20g Long DIY AIO

[ParsedOut]

You ever get that skimmer to do much? I know some have to break in for a bit.

I ended up sending the Aquatic Life 115 back, it just poured out microbubbles for weeks, never broke in and could see where the bubbles were escaping from the poorly fit clamshell. I'm now breaking in a Hydor Slim Skim Nano, I've just hit 2 weeks running and the microbubbles are starting to lessen, hopefully another week and it'll be totally clear. Since there hasn't been any stocking, it's hard to tell what kind of skimmate I'll get from it, now it just lightly fizzes or if I turn up the air it overflows. Will need to fine tune it once there is something in the water to skim.

 

[ParsedOut]

Finally got some life in this tank! Got a pair of what the fish store called Mocha Clownfish, we'll see if they stay this dark as they get older. Also picked up a Hammer Coral frag, was quite upset after the dip but has come back to it's fish store glory.

 

[Johniejumbo]

Sweet! I have been eyeballing a hammer coral myself lately. Looks good! You happier with the new filter layout?

 

[ParsedOut]

Sweet! I have been eyeballing a hammer coral myself lately. Looks good! You happier with the new filter layout?

Thanks! Much happier, the Hydor skimmer has stopped with the microbubbles so I can't complain about that. A lot more media space and better access to everything. This is project is finally ready to go into stocking and maintenance mode.

 

[Yikesdoris]

Tank is set up and cycling. The water was a little cloudy for the first few days. Photo is right after filling it. That Aquatic Life skimmer is a piece of junk, so the middle chamber will be a mini fuge or possibly set up a mini reactor. With the water change schedule I have planned, I doubt I'd really "need" either. This will probably be my last update, seems there is little interest in the build...beside at this point it'll sit for about a month then a few fish and some frags, nothing that'll blow the socks off.

hey dude veery interesting build and plenty ideas to follow , keep up the good work and post some pics please of the final results, really looking forward to that