Waterbox Peninsula 15 AIO Build

[waterbox15aio]

Looking great! I need to buy some more corals.

Can never have enough corals lol.

Have any constructive criticism for my tank you’d suggest?

 

[waterbox15aio]

Looks great!! Excited to follow along!

Thank you! Any comments or recommendations you’d like to share?

 

[rishma]

Can never have enough corals lol.

Have any constructive criticism for my tank you’d suggest?

Since your tank is looking better than mine I’ve got nothing but let it grow!

 

[waterbox15aio]

When you have a small tank and a coral problem:

 

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Added a new 3D printed MP10 guard to replace the previous diy sponge guard.

 

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Corals starting to grow out. Probably have more frags now than I can fit longterm though may have to trim back as territory becomes an issue.

 

[ghurlag]

I may have missed it but what’s your maintenance schedule like? I have a Nuvo 10g that looked great for its first 2 years. Then the third year included a move and the tank crashed. I blame myself for not remaining diligent.

Good on you for setting up the ATO. On a nano like this it makes a huge difference!

 

[waterbox15aio]

I may have missed it but what’s your maintenance schedule like? I have a Nuvo 10g that looked great for its first 2 years. Then the third year included a move and the tank crashed. I blame myself for not remaining diligent.

Good on you for setting up the ATO. On a nano like this it makes a huge difference!

I started with regular water changes every week for the first few months, around 4g of 15g. I’m now a bit more lax, bi-monthly water changes around 4g of 15g.

Other:
- replace carbon bag monthly
- rinse mech media biweekly, replace monthly
- clean glass, empty skimmer etc. as needed

I’d never not do an ATO on a SW tank. Relatively cheap investment to keep tank stable and save yourself a ton of time with manual topoffs.

 

[ghurlag]

I started with regular water changes every week for the first few months, around 4g of 15g. I’m now a bit more lax, bi-monthly water changesaround 4g of 15g.

Other:
- replace carbon bag monthly
- rinse mech media biweekly, replace monthly
- clean glass, empty skimmer etc. as needed

That all seems reasonable. Low to no fish to feed also helps. Mine 10g is running skimmerless and had some clowns in it that I was probably over feeding. They’ve since move to my Nuvo 25 Lagoon.

what you have here looks good so far!

 

[waterbox15aio]

That all seems reasonable. Low to no fish to feed also helps. Mine 10g is running skimmerless and had some clowns in it that I was probably over feeding. They’ve since move to my Nuvo 25 Lagoon.

what you have here looks good so far!

Thanks. Ya may need to up water changes again once I get fish. Thinking clown goby or clown pair, TBD, though otherwise moderate to low bioload for now with only corals and hermit/snails.

 

[waterbox15aio]

Some growth, some moving things around. Nothing too major:

 

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Recently upgraded to a Kessil 160WE, corals seem to be coloring up really well with the change. Added a 3D printed shade for the Kessil.

 

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New eductor, Tunze 1073.008, and FTS:

 

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FTS update:

 

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Making some nice progress. Corals starting to fill out.