Nuvo 20 nem tank

[James M]

I recently got the opportunity to start up my tank again, this time I’m doing a nem only tank.
Picked up the Acid wash BTA with orange tips.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Nem tanks are awesome! Nice looking nem!

 

[DSC reef]

Congrats, that's a nice set up

 

[James M]

Congrats, that's a nice set up

Nem tanks are awesome! Nice looking nem!

Thanks guys

 

[JoshH]

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[James M]

Just order 2 BTAs, 2 clowns, firefish, and a urchin from Liveaquaria
Should I float and dump the fish or quick acclimate (20 mins) ?

 

[JoshH]

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[James M]

I always acclimate, even just 20 minutes can really help. They've been stressed with shipping and a sudden change in a certain parameters could be too much For them. Doesn't take too long and makes things a little easier on the new arrivals

Just worried about the ammonia

 

[ScottR]

How long has the tank been up? Nems are very delicate. If you’re adding all livestock at once, could spell danger.

 

[JoshH]

Just worried about the ammonia

With 20 minutes I wouldn't be too concerned about ammonia, if you have some prime, throw a little in the bag and you're worry free as they won't be in that water long enough for the prime to wear off

 

[James M]

How long has the tank been up? Nems are very delicate. If you’re adding all livestock at once, could spell danger.

Well over a year..sold all livestock to do a new setup

 

[James M]

Just got everything today and was super excited then one of clowns wasn’t doing good
Getting them temp acclimated and I will go from there

 

[James M]

The 1 clown didn’t make it
Everyone else is doing great. I’ll take pictures tomorrow when I turn the lights back on...want to minimize stress.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Bummer...

 

[James M]

These fish are very photogenic and act like they never get food....lol
The nems are doing okay. They keep deflating, which I’m not worried since they’re new additions.

 

[YHSublime]

Love that Acid BTA, looks like it'll be real sharp once it gets a little bigger!

 

[James M]

Done a lot with the tank, since I last updated this thread.
I bought a female midnight clown. I saw it for $30 and I couldn’t resist the price.The green nem has been hosting both of them, I sometimes see her kicking him out of the nem. Hard to get a good pic of them since they’re always moving.
Sadly the acid wash split. I found one split but can find the other one. Hopefully it pops upZ
I bought up 2 RBTAs from @YHSublime. They arrived today and are already opened up and looking great.
Wondering if the torch can defend for itself in the future against the nems ? If not I’m going to buy a single frag holder and place it on the back wall.

 

[James M]

Everything was going good and I left the tank for 1 week vacation. I came back and thought everything looking good until I saw the firefish on the floor. Then I noticed the green BTAs aren’t doing so well but the rainbows are doing great. I noticed as the rock fill up with nems the urchin has less room to graze on so I decided to trade it for a really nice rbta.
Anyone have any suggestions on what fish I should get ?

Really need to invest in the polyp lab filter

 

[YHSublime]

Another clown perhaps? Do you only have 1?

 

[James M]

Another clown perhaps? Do you only have 1?

I have a pair of clowns