40B - AIO - FluvalM90 Soft Coral Build

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Hello friends and happy reefing, recently retrieved all of my old live rock from a breakdown and starting up again in a rimless 40 breeder aio.

Currently a month into the new tank holding 0 on nitrites and ammonia with 8 ppm nitrates.

Dosing - reef fusion part 1 and 2 , purigen , live rock and phosgaurd/ filter floss in the chambers.

-Auto aqua ato
- Fluval marine led
- hodge podge of return pumps and power heads
-marine land 200w heater

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Chopped up the previous owners jump screen and shortened by 4 inches to give me more access to future fuge area and clear entry for ato and other cords.


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Added the IM 115 skimmer this week as it’s relatively cheap and can get some of the waste out of the water column before I begin adding corals and upping feeding schedule. Have also been having to feed the coral beauty to curb the aggression and what may be attacks on my cuc.

driving force on the IM 115 was the positive reviews real pump and design to fit in an aio footprint. Really wanted the reef octopus classic 110 or 4 inch as I have room but not sure if gf is ok with the cup that high out of the tank.

did the standard mod and drilled out the stupid gurgle hole and ran tubing behind my aio reservoir.

drilled it out to make sure a snug fit , tapped the new line into the existing line pulled it up to the hole. Pulled it all snug and ran a ton of tube behind the aio reservoir. Night and day difference in knob response and complete silence from the pump.

no micro bubbles so far even in break even but I’m running intank clearing pad in next chamber
 

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Tank update , lost a frogspawn and a chalice that I sacrificed to test light quality.
Healthy additions:

gsp colony
Xenia
Kenya tree
Leather
Fighting conch.

built an egg crate chaeto holder and put an Amazon led plant light onto the back wall on a timer. threw a crab in jail back with the chaeto rubble so I’d stop him from attacking the conch.
 

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Photos of my chaeto setup, not growing like a weed but absolutely no nuisance algae and only two snails and 6 crabs. Running during the day with the tank because the light is too bright at night and I can’t sleep.
 

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Upgraded my lighting so I could finally and a nem , two AI Prime 16 HDs.
Nem is acclimating but clowns haven’t found him yet photo schedule attached as well
 

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Closeup of nem today think he has found his spot. Ready to start feeding this weekend
 

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Nem getting bubbly and happy with its location. Wish the clowns would find it’s fun to watch grow either way.
 

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