Corey's 15 gallon NUVO AIO build

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Hey all, I picked up a NUVO 15 AIO cube a couple of weeks ago, I told myself I would take my time building this nano reef and not rush it. I bought a nice peice of dry live rock, and suported it in the tank with a basic piece of dry rock. I then added the sand all around it and filled it up with saltwater. I added a Hygger 75W heater to it and a 30W Hipargero reef light that I got off of marketplace (not pictured in this pic)
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About a week later while the wife and I were at the LFS looking for some intro soft corals for her nano tank, I saw these two Gold Nugget Maroons. I had seen them earlier online and said to myself "Those are F'n awesome, on eday I'll have those", and so I decided that day was today (not actually today today) and I brought them home and acclimated them. Now they are happily paired off and are the only fish in the tank. I know they will get much bigger than ocellarus, but they will get upgraded in the future to a bigger tank. For now they will be the only fish in here as I build the reef. Also, I have dosed the tank with Fritz9 and Seachem Stability, and its getting weekly water changes.
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(sorry for the screencap, I've yet to get any good actual pictures of these two)

And then about another week later, I was at the same LFS pcking up a magnezium test for my rescue saltwater tank, and I grabbed this small bit of GSP. :)
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So far that's it. I want to add a small protein skimmer soon and I need to get to reading on more corals so I can add some in a month or so. If anyone has any tips or recommendations on mods for this cube I would love to hear them! :)
 
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Best of luck with the tank!!! Looks like you are off to a good start!
 

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