My IM 40 AIO First Time Saltwater Tank

DMorse90 · Mar 9, 2019

Hello all, This is my first ever future reef tank. I have experience with freshwater which I know some of that will translate over but not quite all of it.

My current setup is as follows:
Innovative Marine AIO 40
2 EcoTech MP10WQD Pumps
EcoTech Reef Link
165w Black Box Light from Mars Aqua
Tunze 9004 Skimmer
Tunze Osmolator ATO
LiquaGen RO/DI System

InTank Media Basket with the following media:
Matrix Carbon
Purigen
PhosGuard
Filter Floss

40lbs Dry rock
25-30lbs Aragonite Sand

Current Live Stock:
1 Astraea Snail
1 Black Clownfish

geddavis · Mar 9, 2019

Best of luck with your reef!

DMorse90 · Mar 9, 2019

geddavis said:
Best of luck with your reef!

Thanks! So far this has been a wonderful learning experience.

Lasse · Mar 9, 2019

Welcome to the R2R

It looks great

Sincerely Lasse

DMorse90 · Mar 9, 2019

Lasse said:
Welcome to the R2R

It looks great

Sincerely Lasse

Thank you, R2R has been an absolutely amazing resource for every question I have had so far. I haven't posted much but the search function sure has helped me tremendously in my research.

Glad to be a part of this wonderful community!

Dub_G · Mar 9, 2019

Looking good so far. Welcome to R2R and have fun with your tank.

DMorse90 · Mar 10, 2019

Dub_G said:
Looking good so far. Welcome to R2R and have fun with your tank.

Thank you for the reply! So far it has been a great learning experience, but I know that in time I will have a ton of fun. The corals are what keep me interested!

SPR1968 · Mar 10, 2019

The tank looks great very nice indeed

And welcome to R2R as well!

Gonebad395 · Mar 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R the aqua scape looks great what’s your plans for coral and livestock? Any question feel free to ask a lot of knowledge on this forum. Ever not quite sure just type #reefsquad and a lot of experience will chime in to help you.

HotRocks · Mar 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!!

DMorse90 · Mar 10, 2019

Gonebad395 said:
Welcome to R2R the aqua scape looks great what’s your plans for coral and livestock? Any question feel free to ask a lot of knowledge on this forum. Ever not quite sure just type #reefsquad and a lot of experience will chime in to help you.

HotRocks said:
Welcome to R2R!!!

Thank you both for the warm welcome!

Future plans are some softies & LPS, planning to go fairly light on the livestock. Outside of the cleanup crew I would like to add another clown, a watchman goby, and perhaps a blenny.
I'm not well versed in the fish that are suitable for the smaller tanks so I am open fully to suggestion.