Jgoal55
Active member
So, the tank has been up and running for quite a bit now, but I finally found some time to upload some of the pics I took while setting this guy up.
Truth is I miss my 160 tremendously but this is an awesome little tank and definitely fills the void until I'm ready to get back into something bigger later in life.
If you haven't seen the Innovate Marine line of Nuvo aquariums, and you are interested in an AIO nano, I highly recommend checking them out. They are well built, well designed, and aesthetically, I love the rounded corners (also, they are super easy to clean compared to silicone edges). The AIO compartment is bigger than in most AIO's of the same size so you have a bit more room to customize/add equipment.
I hope you enjoy the pics.
Equipment List:
Tunze 9004 Comline Skimmer
CPR Nano Tumblr Reactor
Apex Controller
Vortech MP10
Radion Gen2
Tunze Osmolator
Eheim Heater
Arrival of tank
Wife walked home on day 1 to this so she proceeded to jump into the peanut pile. Needless to say I was picking up peanuts for days:
The Stand:
I was not a big fan of the stand that comes with the IM's so I decided to have one built by a biddy of mine. I took the tank and he did this. I love the sleek modern look. Exactly what I was looking for.
Light Bracket:
I didn't want to hang the Radion fixture from my roof since I don't love the look of cables so I had my client, Faulkner Plastics, build me a light bracket out of 3/8" black acrylic. It came out really sleek.
I asked him to add a "cable channel" on the back so that I could run the cable along the back to hide it.
The light spread on the Radion is pretty impressive.
The Fans:
You'll notice the first few pictures of the light bracket don't show any slots cut out. I was hoping to be able to run the tank with no cooling but unfortunately it was running a bit warmer than I wanted it to so I had no choice but to add fans. Problem was that with a rimless tank, adding a fan was gonna look like crap. Rogger came up with the idea of cutting slots in the light bracket, so, that's exactly what I did. I took the bracket back to Faulkner and they did an unbelievable job of adding a fan box and cutting angled slots. You wouldn't even know there were fans cooling this tank by looking at it. I also added two notches on the left and right to help manage the cables coming out of the filter compartment. The nocth at the top is to access the Radion controls.
Fan Box: It's removable so I can clean the fans when needed.
Truth is I miss my 160 tremendously but this is an awesome little tank and definitely fills the void until I'm ready to get back into something bigger later in life.
If you haven't seen the Innovate Marine line of Nuvo aquariums, and you are interested in an AIO nano, I highly recommend checking them out. They are well built, well designed, and aesthetically, I love the rounded corners (also, they are super easy to clean compared to silicone edges). The AIO compartment is bigger than in most AIO's of the same size so you have a bit more room to customize/add equipment.
I hope you enjoy the pics.
Equipment List:
Tunze 9004 Comline Skimmer
CPR Nano Tumblr Reactor
Apex Controller
Vortech MP10
Radion Gen2
Tunze Osmolator
Eheim Heater
Arrival of tank
Wife walked home on day 1 to this so she proceeded to jump into the peanut pile. Needless to say I was picking up peanuts for days:
The Stand:
I was not a big fan of the stand that comes with the IM's so I decided to have one built by a biddy of mine. I took the tank and he did this. I love the sleek modern look. Exactly what I was looking for.
Light Bracket:
I didn't want to hang the Radion fixture from my roof since I don't love the look of cables so I had my client, Faulkner Plastics, build me a light bracket out of 3/8" black acrylic. It came out really sleek.
I asked him to add a "cable channel" on the back so that I could run the cable along the back to hide it.
The light spread on the Radion is pretty impressive.
The Fans:
You'll notice the first few pictures of the light bracket don't show any slots cut out. I was hoping to be able to run the tank with no cooling but unfortunately it was running a bit warmer than I wanted it to so I had no choice but to add fans. Problem was that with a rimless tank, adding a fan was gonna look like crap. Rogger came up with the idea of cutting slots in the light bracket, so, that's exactly what I did. I took the bracket back to Faulkner and they did an unbelievable job of adding a fan box and cutting angled slots. You wouldn't even know there were fans cooling this tank by looking at it. I also added two notches on the left and right to help manage the cables coming out of the filter compartment. The nocth at the top is to access the Radion controls.
Fan Box: It's removable so I can clean the fans when needed.
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