Nuvo 15 Fusion -First Reef Tank

[Lucid88]

Hello all, starting a journal for my first reef tank. I started this tank in April 2023. I've had my fair share of ups and downs already but loving the challenge of the nano and saltwater tanks in general.

Equipment:

• IM Nuvo 15 Gallon Fusion
• InTank Media Basket
• Jebao SLW-10
• AI Prime 16HD
• Generic Heater
• MightyJet DC return pump
• Kraken lid

Filtration:

• Filter Floss
• BRS Carbon
• Maxspect Ceramic media balls
• 5% weekly water changes ( failsafe )
• 1x Mangrove

Salt:

• Redsea blue bucket

Dosing:

• 2x a week Reef Fuel
• 2x a week All for Reef

Coral:

• 2x Blastomussa
• Long Tentacle Toadstool
• Red Acan
• 2x Ricordea mushrooms
• Candy Cane
• Duncan

Coral Food:

• 2x a week Reef Roids ( slushy direct feeding )

CUC:

• Astrea, bumblebee, trochus and cerith snails ( 6 total )
• Fighting conch
• Urchin

Future Plans: Toying around with the idea of getting a new light. My AI Prime has nothing but issues when it comes to connecting to the WiFi. I would like to add a fish down the line but haven't settled on what just yet. I will transfer to a bigger 60ish gallon peninsula tank with a sump once these corals outgrow this tank.

 

[Reefing102]

Looking great! How do you like your SLW?

 

[Lucid88]

Looking great! How do you like your SLW?

It's a good pump. Almost too strong for a tank this small. I have it on the lowest setting. I am not utilizing the wireless capability so I can't comment about that

 

[griss]

Yes, looks great. Please keep us updated and post more pics

 

[Reefing102]

It's a good pump. Almost too strong for a tank this small. I have it on the lowest setting. I am not utilizing the wireless capability so I can't comment about that

Good to know. I’m looking at getting SLWs for my tank. I have one of the gyres and unless I just don’t know how to use it, it’s meh at best.

 

[Lucid88]

I did a lot of research on fish and I think I settled on having a purple dottyback. It will be the only fish I house in this tank. I wouldn't mind a clown but I'm not a fan of having my hand attacked if I needed to do anything inside of the tank lol. I'm going to check some LFS around here for a dottyback this weekend. A side note , I have noticed a ton of these small snails popping out of nowhere. I believe they are called collonista snails?

 

[Reefing102]

Could also be baby trochus snails. Trochus tend to breed in home aquaria

 

[Lucid88]

Could also be baby trochus snails. Trochus tend to breed in home aquaria

I was thinking that could be a possibility too as I have witnessed one of the trochus snails spawning a month or so back. However, the shells on these guys are round like a turbo?

 

[Lucid88]

New coral addition.... I may need some help with figuring out if this is a micromussa or favia ? Pictures are not great so it might be hard to tell lol

 

[Reefing102]

Hmm hard saying but my guess is leaning micromussa but honestly not 100%

 

[Lucid88]

Hmm hard saying but my guess is leaning micromussa but honestly not 100%

I'm hoping micromussa for growth purposes but I think husbandry is about the same for both.

 

[Lebowski_]

Looks like Acan Lord, no? I don't know, all of these similar meat corals are tough.

Tank looks great! I started with the IM 15 as well, but within 6 months I had upgraded to the 25 lagoon. Now a year later I'm looking at a 40B. This hobby is crazy like that.

Your toadstool is going to be a real beaut. Any update pics of it?

 

[Lucid88]

Looks like Acan Lord, no? I don't know, all of these similar meat corals are tough.

Tank looks great! I started with the IM 15 as well, but within 6 months I had upgraded to the 25 lagoon. Now a year later I'm looking at a 40B. This hobby is crazy like that.

Your toadstool is going to be a real beaut. Any update pics of it?

I got a puppy a few months bank and I’ll admit that the tank kinda took the back seat. Looking at the pics here compared to now there has definitely been some growth . I’ll get a pic of the toadstool a little later today .

Im trying not to upsize because I know I won’t stop . Do plan to move out of that 40b anytime soon ? I’d love to have a sump though so that might persuade me one day

 

[Lucid88]

The Duncan has 5 new heads growing on it too View attachment 32399069as promised

 

[griss]

Nice.

 

[Reefing102]

Very nice!

 

[Lucid88]

Another one because I don’t think I did the toadstool justice haha

 

[Reefing102]

Very nice

 

[T Diddy]

Where’d you get that toadstool? It looks really nice!

 

[Lucid88]

Where’d you get that toadstool? It looks really nice!

It was from a LFS ( Marine Solutions ) near STL . Here is a pic of when I first got it last April