Waterbox Peninsula 15 AIO Build

waterbox15aio · Oct 3, 2021

Hi All,

This thread is to document my ongoing AIO nano reef build. I plan to update this first post as I add equipment, livestock, etc. though feel free to follow along and ask questions or make suggestions.

Equipment:
Aquarium: Waterbox Peninsula 15 gallon
Stand: Built-in WFH office desk

First AIO Chamber:
- InTank Filter Floss Holder with filter floss
- Eheim Jager 50W heater

Second AIO Chamber:
- Skimmer: Tunze 9001

Third AIO Chamber:
ATO: Autotopoff.com dual float with Tom’s Aqualifter pump.

Other:
Light: Kessil 160WE Tuna Blue
Controller: Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Lite with 2x power bars. Controls heater to 78F, lights simple on/off, rest of outlets to constant power.
Return Pump: Tunze 1073.008
Powerhead/Wavemaker: Ecotech Marine MP10
Salt: Instant Ocean Reefcrystals
Refractometer: Sybon with BRS replacement plastic slide

Aquascape:
- 7lbs Marcorocks
- 20 lbs Caribsea Pink Sand

Livestock:
Invertebrates:
- Astrea snails
- Dwarf Cerith snails
- Nassarius snails
- Zig Zag Periwinkle snails
- Halloween hermit
- Assorted hermits

Coral:
- Mushrooms: jawbreaker, sunkist bounce, superman rhodactis, red, purple, red and green rhodactis, orange yuma
- RBTA
- Grube’s Gorgonian
- Red sponge
- Green Napthea
- Green Kenya tree?
- GSP
- Pipe organ
- Hollywood stunner
- Red monti cap
- Seasons greetings green monti cap
- Green slimer
- Potato chip coral (pavona)
- Red digidata
- Purple digidata
- Blue digidata
- Frogspawn
- Neon tip frogspawn
- Zoanthids: laffy taffy, nightmares, armor of god, rastas, green bay packers, yellow, fruit loops, magicians, utter chaos, eagle eyes, rainbow infusion, sonic flares, pandoras, AOI, king midas, eagle eyes
- Palythoa: purple, grandis, green

Fish:
- None. TBD.

blaxsun · Oct 3, 2021

Onwards!

waterbox15aio · Oct 11, 2021

Heater relocated and ATO setup. Still debating what to do for lighting - leaning towards 1-2 Par38s or something like a Reefbreeders nano, or kessil/ai if I can pickup cheap. Want to keep the light small or access into tank/back chamber will be hindered.

waterbox15aio · Nov 11, 2021

Par 38 setup with some corals added:

Next steps:
- Add Tunze 9001 or other nano skimmer
- More coral
- Clean up wiring below MP10 controller

waterbox15aio · Nov 29, 2021

Update:
- Added Tunze 9001 skimmer, swapped for smaller Eheim Jager heater, ordered inTank Filter Floss holder. Looking into MP10 anemone guard options in lieu of foam.

rishma · Dec 1, 2021

Wow!
I need a gorgonian.

waterbox15aio · Dec 2, 2021

It’s definitely a cool addition. Haven’t had it too long but seems rather hardy. Grubes gorgonian is also photosynthetic so thats a big plus.

vins_reef · Dec 10, 2021

How low in water you got tunze 9001 I got one but setting it up hard I found

waterbox15aio · Dec 10, 2021

vins_reef said:
How low in water you got tunze 9001 I got one but setting it up hard I found

It’s at about the skimmer’s water line marking. The top of the skimmer cup sits about 1/2” below tank rim so you can’t see it easily. This is mainly to align the skimmers waterline with the water level in second AIO chamber held constant by an overflow baffle. I also have a shelf about 6” above the tank which makes back chamber access a bit harder though it is what it is. I have a float ATO but a smaller optical one may allow you to raise the water level in second chamber a bit.

The skimmers magnet is on the short dimension which isn’t ideal for AIO tanks. Some people will DIY reattach the magnet to the long width but I just set the skimmer on an eggcrate shelf/rack.

rishma · Dec 10, 2021

waterbox15aio said:
It’s at about the skimmer’s water line marking. The top of the skimmer cup sits about 1/2” below tank rim so you can’t see it easily. This is mainly to align the skimmers waterline with the water level in second AIO chamber held constant by an overflow baffle. I also have a shelf about 6” above the tank which makes back chamber access a bit harder though it is what it is. I have a float ATO but a smaller optical one may allow you to raise the water level in second chamber a bit.

The skimmers magnet is on the short dimension which isn’t ideal for AIO tanks. Some people will DIY reattach the magnet to the long width but I just set the skimmer on an eggcrate shelf/rack.

I have my 9001 set up the same on my WB25, but I used the magnet. The other half of the magnet slips down between the baffles and it works well.

waterbox15aio · Dec 10, 2021

rishma said:
I have my 9001 set up the same on my WB25, but I used the magnet. The other half of the magnet slips down between the baffles and it works well.

I was considering this but wasn’t sure if the exterior side magnet is epoxy coated or not. If not, it could corrode in the water.

rishma · Dec 10, 2021

Both magnets are ok to get wet! They are the same.

waterbox15aio · Dec 10, 2021

rishma said:
Both magnets are ok to get wet! They are the same.

Ok thanks, great to hear

waterbox15aio · Dec 14, 2021

Added a filterfloss holder from inTank, using a dremel to notch out an edge to accommodate the chord for a heater in the first chamber. Hoping this will be cheaper longterm than running special sized filter socks. Tank is open top and has been catching more dust than I would like so hoping this will help filter out fine particles better than the nylon mesh sock I was running.