My Innovative Marine Nuvo 40 Mixed Reef

[ReefJunkie28]

Tank: Innovative Marine Nuvo 40
Lighting: Ai Prime HD
Heating: x2 Eheim Jager 75W
Filtration: Marine- Pur Ceramic bio-balls

Livestock:
Fish: x2 Bullethole Clownfish
Purple Firefish
Watchman Goby
Sailfin Blenny
Sixline Wrasse

Coral:
Zoanthids (Eagle Eyes, Rastas, Blue Hornets, Fruit loops)
Utter Chaos Palythoa
Purple Goniopora
Bubble Tip Anemone
Lime Green Candy Canes
Blue Candy Canes

Ricordea Mushrooms (2)


Backstory; My dad has been in the hobby for years and I always love the fish tanks at his place. Now that I have my own place and a full time job turning into a career I’ve needed a hobby. After 8 months of research and thinking of what I wanted my tank to be in, I pulled the trigger when I saw this 40 gal. Nuvo on Facebook Marketplace. I knew it needed to be cleaned up but a little vinegar and water helped with that. I wanted a budget build in a way so I’ve built the stand with the help of my dads engineering.


I’ve also made my own Caddy’s for media out of egg crate, very easy to do in this tank. Love it so far. Couldn’t do a 125W Jager due to length of the heater. <- Wish someone posted this about theirs sooner than I had ordered mine. If you have any question about my tank feel free to ask, dm’s are always open too if you don’t want to post a reply. Thanks for checking it out, and happy reefing reefers!

 

[ReefJunkie28]

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[ReefJunkie28]

quick update

added today:
Toxic Splatter Branching Hammer Coral
Lime Green Candy Canes
18+ Polyp Zoanthid (yellow brick roads)

 

[ReefJunkie28]

always a good time for a tank update right?

 

[ReefJunkie28]

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[ReefJunkie28]

better pic of the tank

 

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[Cacopepo]

Looking good, I have a 24 gallon nuvo myself

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

Looks like you’re off to a great start

 

[ReefJunkie28]

Looks like you’re off to a great start

thanks a lot!

 

[ReefJunkie28]

Looking good, I have a 24 gallon nuvo myself

love your scape!

 

[Tim412]

I'm getting ready to set up the same tank cant wait to have it looking like that. Yours is looking great .

 

[Cacopepo]

love your scape!

Thank you

 

[ReefJunkie28]

I'm getting ready to set up the same tank cant wait to have it looking like that. Yours is looking great .

thanks a lot!!

 

[ReefJunkie28]

added some stuff, and traded some stuff out. Wanted to maybe go in a new direction. Removed the hammer, toadstool, and my clowns. toadstool got too big, the hammer was cool but wanted to try a nem. my clownfish also got really really aggressive for some reason to their tank mates and both me and my girlfriend when putting our hands in the tanks. picked up this 2 year old pair and I’m in love. also added a sailfin blenny to the tank with a nem that got thrown in on trade. and I picked up these 2 ricordea. one got thrown in for free, but the rainbow on the right I personally picked out. last thing added was a bicolor goniopora.

 

[ReefJunkie28]

I uploaded to show the progress on the anemone as well.

 

[ReefJunkie28]

Tank is doing great!