Hi all,
New to R2R, and not quite a reefer yet. But seriously looking for a sleek aio, cube preferably. Something bigger than 10gal smaller than 30gal.
Through my searches I've been finding some, mostly out of my budget. I'm trying my best to keep my tank budget down as I know I'll be needing a light that'll cost about the same.
I keep defaulting back to innovative marine and thinking I could afford a 20 gal, but then remember I need a light for that one. then there's fluval sea 13.5 which is probably the quickest bang for my buck, and will probably go that route even though it's not quite as appealing as IM.
Definitely not in the market for Red Sea or any other 500-4000 setup.
I have no problem paying in the long run 50 here 100 there. But I'll be castrated if I come home with a 500 dollar tank.
I've even thought of buying a 20g long from walmart and diying some acrylic but dont have the experience to know how big the aio compartments should be.
I also found a sick deal on an eshops nano refuge which I almost pulled the trigger on, thinking I could just drill 2 holds in a tank, but found out I still needed some sort of hob overflow or drilled overflow. Which by then just those 2 things were $200+ bucks by themselves plus tank plus light. And I dont feel itll achieve the clean tidy hidden look I'm going for.
Unless someone tells me I can drill 2 holes in the bottom for supply and return pipe I'll feel really dumb for letting that deal go.
Anyway, fluval seems the best bang for my buck, has light that will suffice for now and clean looking. Just not the shape I want. Bigger wouldn't be bad either.
I really don't want the fw tank vibe.
I hope I've painted a picture and can bring someone back to day one of their reefing days and feed me some insite. It's also 2020 and most of the stuff I've found online for aio suggestions are from 2016.
Maybe just a poor Googler.
So hoping for creative:
2020 aio nano suggestions
2020 led light suggestions
Should I have got the fuge as theres a slick way to do it suggestions
New to R2R, and not quite a reefer yet. But seriously looking for a sleek aio, cube preferably. Something bigger than 10gal smaller than 30gal.
Through my searches I've been finding some, mostly out of my budget. I'm trying my best to keep my tank budget down as I know I'll be needing a light that'll cost about the same.
I keep defaulting back to innovative marine and thinking I could afford a 20 gal, but then remember I need a light for that one. then there's fluval sea 13.5 which is probably the quickest bang for my buck, and will probably go that route even though it's not quite as appealing as IM.
Definitely not in the market for Red Sea or any other 500-4000 setup.
I have no problem paying in the long run 50 here 100 there. But I'll be castrated if I come home with a 500 dollar tank.
I've even thought of buying a 20g long from walmart and diying some acrylic but dont have the experience to know how big the aio compartments should be.
I also found a sick deal on an eshops nano refuge which I almost pulled the trigger on, thinking I could just drill 2 holds in a tank, but found out I still needed some sort of hob overflow or drilled overflow. Which by then just those 2 things were $200+ bucks by themselves plus tank plus light. And I dont feel itll achieve the clean tidy hidden look I'm going for.
Unless someone tells me I can drill 2 holes in the bottom for supply and return pipe I'll feel really dumb for letting that deal go.
Anyway, fluval seems the best bang for my buck, has light that will suffice for now and clean looking. Just not the shape I want. Bigger wouldn't be bad either.
I really don't want the fw tank vibe.
I hope I've painted a picture and can bring someone back to day one of their reefing days and feed me some insite. It's also 2020 and most of the stuff I've found online for aio suggestions are from 2016.
Maybe just a poor Googler.
So hoping for creative:
2020 aio nano suggestions
2020 led light suggestions
Should I have got the fuge as theres a slick way to do it suggestions
