Nuvo 20 Reef Tank Build: The Fish & Corals

We've setup the reef tank, tested the equipment and now it's time to visit a few local fish stores to stock our reef with some new fish and corals!
A big thank you to Graham and Kevin at ‪@queencitycorals‬ and Harley and the rest at‪@nemosreef‬ for letting me shoot this video in the stores!
Part 1: The Equipment • Nuvo 20 Reef Tank Buil...
Part 2: The Saltwater • Nuvo 20 Reef Tank Buil...
The Equipment
- Innovative Marine Fusion 20 Pro Aquarium
- Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 Blue Gen5
- Icecap 2k Gyre Flow Pump
- Icecap K1 Nano Protein Skimmer
- Red Sea Reef Dose 4
- Auto Aqua Smart AWC Duo (Automatic water changes!)
The Fish
- Chocolate Longfin Clownfish
- Six Line Wrasse
- Psychedelic Mandarin Goby
The Corals
I'll have to update the corals when I get a list of what I bought, but for now I sadly don't know the names 🤦🏻‍♂️ I will say this is a mixed reef that is going to be full of stony SPS corals, zoanthids, mushrooms and a few select softies to liven it up.
If you've ever been curious about setting up your own reef tank or want to learn first hand how it's done. You're in the right place, so stop reading the description and enjoy this salty new reefkeeping series 🐡

[@chrisgood6877]

I've been keeping reefs for quite awhile. If this is your first tank, this is going to be a tough lesson in biology.

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

This is my first dip back in after about 10 years but i've had many tanks in the past. My biggest was a 250. That was a much tougher lesson in what I can actually handle on my own haha.

[@PalmettoCoralCo.]

His tank is perfectly fine?

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

@@PalmettoCoralCo. I think they were basically trying to say I was going to fail miserably...which I probably am, but I do have experience...which is why I know how to crash tanks lol

[@christianhildalgo]

​@@PalmettoCoralCo.perfectly fine? Sixline and dragonet in a tank that looks like it was setup yesterday? Yeah both of them are dying, no doubt. Mayyyybe the sixline will accept pellets. The dragonet is dying though.

[@ConnorHall-fp8kf]

Stumbled across your channel mindlessly scrolling though my feed looking for something to watch. Happy to see another fellow reefer in the Charlotte area. Look forward to keeping up with your tank progress!

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

Good to meet another round here too! Maybe we'll run into each other in the real world sometime.

[@gotriceb248]

Might want to dose some pods for the mandarin since it's a newer tank

[@kendalfrank3346]

Fantastic

[@snake3billion]

Those are my LFS too! Love going there to check out their corals

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

We are lucky to have them close by.

[@brian-te4xs]

Nice setup, wish success on the tank.

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

Thanks. I hope so too after that first coral/fish bill haha

[@anthonywelch7720]

Adding a mandarin and 6 line to an IM25 that isn't mature... that 6line will eat all the pods and the mandarin will starve unless you have one trained on pellets or frozen. That mandarin looked to big to come from ORA. Keep us updated I'd like to see how that mandarin is doing. You can also try artic pods and feed a little everyday to the mandarin.

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

The mandarin died unfortunately and to be honest I think the six line is just a bully. He's killed a few other fish since then as well. But ya the tank was too young for the mandarin. RIP.

[@opethmike]

Some very basic research would have prevented these unnecessary deaths

[@queencityreefs]

Some of my local shops too! Great places ❤ Frogspawn doesnt take over. They grow like a tree to look big and bushy. But wont take over like xenia, gsp, and aiptasia would.

[@user-xe3en2kf3l]

You got no corelean alegae growth in the tank, doesn't even look cycled, and you are adding hard to keep fish?

[@jjmccloud]

Matching the car heater temp is dedicated 😂

[@jjmccloud]

The 6 line will destroy them pods as well lol

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

Definitely did but still my favorite fish to date. I love his slitty little eyes.

[@emiliobriseno3268]

I have the same tank man!

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

Its a goodun! I've never had this low iron glass before this tank and its such a treat.

[@dramaboi10200]

Sps should be at the highest point in your tank if it’s a mixed reef and if your par is greater then 250 at the bottoms might want to bring that xr30 down to about 20% -30% on that shallow tank

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

The only sps I put higher up in the tank bleached on me...all others are doing well. Jeez.

[@jjmccloud]

​@TinyWorldLaboratory to much light more then likely

[@vortockcity6283]

Great vid, I would recommend shortening the videos though.

[@821702feb]

How do you like the black sand

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

I love it!

[@Lina-te1iq]

6 line wrasse needs at least 100 gallons an the Mandarin will starve in such a tank 😢

[@TinyWorldLaboratory]

Unfortunately mandarin died a long time ago but six line has lasted this whole time. I've had many of them in small tanks.