Bowen's IM Fusion 10 pt. 2

bowen1022 · Mar 5, 2017

Hi everyone!
Due to space restrictions I am disassembling my Fusion 25 and setting up the smaller Fusion 10 again. It has been cycling for 3 weeks and I think it will go another 2 with lights then I will see how I feel then. Maybe one extra week.

A quick photo of the scape

Stocking is undecided... so throw me ideas.

LetItReef · Mar 6, 2017

Hoping that my lfs can get me a Pygmy wrasse for my IM10 along with few Sexy shrimps.

Daniel@R2R · Mar 6, 2017

Good-looking scape. What ya gonna put in there?

bowen1022 · Mar 6, 2017

LetItReef said:
Hoping that my lfs can get me a Pygmy wrasse for my IM10 along with few Sexy shrimps.

Ive always wanted sexy shrimps but none of the LFS here stock them.

mdbannister said:
Good-looking scape. What ya gonna put in there?

Thanks! Its hard to see but there is an overhang on the right side as well as a little platform on the left. Ill post up a possibly better photo here in a second. Ive been eyeballing a full blown SPS nano. Forum member Pongpit has an 11 gallon SPS tank that is very inspiring. The hard part is SPS can be a pain...
I really want to do mangroves in the back chamber but if I do there wont be a place for a skimmer so there has been a lot of debate going on in my head. Good thing I have a bit to think about it!

bowen1022 · Mar 6, 2017

Jimmy01 · Mar 8, 2017

You change your return pump?

bowen1022 · Mar 8, 2017

Jimmy01 said:
You change your return pump?

No not yet. I might later down the road but for now it's working fine

bowen1022 · Mar 12, 2017

Transferring things over slowly. Here is what will hopefully become a zoa rock.

bowen1022 · Mar 16, 2017

Just about everything transferred over. Fish next then it will be complete!

bowen1022 · Apr 7, 2017

Quick update! Sold my lagoon for frags and cash here is an FTS of the current state.

bowen1022 · Apr 8, 2017

Thought I'd write a little more about the tank. Tank is obviously an Innovative Marine Fusion 10g. Over top is an AquaIllumination Prime (non HD). In the back chambers I have an inTank basket, Ghost Protein Skimmer, Heater, and stock return along with marine pure and Aquaforest Carbon and GFO.

Currently raising my Alk to around 8.5dKH (currently 8dKH) and lowering nitrates to around 2ppm (currently 7ppm)

Zoa garden

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Light Schedule

Sm51498 · Apr 9, 2017

What is your theory behind oscillating the light intensity like that?

bowen1022 · Apr 9, 2017

Sm51498 said:
What is your theory behind oscillating the light intensity like that?

It's so the corals aren't constantly getting blasted all day giving them a chance to recover. I believe it is called a respiration period. I got the schedule from a forum on RC.

Sm51498 · Apr 9, 2017

Interesting, I'd never heard of that. On the surface of it that makes some sense. It would be interesting to see it tested in a controlled environment.

bowen1022 · Apr 9, 2017

Yeah I don't know the exact science behind it. I honestly just copied it lol but from tanks I've seen it work on. If you look up AI Hydra thread on RC there is probably a better explanation if you are interested!