Innovative Marine 30l build thread

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 10, 2022

Hello All! About 9 months ago I added another tank to my collection ( not documented on here ) and have since consolidated and made it my only saltwater tank. As a result of that, the tank is grossly overstocked, so I have decided to upgrade it to a 30 gallon Innovative Marine aquarium.

Here are a few pics of the old tank:

I hope to keep you guys posted on progress and anything else that may come about in this thread!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 10, 2022

Update 1:

Today I ordered the tank, and some metal legs for a minimalistic stand I will be putting together.

I am also working out other equipment, such as skimmer, ato, and heater.

KellyCorals · Jan 10, 2022

SaltwtrNewb said:
Hello All! About 9 months ago I added another tank to my collection ( not documented on here ) and have since consolidated and made it my only saltwater tank. As a result of that, the tank is grossly overstocked, so I have decided to upgrade it to a 30 gallon Innovative Marine aquarium.

I hope to keep you guys posted on progress and anything else that may come about in this thread!

I’ll be happy to take any overstock corals off your hands! LOL jk Keep us updated! Pictures are everything!

Adrift · Jan 10, 2022

Such an awesome tank!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 10, 2022

Adrift said:
Such an awesome tank!

Haven’t heard much about it in the past but it looks spectacular!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 10, 2022

KellyCorals said:
I’ll be happy to take any overstock corals off your hands! LOL jk Keep us updated! Pictures are everything!

I hope to get to the point where I am bursting with excess coral!

Mjl714 · Jan 10, 2022

AnotherReefHobbyist said:
Hello All! About 9 months ago I added another tank to my collection ( not documented on here ) and have since consolidated and made it my only saltwater tank. As a result of that, the tank is grossly overstocked, so I have decided to upgrade it to a 30 gallon Innovative Marine aquarium.

Here are a few pics of the old tank:

I hope to keep you guys posted on progress and anything else that may come about in this thread!

Fantastic tank choice, I have the IM Fusion 30l AIO and love it.

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 10, 2022

Mjl714 said:
Fantastic tank choice, I have the IM Fusion 30l AIO and love it.

Glad to hear people like the tank choice! Just read through your thread and you have some awesome colonies going on!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 13, 2022

The tank has arrived! the box came with a huge gash in it, but the tank was well protected and looks amazing.

I am also trying to decide what to do about lights. I currently have a kessil a80 on my tank, and because this tank has the same height and display depth, was just going to go with another a80, but I don't know if this will be enough. what do you guys think?

Mjl714 · Jan 13, 2022

Man, like you my IM 30l box was all beat up, and also the tank was fine, phew.

I’m not familiar with the a80, try two (since you have one) and see if you like it. I have two AI Prime HD’s and these are perfect, plenty of light for good growth and looks sharp in kitchen.

KellyCorals · Jan 14, 2022

AnotherReefHobbyist said:
The tank has arrived! the box came with a huge gash in it, but the tank was well protected and looks amazing.

I am also trying to decide what to do about lights. I currently have a kessil a80 on my tank, and because this tank has the same height and display depth, was just going to go with another a80, but I don't know if this will be enough. what do you guys think?

I think a second A80 would work but probably not going to put out the PAR numbers your looking for. I would consider a light upgrade. Beautiful tank!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 14, 2022

Thanks for the light input! I will consider going to two ai prime 16’s in the future, but for now with mainly softies and lps I just decided to go the cheap route and do a second kessil.

went to the LFS and got…. A little carried away, but here we are with the haul!

4 Hanna checkers ( my mother was convinced we needed these, we didn’t but I wasn’t going to protest )

20lbs of sand to add onto what I currently have

kessil a80 and gooseneck

refractometer ( my salt levels were dangerously high because of using a hygrometer )

some coral putty

and I threw in pictures of the wave maker and heater I will be using, these are from previous tanks

I also decided to switch up my salt, as I am currently using really cheap crappy fish only salt, so I got a 200g mix of fritz rpm blue box.

they also had a sweet toadstool, so I got that too, waiting for it to open up and will post pics in the morning.

hope I didn’t make any really terrible purchases!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 27, 2022

Haven't updated in a while, as the last couple big pieces are custom, which is making them take forever to come. However I did receive the custom steel legs today, along with the ato, so I figured I would give this thread a little life!

KellyCorals · Jan 27, 2022

AnotherReefHobbyist said:
Haven't updated in a while, as the last couple big pieces are custom, which is making them take forever to come. However I did receive the custom steel legs today, along with the ato, so I figured I would give this thread a little life!

Progress is progress! Keep the pictures coming! Looking forward to seeing your build come together!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 27, 2022

KellyCorals said:
Progress is progress! Keep the pictures coming! Looking forward to seeing your build come together!

Thanks!

ThecitydatREEDS · Feb 1, 2022

Looking good! Getting ready to start my IM 30L build as well! Ill be excited to see the progress!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Feb 1, 2022

ThecitydatREEDS said:
Looking good! Getting ready to start my IM 30L build as well! Ill be excited to see the progress!

Awesome, Don't forget to start a build thread!

LegalReefer · Feb 3, 2022

Looking great! Following along, good luck with the upgrade!

AnotherReefHobbyist · Feb 3, 2022

LegalReefer said:
Looking great! Following along, good luck with the upgrade!

Thanks!

jk_s124 · Feb 5, 2022

AnotherReefHobbyist said:
The tank has arrived! the box came with a huge gash in it, but the tank was well protected and looks amazing.

I am also trying to decide what to do about lights. I currently have a kessil a80 on my tank, and because this tank has the same height and display depth, was just going to go with another a80, but I don't know if this will be enough. what do you guys think?

Kessil a80s are under rated imo. But the a pair of kessil a160‘s would be pretty dang good on that tank as well.