B's NanoBox Powered Fusion 20

texreefer

Battle Dwarf
So I've had this tank for a few months now, and it needs a MAJOR overhaul. The stock media baskets were horrible , and let everything just spill over the top. To fix the problem, I made my own media shelf out of eggcrate, and magnets... Worked really well actually, but due to the small size of the filter compartment I have been changing felt pads daily (which I'm tired of doing) The other annoying issue is the amount of microbubbles, no matter what I do they will not go away.


Soooooooooo

I have began the process of adding a sump to the system, and removing the all in one section from the tank. I think the 24x15x13 footprint will be fun to work with.Tank: Innovative Marine Fusion 20
Sump: Standard 10 gallon tank
Return: QuietOne 3000
Light:
DIY LED/T5 Hybrid
(4 x NanoBox 13up Boards - 2 x 24w T5)
Skimmer: Skimz121 (coming soon)
Controller: Apex jr.
(for now, full Apex soon)
Heat: Cobalt NeoTherm
Flow: Tunze 6025 x 2
 

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Sounds like a fun project, I would love to see pics of your progress.

Those will hopefully be coming this weekend. I got the baffles in the sump last night, and I hope to be removing the all in one chamber and drilling it on Saturday .
 
So cobalt makes a filter mod that turns a HOB filter into a filter/vac if you will. The price is a little steep imo for what it actually is so I thought why not use this :

https://cobaltaquati...-inline-pump-2/

An inline pump with vinyl tubing and just let it dump into a filter sock. It will come in handy for vacuuming the sump .

I will report back on the results
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I snagged a few pics of the frags that I purchased from a friend on another forum. For the most part all is good, but there were a couple of casualties possibly caused by the 5hr delay in delivery.

We will start with the bad

If I look from the top down, it appears that there MAY be a VERY tiny bit of life, but it could be wishful thinking
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This one is hanging in there
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Now, On to the good

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this one even had polyp extension when I opened the box
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FTS :
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