HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!!
I figured I would start my thread today to mark off one of my goals here on R2R! The next goal is to become a supporting member/partner here as well. This place has already been a great value just joining as a regular member.
IG: shrimpnreefdude
If you have an IG account and give me a follow, please reply and drop me your @ here too and I'll give it a follow!
Innovative Marine Nuvo Fusion 50 Gal Lagoon started 12/6/23
I'm still playing with rock placement. Some of the angles are difficult to see the space between the rock and glass. Nearly all of them have enough space to fit a floating scraper. There is one rock on the lower left that needs to be adjusted inward to make more clearance. There is lots of caves and swim throughs for future fish. I've tried to maximize surface area for coral mounting of course.
Cycled using live rock, live sand, mature biomedia, and SeaChem Stability dosed for 1 week (not necessary but a good boost).
Seeded with Tigger pods the first and second week and fed PhytoCrit every day since the setup, both from @Nutramar Foods . Ran out yesterday unfortunately and our local shops don't carry it which sucks. Ordering more asap.
Various inverts survived the transition into the new tank from day 1! One of the live rocks had a Christmas tree worm! So lucky to have had this survive the transit, the temporary setup in the garage in a tote, and then finally into the new tank. Anyone know what type of organism is on the right side? I'll be posting in the hitchhiker ID thread soon.
and loads of feather duster worms!
Ended up finding a N. wennerae mantis shrimp too! My daughter named him Neptune and this is officially his tank is what she's told me.
Equipment Breakdown
I acquired the tank used from a fellow member of Bay Area Reefers and got an amazing deal that included the older style MP10. It's not mobius ready, but from what I understand, all I have to do is switch out an internal component for the app connectivity. May do that soon but I've figured out the settings and it's working.
My plans are to have a mixed reef aquarium with a variety of inverts and fish. I know Neptune the Mantis shrimp may take out a few inverts here and there, but that's how life will be in this reef!
I have no particular stocking list yet for fish. I have some ideas but I really just don't know enough about the kind I would like and if they'll be a useful addition. I want utility fish that serve a purpose to keep this ecosystem running smoothly. I want them to thrive because they're working to keep their home in tip top shape.
I started off the tank with some dumb mistakes. Adding sand before making up my mind on the rockscape. That means having to take out sand causing a nightmare with fines and turbidity. I think I have a few minor tweaks to make to my rockwork and then I'll have to just be content and see how it works out. There's some badly shaded spots on the sides because I insist on having those side structures. One way I could avoid that is to mount the light higher using the wire hangers and making a mount coming off the wall or hang them from the ceiling. That would help spread the light further to the edges.
The first couple weeks, the lights stayed off. I left the light on accidentally all day after playing with the settings and that's all it took for the diatoms and various other algaes to go bonkers.
I decided to add a couple Trochus snails from my other tank to help keep things in check. I've got various other snails on order and arriving next week. These guys are beautiful!
I have no idea what all is growing on this one's shell. At one point, I saw some sort of filter feeder organism growing on it too! You can vaguely see it just above the bluish stuff on the left edge of the shell.
Since leaving the light on, it's been an up and down battle as the copepod population tries to compete. I turned the lights off for a few days and they got put in check while the pods and snails worked. Then I decided to forget about the lights again recently and bam, they came back with a vengeance. This time, I scrubbed away a lot of it and then did a water change. It's part of the cycling process so I'm not too worried about it.
I've also got some of this green algae growing on the front of the glass. Thoughts? I scraped it down before a water change a couple days ago and it was back in a few spots by today. The copepods are using it to eat or to just hang onto it. Not really sure.
I figured I would start my thread today to mark off one of my goals here on R2R! The next goal is to become a supporting member/partner here as well. This place has already been a great value just joining as a regular member.
IG: shrimpnreefdude
If you have an IG account and give me a follow, please reply and drop me your @ here too and I'll give it a follow!
Innovative Marine Nuvo Fusion 50 Gal Lagoon started 12/6/23
I'm still playing with rock placement. Some of the angles are difficult to see the space between the rock and glass. Nearly all of them have enough space to fit a floating scraper. There is one rock on the lower left that needs to be adjusted inward to make more clearance. There is lots of caves and swim throughs for future fish. I've tried to maximize surface area for coral mounting of course.
