Frank's Nuvo 8

[frankdr]

I've had this tank up since March 2014. I picked it up used for under $150. The tank is sitting on my bedside table.

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[Hardware]

Tank: Innovative Marine Nuvo 8
Lighting: Aquailluminations Nano with 1st gen controller
Pump: Rio+ 180
Heater: 75W Neotherm
Sand: CaribSea Aragonite (~10lbs)
Rock:

• BRS Reefsaver dry rock
  Added a 'Paly island' live rock with about a dozen 'junk' palys

Filtration: InTank Media basket (filter floss and Purigen)

[Current stock ]

[Fish & inverts ]
Yellow belly damsel
2 or 3 Asterina Stars
Blue legged hermit
2 Rock Flower Anemones

[Coral ]
Green Star Polyps
Yellow Polyps
Brown Palys
Unknown mushroom
Kenya Tree

[Macro Algea]
Fern Calurpa
Dragon's Breath

 

[melev]

Looks good so far. Thanks for sharing.

 

[frankdr]

I'll be adding more pics as I get time. I'm pretty active on another discussion group that's nano-focused.

 

[frankdr]

Some picss I took today - FTS and top.

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Added some easy SPS monti

Two Back shots - from top down.. Some Watermelon zoas - Monti - two RFAs, Dagon's Breath and lots of GSP growing up the back

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Mushroom and hermit hiding in the back right side

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close-up of the zoas - 21 polyps - up from about 10 when I got them in Seattle

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Some Macros growing on the left side

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[frankdr]

I ended up removing the damsel, which required pullingand replacing the rocks - which never got back in exactly the same..

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[OBP]

Love the dragons breath!