Greetings R2R friends! I guess this is where I will plant my flag on my current build project. First, a little history. I’ve been in and out of the hobby since college (early 90’s). I even graduated with a useless degree in Marine Biology lol (which has absolutely no relevance to my current career). Almost 15 years ago to the day (April 2009), I started a 300 gallon in-wall build with an adjoining fish room, etc (which I documented on another site under my former acronym Serpentman). Things were humming along, and the tank was developing nicely (see pics below) when I suffered a near fatal accident in 2012. At the time, it was decided to break things down and I took a hiatus from the hobby. Fortunately, I made a full recovery but extenuating circumstances kept me away. Fast forward to today, I’ve got the itch and decided to reenter the hobby. I currently do not have the space for a large tank so decided to focus more on quality than quantity for this build. I’m in the process of “relearning” as things have definitely changed in over a decade.
Given my limited space, I decided to go with an Innovative Marine NUVO 75 INT All-In-One setup. I would have preferred to go with the EXT model to give more room in the tank, but the INT fits the intended space absolutely perfectly. The tank has been ordered and is expected to ship next Monday (3/25). In the meantime, I’ve been on a massive spending spree to get everything ready. I have a bit of an equipment fetish so really must restrain myself given my space limitations. I will affectionately refer to this as my “alimony build” as I intend to upgrade houses in a few years (knock on wood).
Here is the current equipment list:
Aquarium
Given my limited space, I decided to go with an Innovative Marine NUVO 75 INT All-In-One setup. I would have preferred to go with the EXT model to give more room in the tank, but the INT fits the intended space absolutely perfectly. The tank has been ordered and is expected to ship next Monday (3/25). In the meantime, I’ve been on a massive spending spree to get everything ready. I have a bit of an equipment fetish so really must restrain myself given my space limitations. I will affectionately refer to this as my “alimony build” as I intend to upgrade houses in a few years (knock on wood).
Here is the current equipment list:
Aquarium
- IM NUVO 75 INT
- NUVO RFS 27
- Mighty Jet DC XL
- 2 x Radion XR-15 Blue w/ diffusers
- VorTech MP40wQD
- Reef Octopus Classic 152-S skimmer
- IM MiniMax™ Pro AIO Media Reactor - GFO & Carbon
- Milwaukee MC811US pH/EC/Temp Monitor
- IM Helio 400 Watt PTC Smart Aquarium Heater
- IM HydroFill™ Ti ATO Pro Kit [5 Gallon] w/ APS Pedestal
- 2 x Ecotech Versa dosing 2-part
- 50lbs Marco Dry Rock
- 60 lbs CaribSea Aragonite Aragamax
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