TJ's Innovative Marine Fusion 40 Build

ekoed · Jan 10, 2019

I'm brand new to saltwater. This will be my first saltwater tank. It's going to be a very slow build because I have to piece it together as I can afford it. What I've started with so far:
Tank - Innovative Marine Fusion 40
Stand - TBD. I really want the black APS stand but Marinedepot is killing me with that $100.00 special shipping charge.
Protein Skimmer - NuvoSkim DC (Midsize)
Heater - Cobolt 150w.
RODI - RO Buddie - This thing has worked great for the price!
Rock - I've bought some dry rock from my LFS.
That's all I've been able to get right now. I will update when I get some more stuff.

TheEngineer · Jan 10, 2019

Congrats on your new build! You've got the right idea getting everything together and planning things out.

Stands can come up from time to time used on here and always check Craigslist too.

ekoed · Jan 10, 2019

Great, I will keep an eye out.

._Z_. · Jan 10, 2019

Congrats on the new tank, Looks like a great start! Do you plan to start cycling your rock while you continue to get parts? Saves time on the tank startup later!

lbacha · Jan 10, 2019

I just set up a IM 25g lagoon black which is the same footprint as yours. I build the stand out of 80/20 aluminum as I wanted more space for the sump. With yours being an AIO you won’t have that issue. But DIY is always an option

ekoed · Jan 10, 2019

Hey, that's an awesome stand. It came out great. I am pretty decent at woodworking so the DIY is definitely an option, and a lot cheaper. I just love that sleek look of the stand.

ekoed · Jan 10, 2019

I'm going over to my LFS on my lunch break. Let's see what happens...

lbacha · Jan 10, 2019

ekoed said:
Hey, that's an awesome stand. It came out great. I am pretty decent at woodworking so the DIY is definitely an option, and a lot cheaper. I just love that sleek look of the stand.

It is actually 80/20 t slot aluminum with a wood panel skin. Check out my build thread for my 25 and you will see how I built it

btmedic04 · Jan 10, 2019

Nice build so far! I ordered my nuvo 20 and APS stand from bulkreefsupply. Shipping is free on orders over $29 there

ekoed · Jan 10, 2019

btmedic04 said:
Nice build so far! I ordered my nuvo 20 and APS stand from bulkreefsupply. Shipping is free on orders over $29 there

It's free from marinedepot as well, except the stand is considered a special shipping item, or something along those lines. So they add $100.00.
My LFS was a bit disappointing. I asked them if they carried the new kessil, and he said no. Then I asked about the Radion, and he said no, we can order that stuff, but your better off ordering it online. Kind of annoying. Trying to support a small business, and they just brush me off.

btmedic04 · Jan 10, 2019

That seems ridiculous that marine depot adds a $100 charge. I'm looking at my order from brs for my nuvo 20, aps stand and sicce 1.0 and I paid $4.99 for ups ground shipping

ekoed · Jan 10, 2019

Picked up some more dry rock from my LFS and have just been experimenting with some ideas. Opened up my cave a little bit more. The Dremel makes light work of it.

Hella_Reef · Jan 10, 2019

Welcome!

I vote for a DIY stand. It always feels good knowing u built it. I built my stand for my cvue 40.

Look on youtube and R2R for stand ideas. I would reccomend building something more at eye level height. That way u dont have to bend over everytime u look at the tank.

ekoed · Jan 11, 2019

So I picked up a couple more items:
Innovative Marine MiniMax Reactor
Innovative Marine Wavelink 2300GPH

ekoed · Jan 14, 2019

The wife has given approval for a new fish tank! Just have to wait until tax time to bring it home

ekoed · Jan 18, 2019

So I was able to score this bad boy using the 15% off pet medication code the day of the DR Fosters & Smith sale. I don't know how they let that slip by, but that's a win for me. After tax it was only like $302.00, shipping included!