Nuvo Mini 38 build (nano in 90)

[Reefkraz]

welcome to my first thread! what a better way to start off with reef2reef then to show you my new tank build. I will be posting all the action right here for you all to see and if you have any tips or tricks you wanna dish out I would love that. hope you enjoy.

list of equipment for set up

innovative marine tank & stand
echotech radion led light
echotech mp40 power head
100w colbalt heater
innovative marine ATO/ pump
innovative marine ghost skimmer
Neptune controller
ghl dosing pump
vertex dosing containers

Hawaiian black sand
40 ish pounds of dried rock
all sps corals!!!
fish sill to be announced

heres a few pic of the tank unboxing. im still waiting for the stand to come.

 

[TurboReef]

Looks to be a promising build! If you've never used the Hawaiian black live sand, I'd almost say reconsider it. A lot of people assume that it's a solid black color, when in reality it turns out more off-grey. Also if memory serves, some of the particles in the sand were magnetic, which made cleaning a literal pain in the ***.

 

[Reefkraz]

Thanks for the tip. I have never used it and was wondering if it turned brown:squigglemouth: but the magnetic part is a deff turn off! Thanks for the tip!

 

[revhtree]

Nice tank!

 

[Reefkraz]

ok so I haven't posted in bit sorry its bean super busy around here but the tank build goes on!
here's what iv been up to the last few days for the new tank

 

[Reefkraz]

so I got that stuff in the post above and I was super pumped about the new ghost skimmer. that was until I tried to mount it in the tank. they say that you can use a magni float glass cleaner to mount the skimmer in the 38 gallon. well it didn't work that easy. im going to need to make something up to make it hang off the glass. I think innovative marine should think about including some kind of mounting options for the skimmer considering how much it costs. if you guys got any solid ideas about mounting this skimmer post it I would love to hear what your thoughts are.

 

[anarchy]

Looks like this is going to be a nice build. I'm subscribing

 

[Reefkraz]

the next thing that was quite egar to use was the hydro fill. looks light the controller part is going to be god and worth the money but the pump looks kinda cheap and they just put there own sticker on it. I havnt used it yet so we will see how it preforms. the one really good part is that there is no moving parts or floats. I do wish innovative marine would make a mounting kit for the controller. seems like they don't put any thought into mounting there products.

 

[Reefkraz]

I did buy a innovative marine reactor and I think its great. no complaints on it. super well made and I love that you don't have to take any hoses or turn off any pumps to change the media. just pull the cartage and reload!

 

[Reefkraz]

I also started to bleach some of my old rock and im gonna get it all cleaned up and make a sick aquascape I have a bunch of acrylic rod im going to use to make something cool. I did go with the black sand but nothing live. I think its gonna look good and make bight coloured acros pop.

 

[knap_123]

Nice

 

[Reefkraz]

I'm moving at a snails speed on this build I know lol but it's still moving along. More pics coming very soon

 

[Reefkraz]

Here's what the rock work is gonna look like!

 

[Reefkraz]

And here's the goods! Neptune in the house

 

[Reefkraz]

Opening the box

 

[Reefkraz]

 

[Reefkraz]

Boom so pumped I should have this tank with water in it this weekend!

 

[Reefkraz]

...... Um let's not do that lol

 

[Reefkraz]

. I got my apex all hooked up and working today. I had to buy ther router today and it's not as easy to set up as I thought ( mostly because I'm not a comp wiz ) but I got it running and I'm super happy about it. Hopefully next week I'll fill it and start the cycle.

 

[Reefkraz]

so I started mounting my apex. would be my luck as soon as I do it needs a firmware update. it actually really ****** me off, now I am going to need to buy a 100 foot long Ethernet cable but it is what it is. on a better note I did receive one of my last pieces of equipment to mount my radion on echotechs new RMS system. I thought this was going to be made out of plastic and be more money than its worth but its not! its metal! I am impressed and would recommend it on smaller tanks for sure. I also bout a new sony DSC-HX300 so no more crappy iPhone pics!!!!