I've had this system up and running for about a year now, it was an upgrade form a previous 10gal AIO that I had been running for about 2 years. I just never got around to creating a build thread until now.
Equipment list:
· IM Lagoon 25
· 2x Kessil A80’s w/ controller and goosenecks
· DA Reefkeeper lite w/ PB4, system lab X (pH) and the moon light controller
· Stock pump (211gph) + spinstream nozzle on side 1
· Aquatop SWP820 (237gph) + Vivid RFG nozzle on side 2
· Jebao DP4 dosing pump
· IM custom caddy with sponge, carbon, purigen and seachem matrix on side 1
· IM custom caddy with sponge, phosguard and seachem matrix on side 2
· Dual heaters, both are set for a degree or two above my RKL
· Eshoppes Nano skimmer
· AutoAqua Smart ATO
· DIY 1/4th plastic mesh lid
· 1500VA UPS
Livestock list:
· 2x Ocellaris clowns
· 1x Yellow clown goby
· 1(?) possum wrasse (havent seen him since I added him to the display a week or two ago)
· Skunk cleaner shrimp
· Rainbow bubble tip and a single (for now) rock flower
· Feather duster
· Various CUC - 1x turbo, 3-4 nerites, 10ish dwarf ceriths, 5-10 nassarius, a few banded trochus, a few different hermits and some more I'm probably forgetting
Corals include a mix of zoas/palys, LPS and SPS - a few different hammers, duncans, goniopora, porites, stylos, birdsnest, lepto, a bunch of different mushrooms and other fun stuff.
One of the biggest frustrations I had with setting up this tank was the stand. I didnt want to spend $300 on a particle board IM stand. I thought about the JBJ (in hindsight I should have gone that route), considered picking up a kitchen base cabinet but in the end I decide on building one. I went with a modified rocket engineer design, 1x3 poplar for the top and bottom "boxes" braced twice in the center up top and once down below. The legs are 3 pieces of 1x2 poplar glued and screwed, top is 1" plywood, sanded and leveled, sides are 1/2" plywood also glued and screwed to the frame. I added a removable shelf and a removable subfloor. I was originally going to hinge the door but decided on simply using a mirror hanger from home depot. Painted in DTM acrylic. Not the best looking thing I've ever built, but it will do for now.
Here is an image from a year ago right when the system was setup -
Unfortunately I've lost a few pieces in the last year, notably the bright pink goni and the long tentacled hammer on the sand bed. That pink goni was my pride and joy, I absolutely loved it. It was thriving for about 2 years when I introduced a purple and a metallic green goni, the metallic brown jelly'ed on me and eventually both other goni's died. The long tentacle hammer was a similar story, otherwise I believe I have most everything else in that picture.
Here is how the tank looks as of today -
straight on
top down
I'll try and post more photos and updates as things progress. Feel free to ask any questions. Thanks!