UV for IM Nuvo 40 Gallon AIO Recommendation

Calpoly2103 · Aug 19, 2019

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a good UV compatible with this tank (Nuvo 40 AIO)? I'm new to UV's so would it go into a rear chamber or would it be HOB? Thanks in advance.

NorCal Reefer · Aug 19, 2019

IM makes a UV system that fits in one of the returns.

Calpoly2103 · Aug 19, 2019

Thank you for the recommendation. Looks like I'll have to give up my 1st or 5th chamber where I have a floss & refugium in chamber 1, and I have floss/Carbon/Matrix in chamber 5 caddy. Chamber 4 is my skimmer, and chamber 2 I have my apex probes. How to make this work.....

any small HOB options out there? Or ones that can fit into the 2nd chamber if i moved my apex probes?

NorCal Reefer · Aug 19, 2019

Calpoly2103 said:
Thank you for the recommendation. Looks like I'll have to give up my 1st or 5th chamber where I have a floss & refugium in chamber 1, and I have floss/Carbon/Matrix in chamber 5 caddy. Chamber 4 is my skimmer, and chamber 2 I have my apex probes. How to make this work.....

any small HOB options out there? Or ones that can fit into the 2nd chamber if i moved my apex probes?

My first tank was a IM Nuvo 10 and I tried to convert chamber two into a refugium. It turned into a big mess and headache. To small in size to be effective and cheto was always getting into return pump/display. My advice would be to skip the refugium and just do a weekly water change.

Calpoly2103 · Aug 19, 2019

NorCal Reefer said:
My first tank was a IM Nuvo 10 and I tried to convert chamber two into a refugium. It turned into a big mess and headache. To small in size to be effective and cheto was always getting into return pump/display. My advice would be to skip the refugium and just do a weekly water change.

You know, I'm having fairly decent success in chamber 1. I took a caddy and put a bunch of matrix on the bottom, then chaeto on top with a chaetomaxx light on the back. Seems to be working well for keeping Nitrates in check.