Build Thread - 100G Int Nuvo
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Theulli
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Up and running for a week now, cycled with rock and filter media from another tank, half black angel, filefish and a two spot blenny from that tank have been moved over.
lights are still on our reef tank, so those will only come when it’s time to move our corals, in the meantime using the old tank that these fish came from as a quarantine for some new fish that are incoming. So now I am keeping track of three tanks when the goal was to get down to one!
lights are still on our reef tank, so those will only come when it’s time to move our corals, in the meantime using the old tank that these fish came from as a quarantine for some new fish that are incoming. So now I am keeping track of three tanks when the goal was to get down to one!
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Pending items - I have an inkbird w/ two eheim glass heaters that I am going to put in in place of the Finnex. ATO setup also TBD when I decide on one. I also have a check valve incoming for an issue observed with the return line siphoning
Theulli
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An update, inkbird is installed, I have settled on an AI Prime to complement the one from the tank I am shutting down, so I'll have two over the tank, will post pictures shortly.
Residents of the tank now include:
- Tahitian Butterfly
- Half Black Angel
- Cleaner Wrasse
- Biota "Aiptasia Eating" Filefish
- Tail Spot Blenny
Inverts:
- Various and sundry snails
- One enterprising emerald crab, who was the canary in the coal mine while cycling
- A pistol shrimp, who appears to have devoured my firefish. It is hardly his fault, the firefish was tiny and decided to use the pistol shrimp's den as his hidey-hole. Not sure what I could've done about that one...
Putting some notes in here about fish behavior, because I've got some that I couldn't find info on before:
- I put "aiptasia eating" in quotes for the Filefish because that has yet to be shown...because as an experiment I put a rock infested with aiptasia in my beautiful new tank yesterday:
And the Filefish didn't even get close before the Butterfly annihilated them. I mean, I would be hard pressed to tell you aiptasia had ever been on the rock, in < 24 hours.
Other interesting thing - I have done a test run with these fish of some cheap corals - Clove Polyp and GSP. They are in the tank and remain unmolested by the angel, butterfly or filefish. It's either too early to declare victory or I've drawn an inside straight with these fish. Either way, I was deeply concerned that my desire to have a reef tank would not mesh with my son's undying love for the Tahitian Butterflyfish, so far so good.
Other experiences: received and am returning a RedSea gyre pump, after even at 10% power it turned my tank into a dust storm.
Also, while I love Purigen I am now swearing off the pre-packaged bags of them. I talk myself into them over and over, because they are the only thing available in the LFS, and I swear every single one I've ever bought leaks those tiny beads into my tank.
Lastly, can't speak highly enough of a test I did with PNS ProBio the other day. I observed a precipitous nitrate drop in the tank after putting some in, which I was quite pleasantly surprised by.
Anyway, pictures coming tomorrow when the light is on.
Residents of the tank now include:
- Tahitian Butterfly
- Half Black Angel
- Cleaner Wrasse
- Biota "Aiptasia Eating" Filefish
- Tail Spot Blenny
Inverts:
- Various and sundry snails
- One enterprising emerald crab, who was the canary in the coal mine while cycling
- A pistol shrimp, who appears to have devoured my firefish. It is hardly his fault, the firefish was tiny and decided to use the pistol shrimp's den as his hidey-hole. Not sure what I could've done about that one...
Putting some notes in here about fish behavior, because I've got some that I couldn't find info on before:
- I put "aiptasia eating" in quotes for the Filefish because that has yet to be shown...because as an experiment I put a rock infested with aiptasia in my beautiful new tank yesterday:
And the Filefish didn't even get close before the Butterfly annihilated them. I mean, I would be hard pressed to tell you aiptasia had ever been on the rock, in < 24 hours.
