fish hide for a week before I seen them. Just give it time (still haven't seen my peppermint shrimp since the first day I added him)
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Yeah I never used to see my peppermints much either
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All the Coral that I hope to move into the 20G. Sorry for the cell phone pic.
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Got my box of stuff from Reefsupplies on Friday, just random bits, an ATO reservoir, and my new media baskets.
My helpers take unboxing seriously... http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...4.jpg~original They even test the packaging material to see that it meets my expectations. https://youtu.be/jNHfaPY_Gzc I was going to go with the InTank media baskets but with the price of the US dollar and the crazy shipping prices I went with the IM baskets instead. Still very happy with them. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...9.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...0.jpg~original Overall a much bigger and more robust basket. |
A couple pics I snapped while acclimating stuff:
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looking good.
The custom caddy baskest are 100x better than the stock one.. it drove me nuts trying to close the stock one back up (i think they did that on purpose to drive sales!) |
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Figured I get a couple pics up:
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So in the last 2 weeks since I got the livestock in, I've mostly just been rearranging coral and placing frags. I need to get up a full list of the coral.
I did upgrade the light to an AI Prime (using their mounting bracket), I've got to say I love the thing. The customizability and the wifi out of the box make the thing awesome. Currently running 18.5K @ 60% http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...7.jpg~original I also picked up the IM Desktop size skimmer and reactor. The reactor is currently running Bio Pellets. The skimmer was a bit noisy for the first 2 days but then quieted right up. I couldn't figure out my I couldn't get a proper head of foam out of it though. Figured it was just going to require a breakin period, but then I noticed this: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...G_9565%202.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/IMG_9564.jpg The IM QA department really failed on this one. The actual neck and the forcing cone aren't aligned, so the foam head starts to form and then just leaks over into the cup. I have the call the supplier and IM on Monday and see what can be done. Hoping I can just get a collection cup sent out vs having to RMA the whole unit. I had upgraded the return pump to a Cobalt Aquatics MJ1200, which I found was the perfect amount of flow. Corals were doing great and no detritus settled. Apparently my Purple Firefish thought otherwise and won't come out if the pump was on. I did go back to the OEM pump from IM. Its 211 GPH va the 296 GPH of the 1200. He still stayed hidden. Given that the flow didn't make a difference and the OEM pump is really loud, I went back to the 1200 with a TLF ball valve in there. I'll slowly throttle the flow up over 2 weeks and see if that acclimates him. There is the possibility that I may pull the thing and put in a Jebao DC1200 or DC2000 yet. After selling off the old 150G I was finally able to get the Fusion moved into its spot and then came the wiring job. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...7.jpg~original At the same time I picked up a Apex Jr from a local reefer and the Jebao Module to run my RW-4s. I simply love the increased flexibility the Apex fives me with those pumps. Then a week later the opportunity presented itself to get a used Full Apex. I of course jumped at it and just finished the wiring last night. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...9.jpg~original http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...3.jpg~original |
I did have one loss I forgot to mention.
My Banded Goby jumped and I found him crispy on the floor this morning. Not sure if he wormed his way out through the sides, or if he jumped when I was doing maintenance and running back and forth to watch the Jays trounce Detroit. |
Nice little tank you got there
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Looks awesome love those little nanos
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If anyone else has / gets an AI prime and is looking for some example programming here is what I'm running currently:
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Well I got the mesh changed out.
Before: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...7.jpg~original After: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...0.jpg~original In can actually see through the top now, lol. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~original |
Looks great. I have been debating doing the exact same screen mesh swap. Where did you get your mesh from?
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I actually bought mine during a group buy from Canreef.
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Rats. I wonder if any more if floating around.
Your tank is looking good! |
Home hardwear has it clear plastic chicken wire it's called was night and day better than the stuff I had before
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Upgraded my return pump from a Cobalt Aquatics MJ-1200 to a Jebao DC-2000.
Have it connected to my Apex currently running at 65%. Much, much happier with it. |
Current Systems Specs.
Fill Date: 5-Aug-2015 Tank: Innovative Marine 20 Gallon NUVO Fusion Nano Aquarium Display Tank Dimensions: 24" x 15" x 13" (Display 24" x 12 x 13) Stand: Bathroom Vanity 24" x 21.5" x 35" Lighting: AquaIllumination Prime LED w/ Tank mount arm Return Pump: Jebao DC-2000 Water Circulation: 2 x Jebao RW-4 Skimmer: Innovative Marine Desktop Skimmer Reactor: Innovative Marine MiniMax Desktop All-In-One Media Reactor Heater: Fluval E-50 Electronic Heater ATO: Tunze Osmolator Tank Water: Red Sea Coral Salt Pro Tank At Its Current State: (30-Aug-2015) http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMG_9557_1.jpg The Current Stock-list: (Updated: 16-Sep-2015) Fish: 1 x Purple Firefish 1 x High Finned Banded Goby 1 x Yellow Clown Goby Invertebrates: 2 x Porcelain Crab 1 x Tri Colour Hermit 2 x Scarlet Reef Hermit 1 x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 1 x Randall's Pistol Shrimp 1 x Bumble Bee Snail 2 x Banded Trochus Snail 2 x Spiny Star Astraea 2 x Cerith Snail 2 x Nassarius Snail 1 x Red Bubble Tip Anemone 1 x Crocea Clam Corals: Green Trumpet / Candy Cane Hollywood Stunner Chalice Purple Torch Gold Torch Purple Frogspawn Green Star Polyps Blue Clove Polyps Aussie War Coral Aussie Lord Acan Red and Green Monti (Trying to grow them into a mixed piece) Duncan Rainbow Hornet Zoas Purple Hornet Zoas IA Rainbow Zoas Unknown Pink Zoas (Possibly Pink Flamingo) Alpha and Omega Zoas LA Laker Zoas Clementine Zoas Scrambled Egg Zoas Watermelon Zoas Tubb's Blue Zoas Orange Bam-Bam Zoas Blue Ringed Zoas Radioactive Dragons Eye Zoas Sunny Delight Zoas IA Rasta Zoas Fire and Ice Zoas Unknown Orange Paly Armour of God Zoas (I think) Candy Apple Red Zoas |
Looks awesome man good job
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