This is my new tank. It's a Nuvo 40 EXT - the overflow is Herbie-style and exterior/upper left of the tank.
I'm getting back into this after a few years out. I started with a biocube 29 and am now onto a more sophisticated tank. It's still a work in progress. I'm trying to automate it and keep it low maintenance. Just the basic setup for now - more pics to follow as the tank progresses. I've over-built the sump on this - hoping to use the same sump and parts for when I upgrade to a 100 gallon tank some day.
Finally, I have most things set up and a few coral frags to start. I work out of town so I'll have to see what's (hopefully) thriving when I get back. The Clarisea filter just broke so updates may be slow coming...
Hopefully a pair of clowns, an anemone, and a blenny or gramma to start soon. Not sure what to do about inverts in this bare bottom tank. Probably after I get fish I'll add some.
Soon: add more corals, aquascape, get the proper light mounting bracket, organize cables/controllers, play with lighting profiles, add fish. Also, I need to get the Ca/alk/mag stable. If anyone ever stocks a Trident, I'll buy/add that too. I'll see if I can upload apex code/measurements/data here at some point.
Tank:
Nuvo EXT 40 with APS stand
ApexEL
AI Hydra 32 HD (not on gooseneck mount because they don't have the new bracket made)
Vortech MP40
25 lb live rock
22.5 lb reef saver, half is plate type
not aquascaped yet (rocks are barely balanced until I come up with a design)
Neptune autofeed system
Neptune leak detector kit
Sump:
Fiji Cube 20 sump (1st edition)
Clarisea SK-3000 - motor just broke, after 3 months of use? hopefully, they'll fix it... can't add fish yet...
Kessil H80
Eheim 150W x2
Neptune COR-20
Marinepure media plate
Clean chaeto, pioneer pods, some amphipod hitchhikers from live rock
BRS carbon/GFO reactor (soon)
UV sterilizer (soon)
Tunze osmolator
Water:
BRS 7 stage RO/DI
Instant Ocean Sea Salt
Additives:
BRS 2 part via DOS
Red Sea trace colors ABCD
Reef chili
Reef roids
Polyp booster
Phytogreen-M (this looked good... not sure if it's the right product)
Fish food soon
Corals:
(WWC starter pack)
Green birdsnest
Red hot monti
Peppermint cyphastrea
Bi-color favia
Bob Marley zoa
Lighting setup:
I'll update this more in the future...
H80 - medium intensity, grow, will up the intensity soon
Hydra32 - 7h, with 1h ramp up/down, I'll add a pic here soon, but I stole the config from elsewhere on the forum
Apex setup:
pending
Water quality/data:
pending
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