Innovative Marine 15 Build

StrainedSky · Sep 21, 2023

Hey all! After being out of the hobby a few years the itch started again. Decided to go with a 15g Innovative Marine with APS stand. For the rock I went with Two pieces of Tropic Eden. Will post more pictures as I move along

Tank -
Innovative Marine 15 Fusion
Stand -
Innovative Marine APS
Rock-
Tropic Eden TE-MORROCA-CAVE-H-PK
Tropic Eden TE-MORROCA-TPC-PK
Lighting -
Ecotech XR15 Blue
Control -
Neptune Apex

BanZI29 · Sep 21, 2023

The rock looks kewl in there. can't wait to see it with water and life

Rick's Reviews · Sep 21, 2023

Following

StrainedSky · Sep 27, 2023

Got the RMS in and mounted the XR15 with diffusor. May end up hanging it due to the mount blocking a bit of the second chamber. Waiting in the basket to come in for chamber 2 before making that decision.

Tuan’s Reef · Sep 27, 2023

Great looking setup. Can’t wait to see what you do with it.

7of9 · Sep 27, 2023

These tanks are so elegant! I can't wait to see yours take shape.

hahahohol · Sep 29, 2023

Beautiful! Keep us posted.
I’m starting IM20 now myself.

CasperOe · Sep 29, 2023

That is a great looking tank and an awesome wee scape! Thanks for showing us- and keep up with updates please

TruRacr314x · Oct 16, 2023

Can’t wait to see the next updates!

Gumbies R Us · Oct 17, 2023

StrainedSky said:
Got the RMS in and mounted the XR15 with diffusor. May end up hanging it due to the mount blocking a bit of the second chamber. Waiting in the basket to come in for chamber 2 before making that decision.

Tank is off to a great start!

StrainedSky · Oct 17, 2023

Small Update - Water added, went with Aquaforest Hybrid Pro Salt Mix and started the cycle with TurboStart 900, PNS Substrate Sauce, NitroCycle. Also added Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres to the rear chamber.

StrainedSky · Oct 24, 2023

Well, I'm guess the Hybrid salt was a mistake. Water was clear for a couple days but now has been cloudy since. I'm guessing a bacteria bloom. Will wait it out but will probably switch to another salt once I start doing water changes.

StrainedSky · Nov 21, 2023

Photo dump time. All my electrical is located in the closet behind the tank. Mounted everything up on a piece of board. Replacing the Apex Jr this week with a full Apex A3 due to the JR having WiFi issues so I can hard wire it in. Neptune and BRS were great with the swap out. Also added two starter corals which are doing great and added my first fish, Yasha Goby and Candy Shrimp. They were added a couple weeks apart but found each other overnight, so cool to see the relationship between them.

Gumbies R Us · Nov 21, 2023

StrainedSky said:
Photo dump time. All my electrical is located in the closet behind the tank. Mounted everything up on a piece of board. Replacing the Apex Jr this week with a full Apex A3 due to the JR having WiFi issues so I can hard wire it in. Neptune and BRS were great with the swap out. Also added two starter corals which are doing great and added my first fish, Yasha Goby and Candy Shrimp. They were added a couple weeks apart but found each other overnight, so cool to see the relationship between them.

Tank looks like it is doing great!