My Nuvo 16

steventaylor702 · May 26, 2014

This is my tank to date

Tank
Innovative marine Nuvo 16

Lighting
Coral Vue 4x bulb t5 with 5x 1 watt moon lights
Using 1x ati coral+ 1x ati blue+ and 2x blue life 03 actinics

Equipment
Hydro 75 watt heater
Cobalt aquatics mj 1200 (return pump)
Stock IM pump (return pump)
2x mp10 es got them both for less then buying one
Tunze nano ozmolater
2x IM spinstream nozzles
Reef keeper elite with net

Filtration
Filter floss
Rowa phos in a bag
Chemipure elite
Purigen
In that order in both media baskets

Parameters
Temp 78.0
Ph 8.2
Nitrate under 10 generally 5
I test others as needed
I also do weekly 5 gallon water changes

Fish
1x Ocellaris Clownfish
1x purple fire fish
1x yellow watchmen goby

Inverts
1x cleaner shrimp
1x tiger pistol shrimp
1x blue tuxedo urchin
1x Bali starfish
And a cleanup crew

Boboli · May 26, 2014

Bro Nice tank!
Had one once very cool tanks ! Keep up the progress reports

steventaylor702 · May 26, 2014

Ya I will this tank will be bye bye in a month upgrade to a mr.aqua 17.1 with another 17.1 for a sump when I move.

V3NOMUS · May 26, 2014

Looking good! Watch those mp10's though. Heard a lot of people cracking theirs with those power heads cuz they so strong. I have the exact tank in white though in my sons room. Love it!

steventaylor702 · May 26, 2014

Ya I have seen but I haven't had a issues had them going for a year plus I don't turn them up high though one is at only three lights running reef crest and the other is at 4 lights running purple mode witch I think is nutrient export mode.

steventaylor702 · May 26, 2014

I think the cracking of the tanks has to do with not properly adjusting the mp10s so they don't vibrate and also the tank not being shipped properly cuasing damge not seen and the glass being thin but I think they have fixed that a while ago when they changed the setup. I think the people that are still having the problems might be getting the older model still because a lot of online stores and some local fish stores still have back stock on them. Also I wouldn't suggest running mp10s full blast like some do in this tank its just not a good idea.