Custom AIO

[spartanman22]

Did you do a build thread on this tank??

No I didn't I'll probably just edit the title of this thread and use this. So to that note I do have a fun update. Tank has officially been commissioned! Peninsula AIO coming in at 48x19x17". Ordered 3 x Noopsyche K7 pros early September. Going to give those a try. If I don't like them I have an ATI Powermodule to fall back on. I'm looking at roughly 8 weeks to delivery, or at least that's what the quote says.

 

[spartanman22]

Did you do a build thread on this tank??

Oh just realized you probably meant the old tank. There should be one somewhere let me see if I can't find it.

 

[reef’r]

Oh just realized you probably meant the old tank. There should be one somewhere let me see if I can't find it.

Yeah was referring to the old tank but that’s sweet news on the new one also

 

[spartanman22]

Finally came in from WaterBox and it came out beautifully! Time to start finalizing a few odds and ends. Any recommendations on Gyre style pumps? I've got a boat load of MP10's that I was planning on using, but I'm considering going Gyre to avoid and glass obstruction. Tank will start as fish and anemones, but will end up with coral at some point.

 

[FishyThoughts]

Finally came in from WaterBox and it came out beautifully! Time to start finalizing a few odds and ends. Any recommendations on Gyre style pumps? I've got a boat load of MP10's that I was planning on using, but I'm considering going Gyre to avoid and glass obstruction. Tank will start as fish and anemones, but will end up with coral at some point.

Nice! Keen to see how this build willl go.

 

[BigKid4788]

Still have the PowerModule?

 

[spartanman22]

Still have the PowerModule?

Kinda forgot I started this thread...whoops!

Yes I just stuck it in the attic for someday if I ever fully dive back into the SPS world.

 

[spartanman22]

Got off to a rough start with the new tank. Had a pair of mature spotcinctus clowns, two azure damsels and an Eibli angel. Added a sixline and a chocolate mimic tang about a month and a half later and they brought in brooklynella. Started up peroxide dosing and it helped, but brooklynella is a tough one. everythnig eventually died minus the sixline. I am going to continue a low maintenance dose of peroxide (3mL/8 gallons) as a I think it'll help as a preventative maintenance dose for tank diseases.

Unfortunate start, but it does offer me an opportunity to reset. My plan was to always attempt a pair of cpative bred multi-bars (my favorite fish). I bought the Eibli on a wim and ended up loving him (he seemed to make sense being in Baton Rouge, kids named him Mike the Tiger after LSU's mascot).

I ended up likeing the Eibli so much I'm reconsidering doing a multi-bar and Eibli (introduced at the same time).

 

[spartanman22]

Forgot I started this build thread. Here we are almost one year later.

 

[squidarcher]

Looks like the SPS bug bit you hard! What lights did you end up going with?

 

[spartanman22]

Looks like the SPS bug bit you hard! What lights did you end up going with?

I’m an SPS guy at heart so it was only ever going to end up this way. I went with the Noopsyches and have been pretty please with them thus far. They only max out around 35-40%. They put out good color. Apps not the greatest, but manageable.

 

[squidarcher]

I’m an SPS guy at heart so it was only ever going to end up this way. I went with the Noopsyches and have been pretty please with them thus far. They only max out around 35-40%. They put out good color. Apps not the greatest, but manageable.

How do you run dosing with the AIO?

 

[spartanman22]

I’m an SPS guy at heart so it was only ever going to end up this way. I went with the Noopsyches and have been pretty please with them thus far. They only max out around 35-40%. They put out good color. Apps not the greatest, but manageable.

How do you run dosing with the AIO?

I run an Apex and dose via trident results using the DOS and DDR. I’ve got it all in the cabinet below the tank and just run the tubing up through the wall and over the top into the return chamber of the AIO.

 

[squidarcher]

I run an Apex and dose via trident results using the DOS and DDR. I’ve got it all in the cabinet below the tank and just run the tubing up through the wall and over the top into the return chamber of the AIO.

Very clean!

 

[spartanman22]

Looking for some input on adding a frag tank to this system. I want to add a roughly 18X18X8 or 20x16x8" frag tank sitting next to the display. Just not sure on the best method for tying it in. Original thought was to tee off the return line of the display to feed the "return" of the frag tank. Then use a return pump in the filtration portion of the frag tank to pump back to the display. I think this would be the simplest but I don't love the idea of balancing return pumps. Alternatively, I could add a siphon overflow from the display into the "return line" of the frag and then pump back into the display. This seems liek the safer more reliable option with balanced flow.

Or try to balance the system with like a continuous water change model? Thoughts?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Looking for some input on adding a frag tank to this system. I want to add a roughly 18X18X8 or 20x16x8" frag tank sitting next to the display. Just not sure on the best method for tying it in. Original thought was to tee off the return line of the display to feed the "return" of the frag tank. Then use a return pump in the filtration portion of the frag tank to pump back to the display. I think this would be the simplest but I don't love the idea of balancing return pumps. Alternatively, I could add a siphon overflow from the display into the "return line" of the frag and then pump back into the display. This seems liek the safer more reliable option with balanced flow.

Or try to balance the system with like a continuous water change model? Thoughts?

@Troylee

 

[Troylee]

Looking for some input on adding a frag tank to this system. I want to add a roughly 18X18X8 or 20x16x8" frag tank sitting next to the display. Just not sure on the best method for tying it in. Original thought was to tee off the return line of the display to feed the "return" of the frag tank. Then use a return pump in the filtration portion of the frag tank to pump back to the display. I think this would be the simplest but I don't love the idea of balancing return pumps. Alternatively, I could add a siphon overflow from the display into the "return line" of the frag and then pump back into the display. This seems liek the safer more reliable option with balanced flow.

Or try to balance the system with like a continuous water change model? Thoughts?

Drain the display into the frag tank is the safest bet.. playing with 2 pumps is dangerous if one gets clogged or gives out.