Hello R2R! It’s been a few years since I’ve had a tank setup, and after recently moving, and now being quarantined for who knows how long, it seemed like a great time to get the Fusion out of storage and clean her up and get back into it. In the past aside from the 10g, I also had a 20g Fusion, 8g Nuvo, and a 12g Nano-Cube.
I’ve kept most of the equipment I’ve gathered over time, and plan to keep this a lower maintenance build. Mainly softies and LPS, a pair of onyx clowns and maybe a third small fish, depending on how the clowns go. I’m treating the tank as kind of a fresh start, and plan to take things slowly, as I’ve seen in the past what can happen if I rush things. I’m going to fish-less cycle with Brightwell’s Microbacter Start XLM and QuikCycl.
Here’s what I got so far;
I have a 50w heater, but I think I need to replace it. I had the tank running a leak test and just making sure equipment still worked, the heater set to 79º, and the ReefKeeper and an analog thermometer reading about 85º.
Im also aware that the ReefKeeper is obsolete, and want to explore other controller options. The nice thing is that the light is done from my phone, and the MP10 has it’s own setup. I want to look into creating a reef-pi, as aside from loving saltwater aquariums, I’m a huge nerd and have a surplus of Raspberry Pi’s just hanging around. In fact one has a camera setup pointed at the tank, which I’m hoping to setup as a streaming server down the road.
So all in all, right now I’m waiting on an order from @MarineDepot to ship. The tank is empty after running water for 24 hours, and has the dry rock sitting in it. And I’m cleaning the last bit of equipment. I’m super excited to get my hands wet again, the last two years were spent in an apartment that had a no pet policy, including something as simple as a 5g tank for a betta fish, where now I’m in a condo, and just recently adopted a puppy as well.
I’ve kept most of the equipment I’ve gathered over time, and plan to keep this a lower maintenance build. Mainly softies and LPS, a pair of onyx clowns and maybe a third small fish, depending on how the clowns go. I’m treating the tank as kind of a fresh start, and plan to take things slowly, as I’ve seen in the past what can happen if I rush things. I’m going to fish-less cycle with Brightwell’s Microbacter Start XLM and QuikCycl.
Here’s what I got so far;
- Innovative Marine 10g Fusion
- Upgraded SICCE .5 return pump
- AI Prime w/ Fixed Mount
- IM Custom Caddy
- IM Desktop Media Reactor
- MAME Skimmer
- EcoTech MP10
- Digital Aquatics ReefKeeper Lite w/ Temp & pH probes
- 10lbs CaribSea Fiji-Pink sand
- ~7lbs CaribSea Life Rock
- Red Sea Salt blue bucket
- RO Buddie to make RO/Di water
- Red Sea Marine Care test kit
I have a 50w heater, but I think I need to replace it. I had the tank running a leak test and just making sure equipment still worked, the heater set to 79º, and the ReefKeeper and an analog thermometer reading about 85º.
Im also aware that the ReefKeeper is obsolete, and want to explore other controller options. The nice thing is that the light is done from my phone, and the MP10 has it’s own setup. I want to look into creating a reef-pi, as aside from loving saltwater aquariums, I’m a huge nerd and have a surplus of Raspberry Pi’s just hanging around. In fact one has a camera setup pointed at the tank, which I’m hoping to setup as a streaming server down the road.
So all in all, right now I’m waiting on an order from @MarineDepot to ship. The tank is empty after running water for 24 hours, and has the dry rock sitting in it. And I’m cleaning the last bit of equipment. I’m super excited to get my hands wet again, the last two years were spent in an apartment that had a no pet policy, including something as simple as a 5g tank for a betta fish, where now I’m in a condo, and just recently adopted a puppy as well.