Ashburn’s 22g long AIO Softie tank

[ashburn2k]

So i finally took that 22g out and hopefully to put it in my office, and fill it up with mostly zoa/softie corals.

Right away my wife shot down the idea of finally have a fish tank in the house. bummer.. so i found a spot in the garage on my tool chest bench.

originally wanted to 3D print the AIO baffles, but after first design and it takes almost 3 days and i don't have the time to wait for another 3 days for a change in design. so i used some acrylic in the garage and change on the go, so i can make a perfect 3d model without need to reprint it.

will be using 2 blue and 1 day light orpek light bars, i did thought about use ap700 but it might be too much and bake the corals.

light looks great !

Rocks are in!

 

[ashburn2k]

Upload pic first and will have some text later


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[Baykes]

Cool! I love the dimensions of these tanks

 

[Srt4eric]

Did you make that an aio yourself?

 

[Baykes]

Those baffles look 3d printed?


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[Srt4eric]

Those baffles look 3d printed?


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I thought that was just a rough cut on the acrylic

 

[ashburn2k]

Rough cut acrylic, just to get the measure right, print takes up to 3 days for that size.


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[ashburn2k]

Didn’t take long to fill it up.

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[SupraSaltyReefer]

Damn that was quick. Already has tons of zoas.

 

[max_nano]

At least chip off the excess from the plugs! I guess it shouldn’t take too long to grow over

 

[NanoCrazed]

So i finally took that 22g out and hopefully to put it in my office, and fill it up with mostly zoa/softie corals.

Right away my wife shot down the idea of finally have a fish tank in the house. bummer.. so i found a spot in the garage on my tool chest bench.

originally wanted to 3D print the AIO baffles, but after first design and it takes almost 3 days and i don't have the time to wait for another 3 days for a change in design. so i used some acrylic in the garage and change on the go, so i can make a perfect 3d model without need to reprint it.

will be using 2 blue and 1 day light orpek light bars, i did thought about use ap700 but it might be too much and bake the corals.

light looks great !

Rocks are in!

What's with the light saber?

 

[ashburn2k]

What light saber?


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[Srt4eric]

Pretty sure he mean this.

 

[ashburn2k]

Oh ha, that’s eye sore, I removed it


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[ashburn2k]

Just added a jebao gyre 70 for bottom sweeping since I will run this tank bare bottom. hacked a IM filter sock in overflow. Turned off the heater as I have no control over it based on build-in controls. I will monitor closely and wait for my inkbird to arrive. Waiting for the mini float valve to arrive so I can stop adding water manually

Small tank is hard!

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[NanoCrazed]

So i finally took that 22g out and hopefully to put it in my office, and fill it up with mostly zoa/softie corals.

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Right away my wife shot down the idea of finally have a fish tank in the house. bummer.. so i found a spot in the garage on my tool chest bench.
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originally wanted to 3D print the AIO baffles, but after first design and it takes almost 3 days and i don't have the time to wait for another 3 days for a change in design. so i used some acrylic in the garage and change on the go, so i can make a perfect 3d model without need to reprint it.
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will be using 2 blue and 1 day light orpek light bars, i did thought about use ap700 but it might be too much and bake the corals.

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light looks great !

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Rocks are in!

What's with the light saber

Pretty sure he mean this.

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Somebody gets me...

 

[Da_Neefer]

That tank looks really familiar! Glad to see it getting put to good use and it looks great! I love the AIO retrofit.

 

[ashburn2k]

right now using this for ATO until a permanent solution comes in

 

[ashburn2k]

going to switch up the gyre to 90 from 70 and change out a different return bump with more ommph and DC for control

 

[max_nano]

Gyre on the aio wall? Top or bottom?