I recently transferred my 27 Gallon Cube into a BADFISH 20 Gallon AIO tank, I documented the entire 27 Gallon Build ( https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/27-gallon-cube.207744/ ). A few months back I was looking on eBay and came across a brand new BADFISH AIO Kit and bought it immediately. I sat the kit on a shelf for 5 or 6 months and finally decided to get this project moving. Basically I moved from a sumped 27 Gallon into a 20 Gallon AIO. Why would I do this? I found out how addicting this hobby is and I am going to parting ways with the cube to eventually get a bigger tank. It may not make sense to go from the cube to the 20 long, but I have a decent amount of equipment I can offload in order to fund the upgrade project. For the time being this is the tank I am working with until I get the "Bigger & better" tank!
For those of you that have never heard of the BADFISH AIO Kit - It was made years ago and become pretty popular. At some point the person in charge of making the kits stopped making them and they became hard to find. AIO kits these days are very expensive, I got lucky searching online!
Future plans for this tank - Redo rock work, I ordered new dry rock. Figure out a new way to mount the kessil light fixture and get the heater out of the tank and into the AIO kit. May have to purchase a new smaller heater. I'd like to add the Tunze 9004 skimmer to this system as well.
Details of the tank -
Standard 20 Gallon Long
BADFISH AIO Kit
MJ1200 return Pump
1/2" bulkhead and loc line
Vortech MP10WQD
Kessil A160w w/ Spectral Controller
Ehiem Heater
JBJ NANO GLO Refugium Light
JBJ Auto Top Off
Currently using Macro Rocks. Just ordered 30lbs of rock from @reefcleaners
Middle chamber of the AIO houses pond matrix
Tank is running bare bottom
Top Fin Stand - PetSmart had these on sale for $55 and I couldn't pass it up! I originally built a 2x4 stand and got in a hurry which resulted in the stand not being level. The Top Fin stand works perfect with the small cabinet in the middle.
I used black ASI silicone to install the kit into the 20 long -
JBJ NANO GLO
For those of you that have never heard of the BADFISH AIO Kit - It was made years ago and become pretty popular. At some point the person in charge of making the kits stopped making them and they became hard to find. AIO kits these days are very expensive, I got lucky searching online!
Future plans for this tank - Redo rock work, I ordered new dry rock. Figure out a new way to mount the kessil light fixture and get the heater out of the tank and into the AIO kit. May have to purchase a new smaller heater. I'd like to add the Tunze 9004 skimmer to this system as well.
Details of the tank -
Standard 20 Gallon Long
BADFISH AIO Kit
MJ1200 return Pump
1/2" bulkhead and loc line
Vortech MP10WQD
Kessil A160w w/ Spectral Controller
Ehiem Heater
JBJ NANO GLO Refugium Light
JBJ Auto Top Off
Currently using Macro Rocks. Just ordered 30lbs of rock from @reefcleaners
Middle chamber of the AIO houses pond matrix
Tank is running bare bottom
Top Fin Stand - PetSmart had these on sale for $55 and I couldn't pass it up! I originally built a 2x4 stand and got in a hurry which resulted in the stand not being level. The Top Fin stand works perfect with the small cabinet in the middle.
I used black ASI silicone to install the kit into the 20 long -
JBJ NANO GLO
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