Dystopium's 100G Innovative Marine NUVO EXT 100 Mixed Reef Aquarium

[Dystopium]

Tank is looking sweet! I’m setting up a 150 INT at the moment, waiting on some help to get the beast into the house... What UV did you end up running and what size? Will definitely be following along for your build!

I ended up doing the Lifegard Aquatics Pro-MAX 3″ Amalgam High Output 55W UV Sterilizer. I can hit the 350 gph target for 180,000 µW/cm2 UVC on with my COR20 Running at about 20%. I normally am running it at about 40% @ 850 gph.

 

[Dystopium]

Quite a few updates. Got the tank through its cycle using Dr. Tims. I was reading no nitrites for several weeks. I blame a bad Salifert test kit. Nitrates and nitrites finally showed up around week 3. Glad to finally be through the cycle.

I was able to setup the Auto Water Change for 2G a day. Way better than lugging buckets around.

I was having a tough time keeping pH in check, it kept wanting to settle out around 7.4. I added a Co2 filter inline with the skimmer and opened up some windows. ERV here we come. Got the fish (two clowns and a lawnmower) and inverts through QT with little issue. Managed to maintain the parameters on point now for several weeks. Got a little dosing of 2 part to maintain dKh.

Got my RBTA hanging out and figuring out his spot, which for now is near one of the returns. Got a few frags added that the kids liked (GSP, a few Paly heads, a few mushrooms and a green monti frag to start growing out. Everyone seems happy.