Other interesting thing - I have done a test run with these fish of some cheap corals - Clove Polyp and GSP. They are in the tank and remain unmolested by the angel, butterfly or filefish. It's either too early to declare victory or I've drawn an inside straight with these fish. Either way, I was deeply concerned that my desire to have a reef tank would not mesh with my son's undying love for the Tahitian Butterflyfish, so far so good.
Other experiences: received and am returning a RedSea gyre pump, after even at 10% power it turned my tank into a dust storm.
Also, while I love Purigen I am now swearing off the pre-packaged bags of them. I talk myself into them over and over, because they are the only thing available in the LFS, and I swear every single one I've ever bought leaks those tiny beads into my tank.
Lastly, can't speak highly enough of a test I did with PNS ProBio the other day. I observed a precipitous nitrate drop in the tank after putting some in, which I was quite pleasantly surprised by.
Anyway, pictures coming tomorrow when the light is on.
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Nice! How long after the initial dosing did you start to see a reduction in NO3? And how much of a reduction?
Theulli
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Dosed recommended and went down from about 30/40 to 10 in a matter of an hour or two. Always some room for a testing error but I was floored because I didn’t expect it.
Bluereefer4
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How are you liking the Innovative Marine MightyJet XL? Too much power or running it at the lowest setting ( 1,062 GPH at 40%) is good?
I got a good deal on the MJ XL pump for a similar sized tank (Waterbox 130.4) but am worries it may be too powerful.
Thanks!
I got a good deal on the MJ XL pump for a similar sized tank (Waterbox 130.4) but am worries it may be too powerful.
Thanks!
Theulli
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I run it at the second lowest setting and it absolutely does not feel like too much flow for the tank, if anything I am considering turning it up a bit.
No complaints on the pump at all so far, running a bit over a month now.
Bluereefer4
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Awesome, very good to hear that! Thanks!
Theulli
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Update - I need to put some proper pics out there, but tank is up pretty much full up on fish with these in:
- Filefish
- Stripey
- Tahitian Butterfly
- Blue Damsel
- Yellow Boxfish*
- Half Black Angel
- Red Mandarin
- Court Jester Goby
- Tail Spot Blenny
- Cleaner Wrasse
- Yellow Tang
* next to the Boxfish for more info because there was a dearth of it when I was thinking of getting him: this boxfish was shipped to me, pre conditioned and quarantined (excellent job Ocean Devotion!). I am now deeply skeptical of horror stories about boxfish nuking tanks...he made it through shipping, acclimation into a busy tank, water changes, tank maintenance...yesterday I took out all the plumbing and cleaned it and he sat there and watched me do it (in fact he is staring at the back of my head right now because that's his thing I guess). No signs of trouble. At all. He was eating frozen food quite happily when I got him, but doesn't seem to like it anymore. Instead goes mostly for the Prime Reef herbivore flakes and the nori I hang in the tank. May someone love you like my boxfish loves garlic infused nori. Anyway, quite some time out and going strong.
Also, GET A STRIPEY THEY ARE AWESOME, why would you not want a silly zebra fish dancing for you every time you walk through the door. And I do mean zebra fish, they even have a mane like backfin they flare, it looks like someone started drawing a zebra and then decided they were better at making fish.
You may notice my array of non reef safe or 'with caution' creatures. Some notes on that, based on creatures I moved in from what is now my QT:
Immediately Eaten:
- Xenia
- Aiptasia
Targeted And Looking Unhappy About It:
- Clove Polyps
- Green Procillipora
- Purple Acropora
Mostly Ignored:
- Squamosa Clam
- Leather corals
- Candy Cane
Totally Ignored:
- Ricordaea Mushroom
- GSP
- Plating Montipora
- Encrusting Cyphestrea
- Rock Flower Anemonies
- Filefish
- Stripey
- Tahitian Butterfly
- Blue Damsel
- Yellow Boxfish*
- Half Black Angel
- Red Mandarin
- Court Jester Goby
- Tail Spot Blenny
- Cleaner Wrasse
- Yellow Tang
* next to the Boxfish for more info because there was a dearth of it when I was thinking of getting him: this boxfish was shipped to me, pre conditioned and quarantined (excellent job Ocean Devotion!). I am now deeply skeptical of horror stories about boxfish nuking tanks...he made it through shipping, acclimation into a busy tank, water changes, tank maintenance...yesterday I took out all the plumbing and cleaned it and he sat there and watched me do it (in fact he is staring at the back of my head right now because that's his thing I guess). No signs of trouble. At all. He was eating frozen food quite happily when I got him, but doesn't seem to like it anymore. Instead goes mostly for the Prime Reef herbivore flakes and the nori I hang in the tank. May someone love you like my boxfish loves garlic infused nori. Anyway, quite some time out and going strong.
