Well guys I will start posting pics this coming weekend. But last week the wife wanted a smaller tank to move to the bedroom. So I purchased a IM Fusion 20 AIO. I went ahead and order a 75w cobalt neotherm. A sicce 1.5 return to upgrade the factory return. 211 hp to 350ish gph. Duetto ATO. 2 custom caddies. 1 that will run filter floss, chemi pure blue nano and possibly some go. The other 1 will run my refuge with the I'm refuge light. It also came with 2 filter socks. Will keep those as spares. I also ordered some marine pure spheres. Lighting will be simple with 1 AI Prime HD. The new lid on the fusion fits great with no gaps greater than 1/8th of inch. Plan on running 1 of my jaebo 0w-20 powerheads. I dont see a need for both.
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Well some more stuff showed up today. My second custom caddy. Refuge light by Innovative Marine. And 20lbs of caribseas life rock shapes. The life rock came packaged awesomely. But the down side is I got 4 big peices. This is going to be a tough aquascape. More pics to follow tomorrow with hopefully full set up pics with water by this weekend. Only real thing I'm not happy with is the stand.
The stand I got sits to low for a good view IMO. I'd really prefer something taller to make it easier to look at standing plus the lack of closed off storage with no doors is really bothersome. I say this because my dogs wont mess with anything till someone is out side like this morning they had eat a whole container of fish food while I was warming the truck up to head to work.
The stand I got sits to low for a good view IMO. I'd really prefer something taller to make it easier to look at standing plus the lack of closed off storage with no doors is really bothersome. I say this because my dogs wont mess with anything till someone is out side like this morning they had eat a whole container of fish food while I was warming the truck up to head to work.
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Looks good I think the cave on left is little odd. I couldn't figure out how to use mine so I didn't use it lol.Thinking about this for the aquascape. Lots of swim through big cave and bowl on top. Thoughts?
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Very nice. I do actually like that.I bought a box of shapes and regular used about half of each. You won't like mine lol it's a lot more rock than yours.
Here is the finale scape. Waiting for the 2 part to harden. This is what the wife wanted and I actually kind of dig it
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Well I ended up taking the piece of the top left. I just didnt like it. Plus it was out of the water.
Anyways I got the sand in went with special grade about 14lbs. And I dosed up to 2ppm of ammonia checked with both API and red seas. I'm also dosing stabality. I used both kits and checked 3 times to make sure because the color changes to me aren't that noticable.
Another thing I noticed is with Dr. Tim's Ammonia it says to use 4 drops per gal. I only used half that amount to acheive the 2ppm. I've read a bunch where people have used 4 drops per gal and overdosed as well as people who used 4 drops per gal and achieved 2 ppm. So it seems like it's really hit or miss. I started with 1 drop per gal and worked up until I hit 2ppm based on the amount of research I did. I honestly felt like this was the safest thing to do. I wont start testing for nitrite and nitrate until the No3 hits 0
Anyways I got the sand in went with special grade about 14lbs. And I dosed up to 2ppm of ammonia checked with both API and red seas. I'm also dosing stabality. I used both kits and checked 3 times to make sure because the color changes to me aren't that noticable.
Another thing I noticed is with Dr. Tim's Ammonia it says to use 4 drops per gal. I only used half that amount to acheive the 2ppm. I've read a bunch where people have used 4 drops per gal and overdosed as well as people who used 4 drops per gal and achieved 2 ppm. So it seems like it's really hit or miss. I started with 1 drop per gal and worked up until I hit 2ppm based on the amount of research I did. I honestly felt like this was the safest thing to do. I wont start testing for nitrite and nitrate until the No3 hits 0
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Something I've been wondering maybe someone can help me out. Should I upgrade to 2 spin streams or should I put a powerhead in the tank. If I do a powerhead qhat would be my best bet. I know I need something small. Anyone able to give me some ideas.
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Well the ammonia levels after 2 days are starting to drop. At 1 ppm. But no signs if nitrites. I'm wondering if I should test for nitrates. Even tho I know nitrates are the last exchange of the cycle
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Nice tank! Love the aquascape. I was debating to get the spin stream myself but decided against. $22 a pop isn’t worth it to me.
I have both the IM media caddy and intank meddia caddy and the intank is diff better. It slopes towards the overflow instead of standing straight like the IM version.
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I have the tunze return pump but upgraded to the IM mighty jet dc pump recently. I like having control over all my pumps
MP10 on one end and the IM wave link wave maker in the other .
I have both the IM media caddy and intank meddia caddy and the intank is diff better. It slopes towards the overflow instead of standing straight like the IM version.
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I have the tunze return pump but upgraded to the IM mighty jet dc pump recently. I like having control over all my pumps
MP10 on one end and the IM wave link wave maker in the other .
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The most research I did for this tank was diff the skimmer. Or trying to find the one that fits and work well. I only have tried the reef glass and Eshopps nano skimmer before trying out the Nuvoskim skimmer. Happy with the Nuvoskim and have stopped searching . I had my tank for a few weeks without a skimmer and the surface of the water was yuck!
This tank is super easy to manage and low maint. I’m always doing something with my tank , but none of it is really needed. Just want to stay on top of things. WC and params check every week and I’m good to go.
This tank is super easy to manage and low maint. I’m always doing something with my tank , but none of it is really needed. Just want to stay on top of things. WC and params check every week and I’m good to go.
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Nice tank. I also have the IM Nuvo 20. Mine is set up to house a Colorado Sunburst Anemone which will arrive next week. These are really nice little tanks that look great!
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