Hello fellow Reefers!

[Zeal]

Hiii everyone brand new to all this. My whole life I wanted a saltwater aquarium and I am finally able to own one!

Recently bought a Nuvo 40 AIO has been going for about 13 days now.

Loaded it with 46 pounds of live rock and 40 pounds of live sand. Everything seems to be going great all the levels seem great!

Excited to start posting here, I have no many questions!

I've noticed this hobby has so many little things you can buy and there's so many different ways to do something.

Short term goal is being able to sustain some coral of all ranges

Long term goal is being able to grow coral and sell the frags in a lagoon tank!

 

[kschweer]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!!

#Welcometor2r

 

[dbl]

Welcome to R2R and thanks for joining. Looking good so far!

 

[Cherub]

welcome and great looking tank we all start somewhere. My start was worse...

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Welcome to R2R

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Jason mack]

Welcome to R2R, happy Reefing!!

 

[Mikedawg]

Great start; since you've got a fish in a tank that has not finished cycling (assume that's the case after 13 days) you'll want to watch your ammonia readings closely.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Welcome @Zeal to R2R.

 

[jk_s124]

Welcome! Love the look of the Nuvo 40's. What are you using for filtration in the back? What kind of light did you go with? Tell us some more about your setup.

 

[Ruben's Reef]

!!! Welcome to R2R !!!

 

[jsker]

Hello and welcome to R2R!! Nice to start with a rimless tank, with the clean look.

 

[Chrisfish]

Welcome to R2R, very nice looking tank

 

[Anirban]

Welcome to R2R..

 

[Zeal]

Welcome! Love the look of the Nuvo 40's. What are you using for filtration in the back? What kind of light did you go with? Tell us some more about your setup.

Tank

Nuvo 40G AIO



Oolite Ocean Direct Live Reef Sand 40 pounds



46 Pounds of Live Cured Rock



Livestock

2 Blue Green Chromis

5 Hermit crabs, One got eaten for his shell Saw his legs this morning.)



Heater

EHEIM Jager Aquarium Thermostat Heater



Wavemaker/Controller

Hydor Koralia Nano Aquarium Circulation Pump 425GPH



Hydor Koralia Evolution Aquarium Circulation Pump 750-850GPH (comes in today)



Hydor Smart Wave Circulation Pump Controller



ATO

Tunze USA 3152.000 Automatic Top off Nano Osmolator for Aquariums Under 55-Gallon



Light

Radeon XR15W Pro Gen w/stand



Extra Stuff

Innovative Marine - Gourmet Defroster



Selcon Vitamin Fish Good



Dr. G Brime Shrimp Guy Loaded



Seachem Stability



2 Bottles of TurboSTart on day 1


Filter
One Media bag loaded with Marineland's Premium Activated Carbon put in 3rd chamber (left to right).
Filter sock with filter floss under it really snug fit. I was thinking of buying a 2 media basket and getting rid of the sock all together and using seachem matrix amoung other things

 

[mahindra.dev]

Welcome to R2R!!! It a great community here...
Btw you will soon be diagnosed with reef addiction!!!

 

[Zeal]

Great start; since you've got a fish in a tank that has not finished cycling (assume that's the case after 13 days) you'll want to watch your ammonia readings closely.

This photo was taken Sunday night, will be doing testing every other day and act accordingly. Next water change will be next Wednesday unless something terrible happens during the week.

 

[Zeal]

Welcome to R2R!!! It a great community here...
Btw you will soon be diagnosed with reef addiction!!!

Already happened.

 

[mahindra.dev]

This photo was taken Sunday night, will be doing testing every other day and act accordingly. Next water change will be next Wednesday unless something terrible happens during the week.

Since its fairly new system, keep checking for parameters frequently and maintain a good w/c schedule. Since is 40G, a good 5G w/c every week will help. Control your photo-period and feeding till system stabilizes