I have had much more success also when I cure the rocks for a while before setting a tank up. Looking good so far. I'll be making a video this weekend with a tank update.
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Sweet. I’ll be sure to check it out. I couldn’t wait for my dr reef order of inverts to get here so I went and grabbed a fire shrimp from a LFS. I was half expecting someone to eat it but all the fish have been dying for it to pick them clean. Coolest thing I’ve seen in awhile. I never kept any cleaner shrimp when I was in the hobby before.I have had much more success also when I cure the rocks for a while before setting a tank up. Looking good so far. I'll be making a video this weekend with a tank update.
I have one fire and 2 cleaners. It is fun to watch the fish get cleaned by them. I have kept my melanurus wrasse in the garage as I suspect he would eat them. The fish tend to ignore them now although my watchman goby ended up bonding with the fire shrimp since the pistol shrimp is MIA.Sweet. I’ll be sure to check it out. I couldn’t wait for my dr reef order of inverts to get here so I went and grabbed a fire shrimp from a LFS. I was half expecting someone to eat it but all the fish have been dying for it to pick them clean. Coolest thing I’ve seen in awhile. I never kept any cleaner shrimp when I was in the hobby before.
And then I went and ordered a pair of flashing tilefish… hopefully I can keep them alive. They weren’t the cheapest!
I have one fire and 2 cleaners. It is fun to watch the fish get cleaned by them. I have kept my melanurus wrasse in the garage as I suspect he would eat them. The fish tend to ignore them now although my watchman goby ended up bonding with the fire shrimp since the pistol shrimp is MIA.
All is well with my melanarus and fire shrimp. I’m adding more shrimp this week. I’ll let ya know if anyone becomes lunch. But I try to keep the fish well fed.I have one fire and 2 cleaners. It is fun to watch the fish get cleaned by them. I have kept my melanurus wrasse in the garage as I suspect he would eat them. The fish tend to ignore them now although my watchman goby ended up bonding with the fire shrimp since the pistol shrimp is MIA.
It leaves 8” to the front of the sump and about 19” to the side of it. Keep in mind that the door latches protrude into those measurements some.good looking build. I’ve got this same tank coming at some point in the next 6 months as an upgrade to my reefer 350. Debating on sump size between 36”,44” and 48”. I also want to maximize space under the stand for other things. Trying to get a sense of how much space that 48” sump is taking up under your stand?
How is everything going? I’m in the planning stages of the same aquarium, so I’m going to follow along.
Did you take care of the ugly?
It works really well. The filter roller barely fits but it is possible to hook up both returns. There are definitely things I would change. Having built in reactors would be cool as well as having lids even though that’s not a big deal. I don’t have any salt creep or noise from the sump itself. The algae scrubber is the only source of noise on the entire tank. I’m hoping some of that goes away as the algae comes in thicker. Also, having it to where there are bulkheads for the return pumps to connect to would be cool. Have you looked at Geo Reef sumps? They may be much more expensive in which case this sump is awesome. But if they’re not much more in cost, that would probably be my upgrade option. Let me know what you choose!I think I’m going to go with the same sump too. I love the look of the Nuvo sump but not being able to use an auto roller is a bit of a deal breaker. The return chamber also seems like it uses up more space than it should.
Is it working out good? Any regrets?
It works really well. The filter roller barely fits but it is possible to hook up both returns. There are definitely things I would change. Having built in reactors would be cool as well as having lids even though that’s not a big deal. I don’t have any salt creep or noise from the sump itself. The algae scrubber is the only source of noise on the entire tank. I’m hoping some of that goes away as the algae comes in thicker. Also, having it to where there are bulkheads for the return pumps to connect to would be cool. Have you looked at Geo Reef sumps? They may be much more expensive in which case this sump is awesome. But if they’re not much more in cost, that would probably be my upgrade option. Let me know what you choose!
Good deal. Yeah. Even with a huge skimmer and fleece roller occupying the first 2 chambers, the 3rd chamber I have is now completely empty due to having mounted the reactors and algae scrubber above the sump. I put the heaters in with the filter roller along with quite a bit of ball type media in bags. It is kind of nice having an empty chamber in case you need to put a fish in there or something.I actually was planning on the Geosreef sump after reading this comment, but when I cycle the aquarium I want to throw a ton of Tampa bay base rock in the sump and it doesn’t look like it has enough room for what I’d want. I came back and looked at your sump picture and it looks like it has a ton of space for what I want.