GW 14g Nano Build

[gwick16]

Wanted to share my IM Nuvo 14 Peninsula Build with you all. It is currently 2.5 months old. Would love for any advice on making this as indestructible and well rounded as possible.

Tank - Innovative Marine 14 Gallon Nuvo 2.0 Peninsula
Flow- Stock Mighty Jet DC pump at max settings
Light - AI prime 16HD
Filtration - Chamber 1: FIlter Floss, Chamber 2: Chemi-pure Blue, Chamber 3: Empty
Heating - IM Helio PTC Heater & Controller 100w
ATO - Reefbreeders Prism ATO
Started with Dry Rock, Live Sand

Livestock
- 2 Clowns
- 3 Trochus Snails
- 2 Nassarius Snails
- 2 Snails W/O ID
- 2 Bumble Bee Snails
- Few Blue Legged Hermits
- Hammer Coral
- Duncan
- Zoanthids
- Birdsnest - not doing too well
- Zoanthids
- Mushrooms
- Montipora

Some Issues
1. Snails running over my overflow triggering my ATO. I did fix this by putting my ATO on a timer, however this is not my ideal solution.
2. My duncan also seems to be loosing skin at the base. I am not sure why this is, I have just moved it to a lower flow area to see if it helps. It is otherwise still growing. I am running Saxby's lighting at 25%, it seems to really like the mid day whiter light and not like the evening blue lights. Any thoughts? Any ideas for better lighting or is this good. I unfortunately don't have access to a PAR meter.
3. Flow. I am not sure if flow is sufficient or too much. It seems like if I add any additional powerhead there is too much flow.
4. Filtration, there are always little bubbles and pieces flowing around, not the biggest deal but I wish this would be minimized.
5. I saw a couple Vermatid snails that I removed. Have not seen them since. hoping the bumblebee snails eat all of em.
6. Empty chamber 3, no idea what to put in it

Thanks for helping out. I'll be updating. Planning on making this a bada** reef.

 

[Matt Bravo]

Looking great I would recommend making sure mag, alk and calc are where they should be but obviously they are since everything looks nice!

 

[Jrain904]

Looks like a good start. Keep it up! Maybe the Duncan is just winding down for the day by the time the blues come on. My corals always start to close when the lights start to dim.

 

[Matt Bravo]

Also make sure your light is not too strong! Remember it’s easier to harm corals with too much light then to starve them from loo little light, it’s just a lot of observing

 

[gwick16]

Also make sure your light is not too strong! Remember it’s easier to harm corals with too much light then to starve them from loo little light, it’s just a lot of observing

That’s what I was thinking at first so I moved the Duncan to the corner. Fingers crossed!