finally took the plunge to start a marine tank after months of deliberation. Mostly because memories of my father keeping anemones with clown fishes back in 70s and had to put in a lot of effort to keep everything alive. Even then it was always a touch and go situation.
After measuring that the biocube 32 straight out of the box holds max 27-28 gallons with the aio back wall sump operating, I decided to remove the aio plastic back wall and drilled it to fit an eshopps overflow and sump. Without the aio the total volume in the tank is exactly 29 gallons. Also gained approximately 3.5 inches of aquarium depth.
After measuring that the biocube 32 straight out of the box holds max 27-28 gallons with the aio back wall sump operating, I decided to remove the aio plastic back wall and drilled it to fit an eshopps overflow and sump. Without the aio the total volume in the tank is exactly 29 gallons. Also gained approximately 3.5 inches of aquarium depth.