Jenn's First Tank - IM Nuvo 14 Penninsula

[NY_Caveman]

Tank is looking fantastic.

 

[MattL87]

Love the tank, I have the same one setup as well! Curious how you set up the fuge on this? Have any pictures of it?

 

[ReeferJen]

Love the tank, I have the same one setup as well! Curious how you set up the fuge on this? Have any pictures of it?

Hi there,

I set up the fuge in the center chamber in the back. I razored off some of the black backing, and have an IM Chaetomax light velcro'ed on.

Because there is no real barrier between it and the pump chamber, I have to check the pump for fuge gunk. I also put a nylon on the outflow when I prune the macro algae to keep the gunk that flies into the display to a minimum.

It's been very effective on keeping Nitrates and Phosphate low. I've never had a skimmer, but I hear they're not very effective on smaller tanks, so I opted for the fuge instead, and have had it since day 1.

 

[MattL87]

Hi there,

I set up the fuge in the center chamber in the back. I razored off some of the black backing, and have an IM Chaetomax light velcro'ed on.

Because there is no real barrier between it and the pump chamber, I have to check the pump for fuge gunk. I also put a nylon on the outflow when I prune the macro algae to keep the gunk that flies into the display to a minimum.

It's been very effective on keeping Nitrates and Phosphate low. I've never had a skimmer, but I hear they're not very effective on smaller tanks, so I opted for the fuge instead, and have had it since day 1.

Thank you for the info! I’m wanting to add some kind of new fish to my system soon and thinking about adding a fuge to help with the added bio load.

Can’t wait to see how this tank progresses (especially since I can copy a lot of things)

 

[ReeferJen]

I think this nassarius snail is going to be a mama.

Also, just fed the tank, and the Dracula gobi didn't come out. He's been a regular eater, so I hope he's ok. Some sand has blocked his preferred tunnel, so he might have come out of one of tunnels on the backside of the rock, and dragged it back in and in to Chow. I hope he's ok. [emoji26]

 

[ReeferJen]

Picked up so e new additions at the CMAS swap yesterday. Also, a month ago, my euphelia were looking so fluffy, and now they're back to looking a little limp. The new hammer (lavender) looks awesome. It is so dense and fluffy and I hope it stays that way. I also got another maxi-mini, hot pink gonis, orange ricordia, and a blue/orange encrusting coral (unsure what it's called).

 

[ReeferJen]

I wanted to post some "Then and Now" pictures of my fast growers. All of the before pictures are from late October 2018. All the now's are May 1st 2019.

I just got a new ricordia, and it's funny that it is currently as big as his buddy was when he first arrived.