Mirya's Floridian Flower Garden

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No water in the tank yet, so couldn't float the bag. I used a packing bag of "sealed air" instead. :)

I'm planning on setting this up as a Florida biotope. Just waiting on my light to arrive from NanoBox before I get things wet!

Tank Established: Coming soon!
Aquarium: Innovative Marine Nuvo 24
Media Basket: InTank media basket with filter floss and Chemi-Pure Blue
Protein Skimmer: Tunze 9002
Refugium: InTank media basket with Chaeto, lit by IM MagnaFuge Light
Heater: Cobalt NeoTherm 100W
Circulation: stock pump
Flow: MP10
ATO: Autoaqua Smart ATO
Lighting: NanoBox Quad with the Lime array and moonlights
Controller: Apex Jr.
Substrate: CaribSea Aragonite Flamingo Reef & Bermuda Pink mixed
Rock: Planning on some aquacultured rock from either KP Aquatics
Salt: ESV B-Ionic

Livestock plans:
Yellowheaded jawfish and... Royal gramma? Chalk bass? Peppermint bass?
Pederson’s or Spotted cleaner shrimp?
Rock flower anemones
Ricordea florida
Palythoa grandis
Zoanthus sp.
St. Thomas mushroom
Photosynthetic gorgonians
 

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Beautiful start! :)
 
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nice, i would have started cycling already... who knows how long it can take...

I would have, but I ordered a custom light from NanoBox and the build took longer than I expected. Light should be super sexy though!

Hopefully going with live rock will help the cycle...
 
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I should have some good tank updates this weekend! My NanoBox Quad will be arriving on Wednesday!
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I bent some conduit pipe to hang the light from. It'll be painted black:
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My aquacultured live rock from KP Aquatics arrives on Thursday!
 

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Great looking tank and LOVE the diy light rack. Looking forward to following your progress...
 
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Tank officially got wet last night! This past week my NanoBox lights arrived (Quad for this tank, Mini for my Nuvo8) as did my live rock from KP Aquatics.

Here are my two tanks, which live side-by-side now. Can't wait for the cycle to complete! (I'll be raiding some livestock from the Nuvo8)
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