Reefing took a back seat for about a year. Lost some fish to brook and just lost the desire due to work/kids. A few months ago I got the bug again. I found a used nuvo 40 for sale and figured it was as good as a time as any to upgrade. It was slow going but I got the passion back.
The corals that survived lost a good deal of color. The only fish that survived the brook outbreak were a flame hawk and a melanurus wrasse. I ran the nuvo 40 for a few months with just the two of them. Last week I decided to take a chance and order somethings I have always wanted to try. I ordered a dwarf fuzzy lion and a tube anemone. When they arrived I was shocked to see the fuzzy was a little bigger than I anticipated. The tube anemone was ghost white as well.
I got some pvc and made a makeshift tube for the anemone and set it in the back right corner under a shroom box. The lion decided to hide in the rock work for a few days. Fast forward a few days and the lion has taken to hit loaded ghost shrimp very well. He even tries to eat some lrs reef frenzy. I think he’s assimilated very well. I even saw the hawk fish perched on top of the lion! I wish I had my phone on me to snap a picture!
I switched up my lighting from t5’s to metal halide. The response from the corals has been amazing. Leathers that were sad perked up instantly. I don’t have all of the gear on the tank yet. And I need to find a cord management solution. I also need to setup the temporary ghost shrimp tank as well. All and all I’m pretty happy so far.
The build:
Innovative Marine Nuvo 40 AIO on APS Stand
Rocks are real reef rock branch mostly
maxi jet 1200 return pump
2x floss holders (really looking for a tunze 9004 eventually)
currently running a bag of marine pure spheres for filtration and a single mangrove.
MP10 for flow soon (I have one (two actually), just need to stick it on the tank)
Reef Brite Metal Halide hybrid (150 watt de Phoenix 14000k bulb). I love this light!!! Only problem is the cords are ugly af.
an ato smart micro to top off (not installed, topping off by hand right now)
All controlled by an apex lite (not installed yet)
inhabitants:
Flame Hawkfish
melanurus wrasse
fuzzy dwarf lion fish
halloween hermit crab
orange tube anemone
a few snails (I need to beef up my cuc soon)
The plan for corals is mostly softies and a few lps. Mostly leathers with some gorgonians and zoas tossed in for color and to take up space.
next steps:
grab some real reef rock rubble and build up around my tube anemone’s pvc tube. Add the rest of my gear and figure out a cord management solution. Get more coral.
The corals that survived lost a good deal of color. The only fish that survived the brook outbreak were a flame hawk and a melanurus wrasse. I ran the nuvo 40 for a few months with just the two of them. Last week I decided to take a chance and order somethings I have always wanted to try. I ordered a dwarf fuzzy lion and a tube anemone. When they arrived I was shocked to see the fuzzy was a little bigger than I anticipated. The tube anemone was ghost white as well.
I got some pvc and made a makeshift tube for the anemone and set it in the back right corner under a shroom box. The lion decided to hide in the rock work for a few days. Fast forward a few days and the lion has taken to hit loaded ghost shrimp very well. He even tries to eat some lrs reef frenzy. I think he’s assimilated very well. I even saw the hawk fish perched on top of the lion! I wish I had my phone on me to snap a picture!
I switched up my lighting from t5’s to metal halide. The response from the corals has been amazing. Leathers that were sad perked up instantly. I don’t have all of the gear on the tank yet. And I need to find a cord management solution. I also need to setup the temporary ghost shrimp tank as well. All and all I’m pretty happy so far.
The build:
Innovative Marine Nuvo 40 AIO on APS Stand
Rocks are real reef rock branch mostly
maxi jet 1200 return pump
2x floss holders (really looking for a tunze 9004 eventually)
currently running a bag of marine pure spheres for filtration and a single mangrove.
MP10 for flow soon (I have one (two actually), just need to stick it on the tank)
Reef Brite Metal Halide hybrid (150 watt de Phoenix 14000k bulb). I love this light!!! Only problem is the cords are ugly af.
an ato smart micro to top off (not installed, topping off by hand right now)
All controlled by an apex lite (not installed yet)
inhabitants:
Flame Hawkfish
melanurus wrasse
fuzzy dwarf lion fish
halloween hermit crab
orange tube anemone
a few snails (I need to beef up my cuc soon)
The plan for corals is mostly softies and a few lps. Mostly leathers with some gorgonians and zoas tossed in for color and to take up space.
next steps:
grab some real reef rock rubble and build up around my tube anemone’s pvc tube. Add the rest of my gear and figure out a cord management solution. Get more coral.