Shiftlines Nuvo 30l build

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Concept is on my next year wish list maybe I just need to win one if their monthly contests haha never know.

I added the mp10qd last night and am very impressed with how much quieter it is compared to the white es driver version I tested last week.

You inspired me to tidy up my stand a bit today as well


Top left is my Jabeo dosed, custom optical ato and some test kits.


Bottom left is all my dosing and ATO containers. I used $2 1 gallon vinegar jugs from the dollar store. The ATO is a 2.5g water jug


Bottom right is storages for all my "fish stuff" atleast the common use stuff (there is a. Giant box of extra stuff in the shed!)


And last but not least the top right is my favourite cube.. my control centre! Behind it all is a PC ups to take care of any short term power outages. I haven't tested the total runtime but so far the tank hasn't missed a beat. I may put just the mp10 or return pump on battery and the rest on surge only however it will take some special wiring to work with my switch panel


Now for the tank it self.





I'm thinking of getting 3 sexy shrimp to hopefully host my carpet anemone


My porcelain crab as taken a liking to my rock flower


After the previous tank cracked I lost my lunar eclipse Zoas and decided to pick up some more to replace them


I spotted a new type of daisy/clove polyp appearing on the rock.. Now their is two different styles. Strange!




The clowns know to photobomb my shots. Forest fire digi and alpha omega Zoas


Australian Duncan's - by far my favourite softie


Special blend of hammers


Frogspawn to keep the mushrooms in check


I added a colt coral to the back corner last week. It has a nice blue colour


Green and pink birds nest


3 different colours of monti


Rainbow monti


African hornets are filling in nicely






And my DIY frag rack that will move to my 10g "extra stuff" tank to clean mine up when I get a chance

I drilled holes in a strip of acrylic and glued the ends to rocks as my stand


And last but not least. My newest addition the mp10qd

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Last night I had a little issue where the edge of my light got wet... I immediately grabbed it and turned it off. I flipped it over to see the damage and a tiny bit of water made its way in. I wiped off what I could and gave it a quick test... Smoke! I immediately turned it off again and took it apart. Some water got behind the driver board and shorted one of the wires (baaaad day). I express ordered a new driver board to fix the light so all will be well again in about a week then I pop in the new circuit board.

Now being lightless for a week is no fun and something bad (or real good haplened). I ended up splurging on two radion xr15 pro's! I do say they look quite sexy on the tank!

[Duckhams]

Sorry to hear about the light issues, that's frustrating. But it looks like you made a good choice, the radions look great!

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Thanks Elliot'! On the plus side the new circuit board is already in the mail.. So atleast I can replace it then sell the other light to help fund this one

I do say all the features on these new ones are fun to play with!

I started it off with a max of 45%. Then a 4 week acclimation at 40%. So hopefully that does the trick

Right now I have one side with the wide lens and one with the standard to try and decide which way to go

[Duckhams]

Good plan! It looks like you have the wide lens on the left, there's a little lit spill on the back wall. I'd say the standard lens is your better choice given the dims of your tank. Keep the light in the tank and off the wall! You might end up with increased algae growth in the back compartments with the wider lens.

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Good eye. And that is a very good point! I'll pop the regular lens on and see if covers it all. I think I should be safe.

Do you think 45% for max intensity is about right for my shallow tank?

[Duckhams]

I think thats a good starting point to see how your corals react. Just keep an eye on them and see how they do over the next couple weeks, then adjust as needed. You're definitely on the right track.

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Shot of the corals with the blues under the radion xr15's

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As I was swapping the standard lens back into the radion I spotted the porcelain crab molting. My little predator looking crab reminded me of predator as he was working on shedding his layer of skin. While I was at it I decided to snap a few new pics































Today I also picked up 2 new chalice frags, 3 sexy shrimp and a ruby red dragonet

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Some shots of yesterday's new additions!
Ruby red dragonet




Sexy shrimp hanging out on my carpet nem


Two new chalice frags