What's a good AIO starting kit?

[Fury96]

Hi guys, based in Australia, looking to get into the hobby and have been eyeing the RedSea G2 tanks until i heard people say they leak. Any other suggestions on an AIO tank bundle? thanks guys, Something beginner friendly

 

[edsbeaker]

Hi, and welcome to reef 2 reef!

I’m not sure what brands are available to you in Australia, but Innovative Marine has a lot of choices for AIO systems if they are available there.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

What size are you wanting? 20g Red Sea AIO, as far as I know, doesn't have any issues (also I am biased as I have a 20g Red Sea AIO, haha)

 

[Fury96]

Hi, and welcome to reef 2 reef!

I’m not sure what brands are available to you in Australia, but Innovative Marine has a lot of choices for AIO systems if they are available there.

Thank you for the response, i think i've seen that brand here but the prominent ones are red sea and aqua one that i'm seeing currently

 

[Fury96]

What size are you wanting? 20g Red Sea AIO, as far as I know, doesn't have any issues (also I am biased as I have a 20g Red Sea AIO, haha)

20g Red sea, i'll have a look into that, i'm not really sure, something i can add 5-6 small fish? Clowns, gramma, goby etc

 

[Fury96]

What size are you wanting? 20g Red Sea AIO, as far as I know, doesn't have any issues (also I am biased as I have a 20g Red Sea AIO, haha)

would that be the Red Sea nano cube one?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

would that be the Red Sea nano cube one?

Yep! The G2 Max Nano

 

[Gumbies R Us]

20g Red sea, i'll have a look into that, i'm not really sure, something i can add 5-6 small fish? Clowns, gramma, goby etc

If you want to do 5-6 fish. Look into a 30-40g tank. You can do 4-5 fish in a 20g.

 

[Pntbll687]

I would stick to something in the 20g-30g range for a first tank. My reasons are below
1. Price - not a huge initial investment to see if you like the hobby and want to continue. Also equipment needed in this range isn't budget breaking, and plenty of "generic" options that work well
2. WATER CHANGES - A simple 5g water change can solve many problems in this range of tank. When you get larger tanks, you need the supporting equipment to go with it
3. Time - It takes substantially less time to care for a 20g tank than a 120g tank.
4. Fish options - Lots of unique fish options work in this range. No, tangs wont work, but lots of other things will

This video does a great job of highlighting what a great nano tank can be, vs a much larger tank.

 

[mmorrison55]

https://waterboxaquariums.com.au/

 

[mmorrison55]

I thought CADE which is an Australian company, made an AIO, but im not seeing them on their website, so they maybe no longer have an AIO model.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

Don't think they make them anymore, but I have two of the Red Sea 130dd tanks (34g) and absolutely love them. They pop up used on marketplace from time to time in the $2-300 dollar range. If you're looking for something new, unnovatice marine makes nice stuff. You could also use one of the Fiji cube drop in aio kits. I just picked up a 40b with one in it.