Best custom all in one?

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What is the best custom all-in-one? I have looked at water box, but I don’t know of any other options.
 
Innovative marine, jbj, red sea. I like my IM but my original JBJ 30rl was pretty rad.
 
I dont know of anyone that makes custom ones but I love my all in one reef casa laguna
 
I had waterbox stretch the wb25 peninsula to around 45" for a custom AIO. Fits on a cabinet. Think it is around 45 gallons total. I made the filter chambers larger to accommodate a larger pump and filter medias. Have had it running for a couple of years. Everything is growing well, but slow. A few sps, lps, clam, probably 6 fish. My only regret was not making it 6" taller so the sps can grow further, and more water volume. The plus size is that i can reach to the sand if i need to when things fall off their perch. I also regretted adding gsp, zoas, and BTAs. They quickly took over in the small space and hard to get rid of too. I do not have air conditioning in the house (vermont), so use frozen water bottles to cool the tank on super hot days. Use a reef octopus 1000 hangon for a protein skimmer. Works great. Much better/reliable than any others i had tried. Hope helps and gives some ideas/thoughts. Enjoy!



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I was also going to say "Custom" AIO? While I'm sure someone would make you one, I doubt that is what you were really asking.

Best is probably what you'd get the most support with, which means many units out in the wild.... I cannot recommend RS even though there are a ton out there, but I can recommend Waterbox and IM.
 

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