Cosmo's 40 Gallon AIO

Springroll · May 14, 2023

I have all ready "built" most of the tank, I made the filter and the lid by hand. The livestock in the tank still have a long way to go though.
Currently stocked with
1 Clarkii clownfish (Cosmo)
1 Diamond back goby
1 Pajama Cardinal fish
1 Carney Blenny
1 Orchid Dottyback
1 hermit crab
Few snails

Got some cheap and easy coral doing well, it has been surprisingly easy but lots of hard work.
All the photos I have are for documenting and dont look good, this is what I have ATM

Propane · May 14, 2023

Awesome tank. Awesome cat.

seder710 · May 16, 2023

Can't wait to see the pictures. I am looking at turning my 40-gallon acrylic tank into an AIO. Just working on a design for now.

Springroll · Jun 16, 2023

It's been a long week. These pictures are old but it was the last photo I have of the Carney Blenny. He died while I was on vacation for a week and I think he starved. I couldn't put him in a q/t because I noticed this the before I was leaving. Not sure why he stopped eating, he ate like a pig when I first got him and none of the fish bothered him. When I returned I did a 25% water change and looked for him or his dead body and ripped apart my scape. I couldn't find him or his body. I'm not sure where he went but he is gone now and probably got eaten by my hermit crab. The scape is completely different now, I couldn't get the rocks to stay up. I think he had an internal Parasite, only have one recent photo so what do u think?
Params
Nitrate: 35 (I know it's high but the corals don't mind it)
8.0 dKh
Phosphate 0.0 (separate issue I'm dealing with)
Temp 78
Ph 8.1