The Not-So Symbiotic Nuvo 8

[cchsoracle]

First of all, hello to everyone. I have lurked here for quite a while, but never really posted much. I have had this Nuvo 8 going for about 3 months or so now. I have a thread going on another forum, as well, so some of you may recognize it if you visit other forums. I figure I would share it here too!

Some of you may ask, so I might as well just explain it here: The reason I title this The Not-So Symbiotic Nuvo 8 is I originally intended to incorporate as many symbiotic relationships into this tank as possible. Over the course of the past couple of months, though, I went through multiple changes and also realized some of those relationships just would not work out. In any rate, I love my aquarium and it is coming out great, symbiotic or not.

Here are my specs:

Hardware

Aquarium: Innovative Marine Nuvo 8 - Black
Lighting: NanoBox Mini Tide w/ Storm Controller
Heater: Cobalt Aquatics Accu-Therm 75 Watt NeoTherm 75 Watt
Heater
Pump: Stock pump MJ900 w/ spin stream
Filter Media: InTank Media Basket with Filter Floss and SeaChem Matrix
Carbon

NanoBox Mini Tide Storm Settings
PWM Day Settings: White Channel: 80, Blue Channel: 120
PWM Night Settings: White Channel: 0, Blue Channel 1
Sunrise/Sunset Mode: Manual
Sunrise: 11:00am
Sunset: 10:30pm
Ramp Time: 180 minutes
Ramp delay: 150 minutes for White
Cloud frequenzy: 1
Lightning Frequenzy: 3

Dosing/Weekly Schedule

Livestock

Fish
Ocellaris Clownfish
Yellow Clown Goby(added 4/12/2014)

Clean-Up Crew
1 x Small Mexican Turbo Snail(added 4/8/2014)
2 x Astrea Snails
2 x Nerite snails
3 x Nassarious Snails(added 3/23/2014)
6 x Cerith Snails(added 4/12/2014)
1 x Emerald Crab(added 3/23/2014)(RIP 3/27/2014)
1 x Emerald Crab(added 4/8/2014)(removed 4/8/2014)

LPS
Purple Tipped Torch Coral
3 headed Duncan(added 3/23/2014)
Red Blasto(added 4/4/2014)

Soft Coral/Mushrooms
Yellow and Purple Yuma
Rainbow Ricordea(added 3/23/2014)
Blue/Yellow spotted Mushrooms(added 4/12/2014)
Orange Fringed Rhodactus(added 5/2/2014)

Zoas/Palys
Red Death Palys
Unknown Paly(similar to Gorilla Nipples)
SunnyDVivid Rainbow(added 4/4/2014)
Rasta(added 4/12/2014)
Kryptonite Zoas(added 5/2/2014)

Current FTS
DSCN3727 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

 

[cchsoracle]

And here are some more detailed pictures.

A Room FTS, with my son who absolutely loves our tank.
DSCN3684 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

DSCN3723 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

DSCN3722 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

DSCN3669 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

DSCN3677 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

DSCN3676 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

DSCN3673 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

One more pic. I love the look of a top-down, water distortion picture.
DSCN3713 by 99e1468d1588d62ab22bacc7b17698d9, on Flickr

 

[cchsoracle]

New Additions

Well that was stupid. I seem to have grabbed all of the HTML links in flickr instead of the BBCode. Is there a way to edit or delete my previous post? Oh well, in the mean time, here are the actual pics.

Got some new stuff last week. Here are a couple good shots.

Some new Rics
DSCN3815 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

DSCN3797 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

DSCN3812 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

Got a new Toxic Green Hammer. This thing is super cool.
DSCN3808 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

Another really cool piece. Green Helmet Plate. Firts time I have ever seen them small enough for me to fit one in my tank.
DSCN3804 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

DSCN3803 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

New Acan Frag
DSCN3806 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

That's it for now......let me know what you think.

 

[cchsoracle]

Got some more pics, some during target feeding and some new FTS's....


DSCN3816 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3833 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


MMMMMMM, that was good.....lol
DSCN3839 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3820 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3824 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


Some random daytime shots.
DSCN3832 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3829 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3827 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


Cool one with the reflection of the NanoBox array
DSCN3825 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


FTS's
DSCN3849 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3848 by cchsoracle, on Flickr


DSCN3846 by cchsoracle, on Flickr

 

[revhtree]

Great job and thanks for sharing it over here! Love the photo with your son. Good job on the other photos as well.

 

[cchsoracle]

Great job and thanks for sharing it over here! Love the photo with your son. Good job on the other photos as well.

Thanks! Hopefully, I will have some new stuff to take pictures of next week. I will be watching the WWC live sale this Saturday. If I can find some nice high end LPS at a decent price, I will be glad to take part, especially since WWC is only 15 minutes from my house!