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Hey guys, I’m sure some of you know that I had 29g, 75g, and 180g tanks with a ton of high end corals. Then, I got out of the hobby for a year long and now, I’m back with a nano peninsula tank! I chose to go with IM 14G NUVO Fusion Pro 2 Peninsula which is a very nice tank as I never had a rimless tank. I went with a smaller tank because I don’t want to do much maintenance on it. I am planning to have an orange storm & black storm clownfish with anemones along with a few corals. I hope you guys will enjoy this build! :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Equipment:
  • Tank - Innovative Marine 14G NUVO Fusion Pro 2 Peninsula AIO
  • Stand - Dresser that came with the bedroom set a while ago
  • Light - NooPsyche K7 mini 60W
  • Pump - MightyJet 326 GPH (came with the tank) with dual
  • Heater Controller - Inkbird ITC-308 WiFi
  • Heater - FREESEA 100W (Amazon)
  • ATO - MagTool ATO system (Amazon)
  • Filtration (IM CustomCaddy in left chamber) - filter floss, carbon, and marinepure biofilter media spheres
    • Middle chamber: more bio filter media
    • Return pump chamber: return pump, ATO, Heater
  • Sand - Caribsea Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef
  • Lid - IM lid (came with the tank)
Livestock:
  • Orange Storm Clownfish
  • Black Storm Clownfish
  • Red Leg Hermit Crabs
  • 4 Trochus Snails
  • 1 Turbo Snail
Corals:
  • WWC Hawaiian Punch Anemones
  • Neon Splatter Hammer
  • Rock Flower Anemone (RFA)
  • 24K Gold Torch
  • Stratosphere zoa
  • Llama Snack zoa
  • Solar Circus zoa
  • Altered Carbon zoa
  • Rainbow Rhino zoa
  • SBB Hephaestus zoa
  • Orange Eruption zoa
  • Northern Lights zoa
  • GMK zoa
  • Exospheres zoa
  • TSA Rainbow Spectrums zoas
  • Unknown Monti
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Just received the tank today! It was double boxed and well packaged. I’m glad to say the tank is in perfect shape with no chips and scratches on the glass. Looking forward to setting this up!

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My filtration setup below (took out GFO that it came with the tank):
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Added rocks, sand, and water! Let me know if you guys like my scape. I have plenty of other rocks to use, so I could change the scape again.
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Front view:
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Left side view:
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Right side view:
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AIO section view:
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Top view (I have to say that I’m impressed with IM lid; it feels high quality and sturdy):
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I added some bacteria in the bottle (Instant Ocean Biospira) and will keep an eye on ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. Also, I just placed an order for an orange storm and black storm clownfish that are coming next week. Can’t wait!
 
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UPDATE TIME!! Water parameters were looking great. A couple of days ago, I added the orange storm and black storm clownfish! Today was the day that they started eating and liking the tank.

I can’t believe how silent this tank is even when the return pump is at 100% power. I’m very happy. Now, I’m waiting on my Noo-Psyche k7 mini light to come in and start growing corals/anemone. :)

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New update for y’all. The clownfish pair are doing well. And I finally got my Noo-Psyche K7 mini light (took almost 3 weeks) and mounted it on the tank a couple of days ago. The light looks amazing, small, and at a great price. However, I am frustrated because I have been trying to connect the light to my WiFi for multiple days with no luck. :( Contacted noopsyche support and we are still finding out what is the issue. Hopefully soon!

Well…. I already got multiple anemones and corals lol. I can’t stop myself getting stuff from crazy Black Friday sales at Top Shelf Aquatics, Living Reef Orlando, and some online stores as well. I am definitely lucky that I live close by them. I bet you guys would be bankrupt if you were in my shoes haha! ;)

I got a bunch of WWC Hawaiian Punch anemones, neon splatter hammer, zoa, monti, and bunch of inverts.

Added a nice frag rack as well.

Oh and I just ordered some high end zoas (shhhh, it’s a secret)! Just wait until next week and I will show them…

FTS:
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Mystery corals I got from Top Shelf Aquatics BF Sale:
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Anemones:
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Neon Splatter Hammer
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Rock Flower Anemone (RFA)
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TSA Rainbow Spectrums zoas
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Unknown monti
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Top of tank
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Stay tuned…
 
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Just got these Hanna checkers: Alkalinity, Nitrate HR, and Phosphate ULR! Wanted to get accurate results.
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Got a wyze camera to watch the tank while I’m away as well.
 
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Did a 50% water change yesterday. I cleaned the sand and used a turkey baster to blow detritus off the rocks as well.

Tested the water parameters today and they are a little bit higher than I would like, but it’s no big deal since I don’t have sensitive corals and no skimmer.

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Alk - 10.8
Nitrate - 14.4 ppm
Phosphate - 0.17 ppm
Salinity - 1.025

Now, I’m excited to get some more corals in a couple of days! :D

Keep in mind, I know I have been adding fish and corals quickly. I only did that because I already had 4 tanks before this and I am experienced. If this is your first time, I would wait a couple of months before adding corals to get used to stabilize your water parameters.
 
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Going through the ugly stages now. Getting a ton of brown/green algae on glass. Whenever I clean the glass, it just comes back in 5 minutes like I haven’t cleaned it at all lol. Just gonna ride it out!

