History:
I've been having a blast with my Nuvo8 which I initially set-up to be a rock flower anemone tank. It has been getting increasingly hard to limit myself to just the nems though, even with as colorful as they are. But happily, just as my 8 started bursting at the seams with softies and nems I got some really good job news. After living on short-term contracts for a year and a half, I finally will be signing a one year, renewable contract. To reward myself, I'm setting up a second tank! This tank will be a Florida biotope, partly inspired by this dive video from one of my favorite RFA vendors, VIP Reef:
Tank Established: Coming soon!
Aquarium: Innovative Marine Nuvo 24
Media Basket: InTank media basket with filter floss and... I think I'll try Chemi-Pure Blue
Protein Skimmer: Tunze 9002 OR IM Ghost Desktop?
Refugium: InTank fuge basket with Chaeto, lit by IM MagnaFuge Light
Heater: Cobalt NeoTherm 100W
Circulation: stock pump
Flow: MP10
ATO: Autoaqua Smart ATO
Lighting: NanoBox Duo 24” with the Lime array and moonlights - Dave is building it now!
Controller: Apex Jr.
Substrate: CaribSea Aragonite Flamingo Reef & Bermuda Pink mixed
Rock: Thinking about going aquacultured rock
Salt: ESV B-Ionic
Livestock plans (Fish & Inverts):
Yellowheaded jawfish and... Royal gramma? Chalk bass? Peppermint bass?
Pederson’s or Spotted cleaner shrimp (Worried that chalk bass might eat these though, so maybe no chalk bass)
Sponges
Clean-up crew
Livestock plans (Octocorals & Hexacorals):
Rock flower anemones
Ricordea florida
Palythoa grandis
Zoanthus sp.
St. Thomas mushroom
Photosynthetic gorgonians
Livestock plans (Macroalgae):
Halimeda sp.
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