IM 20G Fusion mixed reef

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Just some colors for the night, PE looking amazing and the colors finally coming in

 

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Amazing to see how much 2 weeks can change. Bali slimer finally came back after the tank change and the pc rainbows base and very tips are finally returning to green. The Maleficent that started to rtn stopped with the superglue and is finally regaining the green base. Hoping the reds come in soon on everything else but looks like they're finally bouncing back

 

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Polyp extension and colors are finally coming back. Sucks that the pc rainbow and strawberry shortcake aren't coloring up, im thinking they haven't settled in as quick but everyone i know has always had problems with these 2 specific ones. Hopefully they come back

 

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One of the wild milles rtned which i expected. It had shown signs of stress prior and a mix of the low flow low light didnt help

Piece on the left. Fragged the opposite side so let's hope that lives

 

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Good news with the reef, that mille that was in low flow and light was fragged. Its been a bit more than 2.5 days and it hasn't rtned, chances are looking good

 

[Jason Scalise]

nice set up. following along.
I have the same tank and a similar build.
Putting my thread below in case it gives you any ideas.

IM Nuvo Build Thread

 

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nice set up. following along.
I have the same tank and a similar build.
Putting my thread below in case it gives you any ideas.

IM Nuvo Build Thread

Ive seen your build around when I got this tank and got inspiration from your rockwork. Great to have you following along, ive got a lot of stuff coming in soon

 

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Some news on the reef, coralline algae is finally growing, the red acros are regaining their reds, the pc rainbows coming back, a new rainbow loom frag

I know the colors are coming back since I was able to bring down the leeching phosphate but this one strawberry shortcake won't take any color. Any tips would be great

 

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Finally got that supporting purple plus t5, was really hoping it would be brighter. I honestly may pick up 2 3 more of these or a random led since im mainly focusing on lighting the left side more

 

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First photo nov 3rd 2nd is right now. So happy how this frag went from rtn to coming back

 

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To deal with my recent bryopsis issue and some algae i went to my lfs and got a lawnmower blenny and emerald crab today. Even through in a free space invader frag. Any tips on how to deal with bryoppris would be great

 

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To deal with my recent bryopsis issue and some algae i went to my lfs and got a lawnmower blenny and emerald crab today. Even through in a free space invader frag. Any tips on how to deal with bryoppris would be great

 

[GarrettDie4U]

Following I have two of these tanks 1 set up one in the process looking great by the way !!!

 

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New pick ups today and I finally caught the emerald

 

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News on the reef:
Picked up a really nice 6 piece rose hammer for only $50. Im running out of acro space so been venturing outwards

The pc rainbow after months has finally started to recover its green. Sadly the ssc has yet to color back up with the exception of the tips for some reason

The Jimmy bean is still doing good but has lost the initial Orange. Weirdly enough the pieces I got alongside It have gained more reds and other colors so this ones an exception (been upping intensity to draw out more reds lately)

Finally I got 2 really cool freebie pieces from a buddy. A nice little dynamite chalice frag with green, blue, yellow, red and an acid rain bta

 

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Picked up a vivid confetti today but it sucks that It was peeling before I bought it so I hope it recovers. Some crazy growth as of recently as all the acros finally have started encrusting the actual rock

 

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It was a pain to get to color up with so many issues from the 6g transfer months ago but glad to say its finally taken a nice green base

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Nice!!

 

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I had a build thread so long ago but only came back into reefing maybe 4 months ago. I did have a 6g but after that got stocked decided to pick up a used IM 20G fusion. Posting here whenever new pieces come in and just for colour and growth updates. Sadly all the acros are browned out but im sure after everything settles they'll come back. Tank was set up with pre established media and rock/sand around a day ago

Tank: IM 20G FUSION
lighting: radion xr15 Gen 4 (planning to add 2 more lights so support since there's lots of shadowing

Roughly 20lb live sand (pre established) 21lb lr

Fish stocking: just 1 springeris damsel that the person I bought the tank off of had, planning on a watchman goby, orchid dotty, and Maybe a 6 line (may hold off but I designed the tank to have lots of interaction)

Inverts: 6 cerith, 4 nass, 1 skunk cleaner from my 6g, 1 tiger pistol which was given alongside the springeris. Once the tank establishes itself 1-2 acro crabs

Parameters: red sea blue bucket
Phosphate 0.04 (slowly been bringing it up, having the fish helps)
Nitrate 5-10
Cal roughly 430
Alk 9 (fluctuates around .3 a day)
Mg 1390-1400

Softies:
Bowser zoa
Spellbinder zoa
Stratosphere zoa
Gmk zoa
Sticker shocker zoa
Always been a fan of zoas, looking at a big bird, illuminati, lsoh, and some of those classic higher end zoas

Lps:
Gold hammer
Rose hammer
Bowerbanki
Now that I have the room a lot of the lower portions will be lps. Next week plan on adding an 8 head of Duncan, couple random bowerbanki, and a rainbow Tracy

Sps:
Monti cap (fully browned since I took it from a buddies but the polyps have returned. Originally neon green)
Forest fire digi

Acros:
Maleficent
Blueberry wine
Cherry pie
Strawberry shortcake
Pc rainbow
Hellfire mille
Bali slimer
Milka stylo
Unfortunately the majority have browned out from the move. It's unfortunate but im hoping colors return within a couple months. Only the ssc and the cherry pie are unfazed. Usually I find they recover within 3 months so hopefully its the same here

Within the month I plan on picking up a couple lps, most notably a holy grail micromussa, big bird zoa, and a rainbow Tracy. Thanks for following, updates will come with any new changes

The tank has changed so much over time. I finally picked up some grails including the rainbow micro, rainbow chalice, cherry bomb acro, and vivid confetti. I have sadly just the one clown since 2 clowns died (not sure why) and the springers damsels and talbot get along nicely. My watchman goby finally started coming out.

The tanks come a long way and all my acros are encrusting onto rock finally

 

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Awesome to witness this cerith laying eggs for over 7 hours. Any tips to raise the young?