Doh Boy’s 24 gallon AIO “built thread”

[Doh Boy]

Well I wish I would have been on the forum a while back when putting this tank together as it would have been really neat to document it in real time, but luckily I took plenty of pics so I am gonna share them in this “built thread”.
The tank was purchased from a LFS for $199, it is an Aquatop Recife 24 AIO. I got it home and set it up immediately. I purchased saltwater, sand and live rock from another LFS a day later. When I was selecting the live rock I noticed some macro algae on it and thought to myself how wonderful it would be having that on the rock and how natural it would look.
Here is a pic the second day I owned the tank.

 

[Doh Boy]

These beautiful little green paly’s came on the live rock. When I was picking the rock out I did not notice them. Only until the next day did the open up and present themselves.

 

[El_Guapo13]

Good start. Following.

 

[Doh Boy]

These were the first corals I put in the tank.

 

[ks2509]

Nice. Congrats on the new tank. I have the 40 gallon version of this. Been running a year and a half so far so good.

 

[Doh Boy]

These were added October 2018. The little clown goby was my first fish in the tank.

 

[ks2509]

Awesome fish. I had one for about 2 years. Until 2 weeks ago it some how got around my lid and out of the tank.

 

[Doh Boy]

I agree. These fish are awesome. They hang out on the corals and sometimes just holding on to the glass looking at me. They have a great personality too!

 

[Doh Boy]

Also, sorry for your loss.

 

[ks2509]

I agree. These fish are awesome. They hang out on the corals and sometimes just holding on to the glass looking at me. They have a great personality too!

Absolutely mine liked to sit in my birds nest like it was a tree.

 

[revhtree]

Looking great!

 

[reefd00d]

How does your tank look now? I assume it's like 2 years old?

 

[ks2509]

Bouncing back had a crash a couple months ago. Just started getting corals back in to it

 

[Doh Boy]

Here is a photo of mine as of yesterday. A lot has changed since I converted my 125 to salt. Several corals have been moved over to the bigger tank to help spread out everything. Was getting cramped in the 24 gallon.

 

[Doh Boy]

Here is my new stand! I burned the wood with a torch and then put waterproofing over it.

 

[Doh Boy]

Here is how it is today. With several corals moved over to my 125 and a new coral glued to the back wall. Tomorrow is water change day and I am upgrading to and icecap 1k and kasa power strip.

 

[Doh Boy]

After seeing Daniel@R2R’s post about mounting frags to the overflow as seen here:

How many of you mount frags on the back wall or overflow of your tank?

Found this photo in another thread and it got me thinking... How many of you mount frags on the back wall or overflow of your tank? I've done it in other tanks but haven't in this one. I'd do it again depending on the look I'm going for.

www.reef2reef.com

I might have gone a little crazy and glued three frags to my overflow. I hope I gave them enough room to spread out!

 

[dbleoh7]

Here is how it is today. With several corals moved over to my 125 and a new coral glued to the back wall. Tomorrow is water change day and I am upgrading to and icecap 1k and kasa power strip.

How does the 1K work in your tank? I'm looking at one for a 50 gallon peninsula

 

[Doh Boy]

How does the 1K work in your tank? I'm looking at one for a 50 gallon peninsula

I really like the 1K, it really has improved the flow in the tank. Also a lot less clutter than 3 or 4 power heads.