Nick's IM Nuvo 10 Reef

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First time posting here on R2R - I thought I'd show off my nano reef that I've been working on for the past two years.

Equipment -
IM Nuvo 10
AI prime
~10 lbs reef saver live rock
Sand from a friend's tank
3D printed media basket - filter floss, carbon in a bag and live rock rubble
DIY grow light from LED light strips for refuguium
Cheato
Sicce Micra Plus Pump
DIY auto-top off
Tetra HT10 heater, 50W
Inkbird temperature controller
USB computer fan with 3D printed mount for cooling

Fish -
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Firefish

Coral -
Christmas Tree Favia
Triton Favia
Purple People Eater Zoas
Dragon Eyes Zoas
Pink Zipper Paly
Gorilla Nipple Zoas
Fire and Ice Zoas
Orange mushrooms
Kryptonite Candy Cane Coral
Blue Candy Cane Coral
Duncans
Red and Teal Blastomussa Wellsi

Maintenance -
15% water changes weekly
Top off water with 2 teaspoons of kalkwasser per gallon
2ml per day of Fauna Marin Carbocalcium
2 Tbsp of carbon every 4 weeks

 

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Here's a pick of the tank when it first started:

 

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Here's the current state of the tank:
excuse the picture quality, shot on a Moto G5 Plus and Pixel 3a

 

[Clmchrist]

Nice tank.. Can you post a pic of the chaeto refugium

 

[snowbanked]

Nice tank.. Can you post a pic of the chaeto refugium

Sure here are some pics - I used the middle chamber in the back of the tank and peeled off the black backing to make a window for the light.

 

[Clmchrist]

Nice setup bro and it grows faster?

 

[snowbanked]

Yeah it works pretty well, I have it on a 12 hr light cycle. I throw away a baseball sized ball maybe once every two months

 

[Ark]

Nice setup! I have a Nuvo 10 as well I just started. Just need to find some time to start a thread. I also have a Prime. How high do you have the fixture from the water?

 

[snowbanked]

Nice setup! I have a Nuvo 10 as well I just started. Just need to find some time to start a thread. I also have a Prime. How high do you have the fixture from the water?

I have it 10.5" above the water using the BRS AB+ spectrum. I also have the IM screen top which filters out the light quite a bit

 

[Ark]

Ok cool. I’ll have to check out the BRS specs. I’ve been using David Saxbys