Nuggs' IM NUVO Fusion 20 Build

[Nuggs]

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:

[Nuggs]

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.







I've always been a fan of the golden ratio two islands look.

[davej]

Originally Posted by Nuggs

I've always been a fan of the golden ratio two islands look.

Agreed, looks great!

[Nuggs]

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

[Nuggs]

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.

[shiftline]

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)

[Nuggs]

Yeah I never used to see my peppermints much either

[Nuggs]

All the Coral that I hope to move into the 20G. Sorry for the cell phone pic.




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[Nuggs]

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...





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.






Overall a much bigger and more robust basket.

[Nuggs]

A couple pics I snapped while acclimating stuff: