Nuvo 20 gallon

You must use some sort of filtration... what do you use?

Look at getting the media basket made by InTank, it is MUCH better than the custom caddy that IM sells. I run mine with filter floss on top, Chemi-Pure elite in the middle, and purigen on the bottom of the media basket. Seems to be a pretty common setup and works great.
 
Well I did buy both a protein skimmer and a media reactor for the tank... .

I am not sure that I need the media reactor, save it for the next tank...

so looking and the back of the tank you have the middle section where the pump is to return water to the tank. the next section out on either side is where I am assuming you put the media basket/rack/protein skimmer/media reactor....
 
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I attached a very crude depiction of the media basket and how it COULD be set up in your tank. You likely wouldn't need it on both sides at the beginning of your tank, but once it is more mature and you have a higher bio-load you might need both sides. I would at least run filter floss on both sides throughout the duration of your tank though. This isn't your exact tank, but I believe it has the same setup.
 

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Interesting,

I did get rid of the socks, far too annoying and am just using a ton of filter floss for now and is working amazingly...

I have 2 baby clown fish, a royal gramma and a cleaner shrimp.

end of week 2

added 2 clown fish - everything still at zero.


end of week 3 - added cleaner shrimp and Royal Gramma.

The royal gramma is a little bit of a chicken and hides alot....



I will try to get some better pics later...
 
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Honestly I think you would fine with the 6 line in that tank. You would want to make sure you keep the lid on though, because they are known to be jumpers.
 
I am not 100% convinced with the aquascape when it comes time for corrals but for now the water parameters are excellent and fish appear to be happy...

Now I just need to find a bubble backup system or something for when the power goes out.
 
Update, Will post pictures tomorrow...

So went to the fish store and got a baby six Line wrasse....
I let the water temp match over 25-30 minutes and over that time used an eye dropper every 5 to add my tank water to the water in the bag... Unfortunately the next morning The six line was dead... checked water parameters (0 ammonia,0 nitrite, btwn 0 and .25 nitrate) and everything looked fine... dont know what happened..

I also ended up with a ton of green algae in the tank and was recommended to get 3 emerald crabs... Let me tell you these guys cleaned it up. However now I am trying to find something to feed these guys to keep them alive... They are awesome and add life to the tank..
 
We decided not to replace the 6 line, but rather spend money on some corals..

we got a rose bubble tip anemone and a candy cane coral...

I dont even know what week I am on now, but all level seem perfect, maybe too perfect?

nitrate - 0
nitrite - 0
Ph - 8.2 - 8.4
Ammonia - 0
Calcium - 460

I do change 5 gallons of water every week, protein skimmer runs 24/7..

The only issue I seem to have is some brown algae or bacteria build up on the glass...

enough chit chat here are some pics







 
You asked me about how to keep maintenance simple, but yet your parameters are stable and you're buying additional supplements to add daily/every few days... :p

I would simplify by just keeping flow up, keep the skimmer going (they're easy to clean), and do your water changes every other week. I don't like floss, carbon, or GFO unless they're needed. I know I'm too lazy to be changing floss out every few days, and the only dosing I do by hand is coral and fish food, which can be skipped here and there without issue.

Your setup looks really nice so far. As it matures, you can always switch up your maintenance routine, but you can't get easy maintenance in the beginning, or you'll just be having algae headaches all the time.

The bright side of losing the sixline is that they're often aggressive. I love sixline wrasse looks, but they just tend to be too aggressive to keep in anything but very large tanks, even though they're quite small. It totally depends on the individual (same with most other species that people want to keep in their reefs), but in the case of a sixline in a nano, you have to be especially cautious.

Hope that helps, feel free to ask other questions, and I'll check back on your thread.
 
Forgot to mention, any calcium supplement that isn't 2 parts, i.e. a calcium part and an alkalinity part, isn't going to have the desired outcome. And you should never be dosing anything if you're not testing for it as well as a rule.

The fuel stuff sounds good, it's like an all-in-one carbon dosing, coral food, and trace copper dosing (which is supposed to make corals more colorful, even though copper is poisonous). Sounds like a lot of people on RC use it and recommend it. I wouldn't recommend doing any dosing until your tank is more mature, but up to you.
 
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