Chris88 75g AIO sps dominated tank

chris1488 · Oct 4, 2022

I used to have a thread going 10 years ago and I decided after that long break to make another one. Feel free to ask me anything as I document the tanks journey.

75g with a fiji cube drop in box. So no sump and a super simple setup. I will post my older tanks when I have more time.

Here is a recent pic at night under all blue leds.

Reefahholic · Oct 4, 2022

chris1488 said:
I used to have a thread going 10 years ago and I decided after that long break to make another one. Feel free to ask me anything as I document the tanks journey.

75g with a fiji cube drop in box. So no sump and a super simple setup. I will post my older tanks when I have more time.

Here is a recent pic at night under all blue leds.

Very nice.

chris1488 · Oct 4, 2022

Reefahholic said:
Very nice.

Thanks, I’ll post a more realistic pic with the whites on in the next few days.

X-37B · Oct 4, 2022

Nice work! AIO's are my favorite tank systems now.

chris1488 · Oct 4, 2022

On my older systems I used to run sumps and I did like them. However, I had a few leaks over the years, clogged over flows, snails in the drain pipes etc. it made me scared of leaks because my tank is on a top floor.
I had saltwater come through me ceiling lol.

I don’t like how small the skimmer chamber is in the Aio I have or others I have seen. It limits you on buying a decent skimmer. But other then that I like it and it seems to be working well.

chris1488 · Oct 4, 2022

Here is some pics from around 12 years ago of my 50g tank. I actually really loved this tank. It makes me miss t5 lighting.

V A R I A N T · Oct 4, 2022

Wow, great photos!

Max93 · Oct 4, 2022

Great job! What are your alk and nutrient levels, and how much/what do you feed?

chris1488 · Oct 4, 2022

V A R I A N T said:
Wow, great photos!

Thanks these were taken with an old dslr about 13 years ago. No filter and under a mix of white and blue t5. I wonder how nice it would have looked under todays leds.

chris1488 · Oct 4, 2022

Max93 said:
Great job! What are your alk and nutrient levels, and how much/what do you feed?

Alk was 8.8 as of today and calcium was 440.
I keep my mag kinda high around 1440. I find montis love high mag, and I am keeping mostly montis in this new tank.

I don’t test my nutrients that much anymore. I did send out an icp test a week ago so I will post the results when that comes in. I think my base rock was leaching silicates it phosphates for the first few months. I think they are fully cursed now as I don’t have anymore algae growth on the rocks.