How would YOU set up this AIO Filtration?

[Kmargold]

Hey guys! First post here. As the title says, how would you set up this AIO filtration? Tank is a 65 gallon custom acrylic AIO that I got second hand for an absolute steal and have been refurbishing. (Polished acrylic, refinished stand, etc.)

Apologies for the bad photo as it’s before I cleaned everything up. Red lines are where the egg crate dividers can be added/removed. My initial thoughts were having the heater in chamber 1, filter floss/pad in chamber 3, Carbon/GFO in chamber 4, possibly combining chambers 5 and 6 into a refugium, and marine pure spheres/block in chamber 7 with the return pump. What are your thoughts? Let me know below!

 

[Kmargold]

Bump

 

[Phildago]

Noodles, refugium, refugium, refugium, drill to sump

Then put a skimmer and live rock in sump

 

[Tahoe61]

Bump again for you.

 

[Matteo]

1. Filter sock/media, 2. Heater, 3./4. skimmer if you can fit a small one, 5./6. Refugium, 7. ATO + return pump!

 

[splitting_lanes]

2) Heater 3&4) skimmer, 5&6 refugium, 7) ATO & return pump

I would leave chamber 1 open for emergency carbon or mechanical filtration, thats how my sump is done, no chemical or mechanical filtration, but in a pinch I can toss something in.


wow, this is a really old post...