Nuvo 20 nem tank

James M · Apr 6, 2019

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 · Apr 6, 2019

Nem tanks are awesome! Nice looking nem!

DSC reef · Apr 6, 2019

Congrats, that's a nice set up

James M · Apr 6, 2019

DSC reef said:
Congrats, that's a nice set up

hdsoftail1065 said:
Nem tanks are awesome! Nice looking nem!

Thanks guys

JoshH · Apr 6, 2019

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James M · Apr 8, 2019

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 · Apr 8, 2019

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James M · Apr 8, 2019

JoshH said:
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 · Apr 8, 2019

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

JoshH · Apr 8, 2019

James M said:
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 · Apr 8, 2019

ScottR said:
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 · Apr 9, 2019

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 · Apr 9, 2019

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 · Apr 9, 2019

Bummer...:(

James M · Apr 12, 2019

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 · Apr 30, 2019

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

James M · Apr 30, 2019

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.

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James M · May 21, 2019

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 ?