Cycled using live rock, live sand, mature biomedia, and SeaChem Stability dosed for 1 week (not necessary but a good boost).
Seeded with Tigger pods the first and second week and fed PhytoCrit every day since the setup, both from @Nutramar Foods . Ran out yesterday unfortunately and our local shops don't carry it which sucks. Ordering more asap.
Various inverts survived the transition into the new tank from day 1! One of the live rocks had a Christmas tree worm! So lucky to have had this survive the transit, the temporary setup in the garage in a tote, and then finally into the new tank. Anyone know what type of organism is on the right side? I'll be posting in the hitchhiker ID thread soon.
and loads of feather duster worms!
Ended up finding a N. wennerae mantis shrimp too! My daughter named him Neptune and this is officially his tank is what she's told me.
Equipment Breakdown
- Light: Nicrew HyperReef 150 w/ Nicrew Controller
- Return Pump: (2) Vivosun 800 GPH - Each return line has a dual flow return nozzle and each one with a Aqua Gadget Spin Stream - still playing with placement and flow. The spin streams dramatically reduce the output. Having four different nozzles with various flow patterns makes for nice turbulence in the water column and the surface.
- Filtration: IM Media Basket & InTank Media Basket - fine floss pads, course foam, bulk carbon and GFO in media bags when needed / Also have a IM Fleece Roller I'm trying out but not decided on yet. It is convenient but a bit of an eye sore on the sleek AIO look.
- Dosing: Jebao DP-4 - not yet installed. Getting it used from a buddy this week.
- Kalkwasser to be installed in the next couple weeks to help with pH drop in busy room full of people and dogs.
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- Heater: Hygger 200W Titanium + Inkbird WiFi ITC-308
- ATO: IM HydroFill Ti Controller and Pump
- Power Head: EcoTech MP 10QD
- Sand: Caribsea BioLive Fiji Pink &
- Rocks: Salty Bottom Reef Co., Caribsea, other misc live rocks from another reefer
I acquired the tank used from a fellow member of Bay Area Reefers and got an amazing deal that included the older style MP10. It's not mobius ready, but from what I understand, all I have to do is switch out an internal component for the app connectivity. May do that soon but I've figured out the settings and it's working.
My plans are to have a mixed reef aquarium with a variety of inverts and fish. I know Neptune the Mantis shrimp may take out a few inverts here and there, but that's how life will be in this reef!
I have no particular stocking list yet for fish. I have some ideas but I really just don't know enough about the kind I would like and if they'll be a useful addition. I want utility fish that serve a purpose to keep this ecosystem running smoothly. I want them to thrive because they're working to keep their home in tip top shape.
I started off the tank with some dumb mistakes. Adding sand before making up my mind on the rockscape. That means having to take out sand causing a nightmare with fines and turbidity. I think I have a few minor tweaks to make to my rockwork and then I'll have to just be content and see how it works out. There's some badly shaded spots on the sides because I insist on having those side structures. One way I could avoid that is to mount the light higher using the wire hangers and making a mount coming off the wall or hang them from the ceiling. That would help spread the light further to the edges.
The first couple weeks, the lights stayed off. I left the light on accidentally all day after playing with the settings and that's all it took for the diatoms and various other algaes to go bonkers.
I decided to add a couple Trochus snails from my other tank to help keep things in check. I've got various other snails on order and arriving next week. These guys are beautiful!
I have no idea what all is growing on this one's shell. At one point, I saw some sort of filter feeder organism growing on it too! You can vaguely see it just above the bluish stuff on the left edge of the shell.
Since leaving the light on, it's been an up and down battle as the copepod population tries to compete. I turned the lights off for a few days and they got put in check while the pods and snails worked. Then I decided to forget about the lights again recently and bam, they came back with a vengeance. This time, I scrubbed away a lot of it and then did a water change. It's part of the cycling process so I'm not too worried about it.
I've also got some of this green algae growing on the front of the glass. Thoughts? I scraped it down before a water change a couple days ago and it was back in a few spots by today. The copepods are using it to eat or to just hang onto it. Not really sure.
