DaSurfa's Nuvo 40g

[DaSurfa]

Started this tank after I moved into my new home in April of 2017.
I've been keeping reef tanks since the mid to late 80s growing up on Oahu. I used to get live rocks and fish straight out the beach.
I try to keep my tanks simple and as low maintenance as possible. I used to use the IM medium skimmer but hardly turn it on now since I started using an algae scrubber.

 

[DaSurfa]

2 months later I upgraded the Kessil 150w to my current Ecotech XR30W pro Gen 2 that I got used for great price.

 

[DaSurfa]

Then I got the new Hybrid T5 but removed after couple months cause it was overpowering my little 40 and bleaching some of sps.

 

[DaSurfa]

For over a year, I had a difficult time keeping any fish for over 3 months. Here are pics of all the different fishes I had which unfortunately I don't have anymore except for a small baby 6 line wrasse that was indestructible.

 

[DaSurfa]

Now little over 2 yrs old and my tank is finally matured.

 

[DaSurfa]

My favorite section is my zoa garden.
Lots of people ask me what's the secret and my answer is "patience".

 

[DaSurfa]

Couple of my favorite zoas in my tank.

 

[DaSurfa]

For the last 6 months my acros have been doing great and growth is awesome.
Here's a miyagi tort that was started from a tiny 1/4" frag broken while I was cleaning my tank.

 

[DaSurfa]

Here's an unknown tort that I had the longest for over 1 yr and was about 1" tall.

 

[webmanny]

wow. This is an amazing tank. Thank you for sharing it.

 

[kabal2]

wow. beautiful tank, thanks for sharing, do you dose anything? what do you feed your tank?

 

[DaSurfa]

Webmanny and kabal2 - Mahalo! But tank still has much to develop.

As for feeding, I kinda feed heavy for my 6 fishes in this tank using mainly V2O dry mini pellets which I feed 3 to 5 times daily. For the corals I use benepets and reef-roids which I target feed one or 2 times weekly.
To keep things stable, I do a 2 part dosing to keep ALK and calcium levels up. This tank does suck up a lot of my ALK mix.
Here's a quick pic I just took today.

 

[DaSurfa]

Just came back from a surf trip down in S Cali. Surf sucked but I picked up some nice stuff from my friend's marine wholesale.

 

[DaSurfa]

Here's a top down pic

 

[DaSurfa]

Some nighttime shots with orange filter and blue flashlight.

 

[Mike Porreca]

Awesome reef!!

 

[Jud]

Hey! Sorry to rehash an old thread. Also have a Nuvo 40 and am looking at better means of nutrient export to lower nitrate. Saw you’re running an algae scrubber. What are you using?

Gorgeous tank, btw!

 

[Rapidtransport28]

What skimmer do you run?

 

[vokuro]

Hey! Sorry to rehash an old thread. Also have a Nuvo 40 and am looking at better means of nutrient export to lower nitrate. Saw you’re running an algae scrubber. What are you using?

Gorgeous tank, btw!

Same question. Curious about the ATS