Opinions needed on used IM 20 setup

Jasper05 · Mar 5, 2020

Hello! I have been wanting to get into this hobby after researching for 10 years on and off. I have a found a local ad for a 1 month old IM 20 AIO setup. I have [quite] a few questions regarding this setup. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

IM Nuvo 20
2 Kessil A80s - would these be able to grow pretty much anything if I wanted to do coral?
Mighty jet pump filter system - from what I gather this is the stock pump? Is this sufficient?
Live rock and sand - I need to build a stand for this so I wouldnt have this set up right away. I am guessing I can store the rock? (Any good links would be appreciated) From what I gather, I shouldn't bother with the sand?

Other questions:
If I stay with a Fowlr for now, do I need a power head?
I would probably get a skimmer down the road, but how necessary is it to get one right away?
What kind of stocking list should I be thinking about? I do not want a large bioload. I was thinking maybe 2 fish, would 3 be pushing it. Is this tank too small for clownfish?

Thanks in advance!

Tahoe61 · Mar 5, 2020

Jasper05 said:
Hello! I have been wanting to get into this hobby after researching for 10 years on and off. I have a found a local ad for a 1 month old IM 20 AIO setup. I have [quite] a few questions regarding this setup. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

IM Nuvo 20
2 Kessil A80s - would these be able to grow pretty much anything if I wanted to do coral?
Mighty jet pump filter system - from what I gather this is the stock pump? Is this sufficient?
Live rock and sand - I need to build a stand for this so I wouldnt have this set up right away. I am guessing I can store the rock? (Any good links would be appreciated) From what I gather, I shouldn't bother with the sand?

Other questions:
If I stay with a Fowlr for now, do I need a power head?
I would probably get a skimmer down the road, but how necessary is it to get one right away?
What kind of stocking list should I be thinking about? I do not want a large bioload. I was thinking maybe 2 fish, would 3 be pushing it. Is this tank too small for clownfish?

Thanks in advance!

Welcome to R2R.

I can not speak to the lightning.

You can keep stock return for now.

You should get a power head for the display.

You can put the rock in a plastic container with some saltwater to either seed /cure the rock. Or just preserve the beneficial bacteria.

Nope you do not need sand.

Check out AIO forum on R2R. Tons of information on IM tanks.

Again welcome.