IM NUVO 200 Peninsula Mixed Reef
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 274
- When did you start this tank?
- Sep 1, 2024
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 70.9
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 30
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 21.7
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- External Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 74
- Aquarium Stand
- IM APS Aluminum stand
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Royal Exclusiv Vertex Alpha 200
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- MightyJet XL submersible DC return pump
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Hydros Wave engine V.2, two Maxspect 350 gyre, Aquatop Forza DC wavemaker
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- 3 - Reefi Uno 2.1
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- 90-230
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 78
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- 2 - BRS 600 watt titanium heaters with Inkbird Dual Heater Controller
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.1
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 15
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.12
- Calcium
- 450
- Alkalinity
- 8.3
- Magnesium
- 1400
- Salt Brand
- Fritz RPM Blue Box
- Trace Element Dosing
- Reef Fusion 1 and 2
- Water Chemistry Detail
- Currently fighting dinos. First Ostrepsis now SCA
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Other
- Live Rock
- 250
- Live Rock Type
- 215 lbs DIY dry rock aquascape, 15 lbs of CaribSea Life Rock, and 20 lbs of Tampa Bay Life Rock
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Macro Algae
- Protein Skimmer
- Filter Sock
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- NO
- Water Change Details
- No water changes currently due to Dinos. When back to normal, plan to WC bi-weekly 20%
- Nutrient Export Details
- Live rock and sand from Tampa Bay Live Rock in sump refugium. Turned off Protein skimmer and Removed Cheato due to dino's. Currently Running UV sterilizer and dosing Nitrates and Phosphates.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Damselfish
- Goby
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 15
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 50
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Other
- Total Inverts
- 49
- Livestock Detail
- Orange shoulder Tang, Purple tang, Melanarus wrasse, yellow-flanked fairy wrasse, Finespot fairy wrasse, Exquisite Fairy wrasse, Yellow and Purple wrasse, 2 gladiator clownfish, wheelers goby, yellow rose goby, 5 Kupang damsel fish, two cleaner shrimp, 1 peppermint shrimp, sand mop cucumber, scarlet hermits, blue leg hermits, nassarius snails, trochus snails, cerith snails, stomatella snails.
- Livestock Quarantine
- Fish
- Coral
- Favorite Fish
- Tangs
- Favorite Coral
- Euphyllia
- Favorite Invert
- shrimp
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Do Not Feed Coral Directly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Hikari, PE Mysis, Ocean Nutrition, Nutramar, Seachem, Sera marin, Omega one
- Auto Feeder
- YES
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Patience and Persistence/Perseverance when faced with a problem. Like Dory says "Just keep swimming" Just keep working at a solution, but be patient with it. It doesn't get solved over night.