Tested the water last night, then I did another 50% water change to clean the sand and remove excess algae floating in the water. I also got a par meter and tested the par around the tank. The Noo-Psyche K7 mini light is much more powerful than I originally thought. I had to turn it down by A LOT! Let me know if you want my results.

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And my corals finally came in… (definitely some nice ones)
  • 24K Gold Torch
  • Stratosphere zoa
  • Llama Snack zoa
  • Solar Circus zoa
  • Altered Carbon zoa
  • Rainbow Rhino zoa
  • SBB Hephaestus zoa
  • Orange Eruption zoa
  • Northern Lights zoa
  • GMK zoa
  • Exospheres zoa
And I just ordered another custom nano tank with a frag tray just for fragging corals which I did not plan at all before starting this build. :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:


Merry Christmas everyone! Just set up this tree and I’m loving it.
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Just curious, does anyone have this tank? It looks like no one has it on this forum
 
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Added IM 10W UV sterilizer to get clearer water quality since my tank is having a green bloom. Had to move my light a bit to the left to fit the UV.
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Something bizarre happened today… My orange storm clownfish was being so aggressive and freaking beat the black storm to death out of nowhere even though their sizes were very noticeable. Unbelievable. That poor fish suffered and it costed me quite a bit of money. I am gonna give it a one more try to get another mate for it, but I’m only getting a cheaper designer clownfish like frostbite or something. Sigh, clownfish are the worst sometimes.
 
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Sorry about your loss, clownfish can be odd at times, one minute they are fine and nice little fish. The next minute they are being bullies trying to kill fish.
Thank you. And exactly, I had some clownfish a couple of years ago with no problems and were very nice with minimal fighting.
I just can’t believe how crazy clownfish are lol.
 

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Going through the ugly stages now. Getting a ton of brown/green algae on glass. Whenever I clean the glass, it just comes back in 5 minutes like I haven’t cleaned it at all lol. Just gonna ride it out!

Tested the water last night, then I did another 50% water change to clean the sand and remove excess algae floating in the water. I also got a par meter and tested the par around the tank. The Noo-Psyche K7 mini light is much more powerful than I originally thought. I had to turn it down by A LOT! Let me know if you want my results.

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And my corals finally came in… (definitely some nice ones)
  • 24K Gold Torch
  • Stratosphere zoa
  • Llama Snack zoa
  • Solar Circus zoa
  • Altered Carbon zoa
  • Rainbow Rhino zoa
  • SBB Hephaestus zoa
  • Orange Eruption zoa
  • Northern Lights zoa
  • GMK zoa
  • Exospheres zoa
And I just ordered another custom nano tank with a frag tray just for fragging corals which I did not plan at all before starting this build. :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:


Merry Christmas everyone! Just set up this tree and I’m loving it.
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I want your results!

I just installed this light over my Evo 13.5g. I had no problems with connecting to the wifi, just had to put the 2.4ghz as the network connection on my phone.

I am also worried about the strength of the light compared to the 2 bars I had running before that were putting about 100 PAR on the sand and maybe 200 on the top of the rocks that go a bit higher than midway up the tank.

I currently reprogrammed to a Saxby-type setting with blue/violet peaking at 50% at 1pm. Whites on a fat curve up and down maxing at 15% at 1pm. Curious to see what PAr others get on this light, especially nano peninsulas!
 
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I want your results!

I just installed this light over my Evo 13.5g. I had no problems with connecting to the wifi, just had to put the 2.4ghz as the network connection on my phone.

I am also worried about the strength of the light compared to the 2 bars I had running before that were putting about 100 PAR on the sand and maybe 200 on the top of the rocks that go a bit higher than midway up the tank.

I currently reprogrammed to a Saxby-type setting with blue/violet peaking at 50% at 1pm. Whites on a fat curve up and down maxing at 15% at 1pm. Curious to see what PAr others get on this light, especially nano peninsulas!
Sure! Here are my par readings below (I know it’s kinda messy). I still couldn’t get my light to connect to wifi, even with 2.4ghz network which is crazy considering I have other equipment that connected so easily with 2.4ghz such as my wifi inkbird controller and smart power strips.

Would you mind sharing your Saxby schedule to me? You can pm me if you want to. I have always liked AB+/Saxby!

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Sure! Here are my par readings below (I know it’s kinda messy). I still couldn’t get my light to connect to wifi, even with 2.4ghz network which is crazy considering I have other equipment that connected so easily with 2.4ghz such as my wifi inkbird controller and smart power strips.

Would you mind sharing your Saxby schedule to me? You can pm me if you want to. I have always liked AB+/Saxby!

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Thanks! That's some pretty incredible PAR up there at the top of the rocks. I'm working on the spectrum today/tonight, so I'll get you my settings soon. I don't know how to tune in the AB+ spectrum exactly with this light since it is only 3 channels, but I will probably go with the proportions of UV/violet to Blue/Aqua channels on the AI Prime 16HD AB+ schedule. For Saxby, you can't bring the peaks and troughs as close together as they do with Saxby, but you can still get a good 5 peaks in during a regular daytime schedule.

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