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Nate's 40G Nuvo Fusion
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Getting back into the hobby after about 8 years out.....Thought I would start small.....Wow a lot has changed in the years.
Equipment: IM Nuvo Fusion 40g Eheim 100w Heater hydor 425 circulation pump Ecotech MP10 Maxspect Ehereal Lighting 25 pounds live sand 30 pounds of live rock Running 2 filter socks at the moment , waiting for the media racks to come in. Any suggestions on what I should run in the racks? Also a suggestion on a skimmer......It needs a pretty small footprint for the skimmer. Pics are a little cloudy as I just added the rock Any and all suggestions or comments are welcome , Thanx in advance |
Yeah lots has changed! Everyone uses dry rock these days... :( Nice to see "old school" live rock! That's all I'll ever use in my own tanks too. :)
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Nice tank to setup and dive back in!
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I always liked the IM tanks. Got a Nuvo 20 myself.
For the baskets, run filter floss, chemipure, and purigen in that order. Since it's a dual chamber return, it's up to you what to run on the other side. |
Noticed lots of evaporation in these tanks so I also prurchased a Tunze Osmolator 3155 .....Now to patiently wait for the cycle.....I Picked up some Chemipure elite and purigen for when the cycle is complete
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Just set up a nuvo 10. Liking it so far. Cycled in two weeks with live rock. I run the ghost skimmer from IM and it seems to work well for the short period it has been running.
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I'm still cyling......In the middle of a big Diatom bloom :(
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Lights on during cycle?
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Yes, just 4 hours.........should i turn them off?
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Yes, just 4 hours.........should i turn them off?
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Nice coverage and profile on that Ethereal unit!
Should post your system on nano-reef, lots of IM owners if you're looking for ideas. For a skimmer you might want to look into the Tunze 9004, I know it's popular with many of the 40 builds there. |
Bloom probably won't last long. I've read the tank has no use for lights during a cycle, and they increase likelihood of issues such as this and algae. But there are benefits to diatom blooms as well. I left mine off unil it was done.
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Well , a few weeks into the cycle now...used fully cured live rock and some media from another tank......For the last 3 days my levels have been sitting at
Ammonia : 0 Nitrite : 0 Nitrate : 5PPM PH : 8.2 to 8.4.... Colors so close on test kit hard for my eyes to tell hahhaha Using API saltwater Master kit Still have a Diatom bloom and starting to turn To green Hair Algae I think......Is this normal or could something be off??? I also hate filter socks and Ordered 2 InTank media racks.......I don't like the IM ghost Skimmer but found The CadLights PLS 50 Elite skimmer that will fit in that chamber.....Anyone used Cad Lights skimmers before????? I heard algae blooms are close to the end of the cycle.....Is this true??? will I be able to slowly add a cleanup crew soon??? I want to do this right so I appreciate the answers and advice |
I used a cadlight pls-100, was a little work horse. Little sensitive to set but once it was set, it was great. I added an air valve to the air intake line to help fine tune even more.
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Add some pure ammonia to get a positive reading on your test kit and see if it goes down.
If it does, you're cycled. Diatom blooms are typical when nearing the end of a cycle but also in new tanks in general. Be prepared for new-ugly-tank-syndrome for a couple months. |
Upraded from vortech mp10 to Maxspect Gyre xf230!!!!! Absolutely love the flow!!! No more mp10 for me!!!!
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