Also, GET A STRIPEY THEY ARE AWESOME, why would you not want a silly zebra fish dancing for you every time you walk through the door. And I do mean zebra fish, they even have a mane like backfin they flare, it looks like someone started drawing a zebra and then decided they were better at making fish.
You may notice my array of non reef safe or 'with caution' creatures. Some notes on that, based on creatures I moved in from what is now my QT:
Immediately Eaten:
- Xenia
- Aiptasia
Targeted And Looking Unhappy About It:
- Clove Polyps
- Green Procillipora
- Purple Acropora
Mostly Ignored:
- Squamosa Clam
- Leather corals
- Candy Cane
Totally Ignored:
- Ricordaea Mushroom
- GSP
- Plating Montipora
- Encrusting Cyphestrea
- Rock Flower Anemonies
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Theulli
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By the way, I don't answer for my spelling of coral names...
Other updates on the tank -
I am now running a Tunze 3155, it keeps up with a 100G tank in a dry climate nicely. I am now a total convert to having an ATO.
Just put in an Innovative Marine Wavelink powerhead, which I am also very happy with. Nice and quiet, and I have it fairly low because the boxfish does visibly get troubled by high flow.
Other updates on the tank -
I am now running a Tunze 3155, it keeps up with a 100G tank in a dry climate nicely. I am now a total convert to having an ATO.
Just put in an Innovative Marine Wavelink powerhead, which I am also very happy with. Nice and quiet, and I have it fairly low because the boxfish does visibly get troubled by high flow.
Theulli
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Been a while since I posted. Here is the tank, successfully running as described for about 8 months now.
clam is happy, soft corals (I are starting to establish and spread. My quarter sized stripey has turned into a monster
Tank inhabitants
Six Line Wrasse
Biota Sapphire Damsel
Biota Filefish
Stripey (my centerpiece fish)
Royal Gramma
Cleaner Wrasse
Inverts of Note
Biota Clam
The two most greedy and fat cleaner shrimp in the world
Blood shrimp (the only one not too lazy to actually ACT like a cleaner shrimp)
Hawkwing Conch
An indestructible Pom Pom crab
An indestructible, never seen but only heard, pistol shrimp
Had some fatalities from my original critters unfortunately because something got into my tank in December, lost a few but the rest pulled through
I have incorporated a chaeto compartment into the sump using a cheap petco mesh breeder box and a chaetomaxx. That just went in today
clam is happy, soft corals (I are starting to establish and spread. My quarter sized stripey has turned into a monster
Tank inhabitants
Six Line Wrasse
Biota Sapphire Damsel
Biota Filefish
Stripey (my centerpiece fish)
Royal Gramma
Cleaner Wrasse
Inverts of Note
Biota Clam
The two most greedy and fat cleaner shrimp in the world
Blood shrimp (the only one not too lazy to actually ACT like a cleaner shrimp)
Hawkwing Conch
An indestructible Pom Pom crab
An indestructible, never seen but only heard, pistol shrimp
Had some fatalities from my original critters unfortunately because something got into my tank in December, lost a few but the rest pulled through
I have incorporated a chaeto compartment into the sump using a cheap petco mesh breeder box and a chaetomaxx. That just went in today
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