What’s your main reason for wanting an AIO? I’ve had both. A tank with a sump is much much easier to maintain and keep stable imo.
That’s epic! Trying to do something similar on my 40b build!Lol
I cannot fully get it out. I do have big hands though. It’s mainly difficult to maneuver in the chambers.
There are areas under the two chambers on either side that can be hard to reach. I’m going to use a canister filter sort of like a vacuum cleaner to clean out those areas. I’ll just stick the hose end down there, suck out any detritus through the filter and return the water back into the tank. Shouldn’t be too difficult. I have a lot of stuff in the middle chamber so my hand doesn’t fit very well. The idea of just feeding the tubing down there and sucking out the detritus seemed like the easiest solution.
Too much work. Loool trust me.
The quality of the tank itself is excellent. I would rather they had designed it without the space under the chambers but it’s not a problem. No clogging of any kind so far. It’s actually pretty clean back there. I didn’t rinse my sand at all so when I put it in the tank there was a lot of silt. It mostly collected in the bottom of the heater and skimmer chambers and I got that out with a turkey baster. I’ve got the biggest return pump I could fit in the back chamber and it’s turned up pretty high so I think the flow in the middle chamber is pretty good which keeps whatever gets back there from settling. I’m sure there will be some buildup and I’ll get that with the canister filter vacuum idea. I’m definitely enjoying the tank, I love the footprint.
You’re welcome. I’m using the aps stand. You have to get a little creative to mount equipment but I found a couple of threads here that had great ideas. I’m pretty happy with how it came out. There’s pics in my build thread if you want to see how I mounted my Apex and other electronics. It’s pretty simple. The height of the stand is perfect for where we are viewing the tank. I wouldn’t want it any higher.
