Nuvo Fusion 20 Build

[reef-rc]

You'll have fun! Just running a filter sock on one overflow and media basket on the other with poly filter on top and chemipure blue on bottom on bottom. Bag of purfiltrum in the second chamber. No skimmer/reactor. Just swapped kessil a160 for 360 3 weeks ago. VorTech mp10 for flow(30%). Weekly 4.5 gallon wc. Feed mysis daily, reef roids tri weekly and macrovore to my flower nems once a week. I have one lightning maroon, banggai cardinal, ignitus anthia, and a blue chromis. I kill all pumps and use a baster. Everyone eats and none is wasted. I use HW marinemix reefer for my salt. Parameters stay constant: Alk: 8 Ph: 8.2 Amm, Nitrite, Phos: 0 Nitrate: 2 Ca: 425 Mg: 1400 SG: 1.026 Potassium: Never checked! Fun little tank!

Inverts include: Indo skunk cleaner, candy cane pistol, 1 caribbean nass snail, 3 star astrea snails, 2 trochus snails, 1 red burrowing crab, 2 porcelain anemone crabs, 5 scarlet hermits (the best in my opinion) and a few regular porcelain crabs.

And a red fromia

Thanks!

btw

• you dose anything by chance?
• Did you upgrade your return pump?
• What's your highest Intensity & Color settings on the A360?

I am putting in the same light - A360WE and MP10 pump. Was thinking of including the tunze 6040 on the other end to varied directional flow since I already have it sitting on the sideline. Was thinking MP10 would be more forward on left side while Tunze 6040 more back on right side. I am planning on LPS and SPS for this tank only. Thoughts?

 

[Darth George]

Thanks!

btw

• you dose anything by chance?
• Did you upgrade your return pump?
• What's your highest Intensity & Color settings on the A360?

I am putting in the same light - A360WE and MP10 pump. Was thinking of including the tunze 6040 on the other end to varied directional flow since I already have it sitting on the sideline. Was thinking MP10 would be more forward on left side while Tunze 6040 more back on right side. I am planning on LPS and SPS for this tank only. Thoughts?

I do not dose anything. Once the acro grows out I will probably have to. I did upgrade the return to a cobalt mj900. I would keep any acro/monti on the mp10 side. The apex controls the 360. Starts no color @ 13% intensity and rises to 55% intensity and color at 48%. Stays there for 4 hours then ramps back down slowly. Light is on 9 hours a day.

 

[Darth George]

I am still acclimating coral though. Probably won't go past 65% intensity because it's a mixed reef and a little tricky.

 

[reef-rc]

Understandable.

On my other nano with A360, it's currently on for 10 hrs with max intensity of 65%/35% color for a very brief period before settling on 50% intensity / 30% color most of the time. This has been running for 1 month on this setting. My light is 9.5" above water surface.

I did however bumped up the max intensity to 70% and 55% respectively just yesterday based on par readings I did briefly. The goal is to slowly reach a relative par rating of 200 for those SPS/LPS I have near the top and around 100 par on the bottom surface.

 

[Darth George]

Looks like I'll be breaking down the tank in the next few weeks. Going to set up an IM 30l soon.

 

[melypr1985]

Your tank is certainly beautiful! I'm sure the new 30 will be just as nice :)

 

[reef-rc]

Awesome...extra room for growth is always good.

 

[Darth George]

Your tank is certainly beautiful! I'm sure the new 30 will be just as nice :)

Thank you!

 

[Darth George]

The 20 has been broken down. I miss it already, but it is nice to have a little break! I'll be starting a new build soon enough. My next project is the Fusion 30L. Should be fun!

 

[Darth George]

I'll be running a skimmer and reactor on this one.

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[reef-rc]

you move fast [emoji6]

 

[Darth George]

you move fast [emoji6]

Ha! I'm just doing dry run to see if all the equipment will fit! Going to let it sit for a couple weeks.

 

[Constrictor6090]

Out of curiosity, do you clean your sand in the 20 when doing a water change ?

 

[Darth George]

Out of curiosity, do you clean your sand in the 20 when doing a water change ?

I do not. I use tropic eden sand. Stays bone white.