40 Gallon Reef Nuvo all in one

[Ricksreef]

Just consolidated my 20 gallon and 10 gallon reefs into the 40 gallon Innovative Marine Nuvo all in one aquarium.
I must say I love it,clean look,skimmer and bio reactor hidden in the back.Great flow as is but I added two 240 circulation pumps connected to the hydro koralia smart wave to add changing water circulation.



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[Ricksreef]

Just consolidated my 20 gallon and 10 gallon reefs into the 40 gallon Innovative Marine Nuvo all in one aquarium.
I must say I love it,clean look,skimmer and bio reactor hidden in the back.Great flow as is but I added two 240 circulation pumps connected to the hydro koralia smart wave to add changing water circulation.
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[Sand dollar]

Looks great! What is that reddish coral on the middle right side? Congrats on the upgrade! I'm working on one too and it's very exciting! I need to add some more live rock before I start adding more corals to make sure I have my scape laid out the way I want it.


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[Ricksreef]

Thanks,it actually is a sponge.You will love the setup.


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[54seaweed]

Looks great you would never know things were swapped over , very nice job

 

[Ricksreef]

Thanks,believe me I was stressing during the process.I rinsed the sand from both tanks using saltwater and was able to keep all my rock under water in a big container during that time.Also had a heater in that container and the one my livestock and corals were in.Took about six hours total to do the change over.
Do love the Nuvo.


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[54seaweed]

Oh I know it's a lot of work , I swapped out a 40g and a 30g into a90g , my biggest problem was the two smaller tanks were in another room so it took me forever to get things done , think it took like 14 hours it seemed it was never going to end .
but in the end it was well worth it.
The only thing I did different was I used new sand , what kind of stock do you have in it?

 

[Ricksreef]

Right now I have 2 blue green chromis, 1 Court Jester goby, 1 neon goby, 2 Purple Firefish, 1 Percula clown and 1 Maroon white striped clown.
1 peppermint shrimp,1 Blue coral banded shrimp, 2 Scarlet Skunk cleaner shrimp, 2 Sexy shrimp, 1 fighting conch, 3 snails and 6 blue legged hermits.
when you combine two tanks you can end up with possible conflict.I am going to keep a close eye on the two clowns as they get older.


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[garethwood]

Some really intresting looking pieces in that, uve blended the tanks well! It looks like uve built it up like that..
a brave man using old sand : ) going well tho so congrats.

 

[Ricksreef]

Thanks,the sand beds were only about seven months old and believe me ,using saltwater,I kept rinsing and rinsing until the water was basically clear.

 

[paul87]

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Looking good!