BADFISH 20 Gallon AIO

[pelphrey]

Recieved my 8020 at the beginning of the week. Got around to putting it together and mounting it on the tank stand last night. It was very easy to put together, as long as you know what mounting hardware belong to what fastener! All in all I have to say that the 8020 light mount is MUCH better then the Kessil goose neck, especially since I had the goose neck on the side of the tank. I'll have a full video on the 8020 coming out soon in the next couple of weeks.

For those interest this is the order that I placed with the hardware. To better help you purchase from the 8020 website I would suggest a few things. First choose your Framing Option. Once you decide on your Framing Option use the Series of your frame to better sort your fasteners (I used external fasteners). Second when you are buying fasteners pay attention to the Suggested Hardware tab at the bottom of the page. The Suggest Hardware will give you the exact part number you will need.

Kessil Goose Neck VS 8020

8020 with Kessil mounted - I am using the Kessil 90 with the 8020

I went with the 4 slot frame so that I can hide wires in the slots of the frame

Had to make the hole bigger on the fastener I bought. Right now I have zip ties holding the light to the 8020

 

[pelphrey]

Unboxing the 8020, building my light frame and finally video of the 8020 mounted to my tank stand and over my 20 long!

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[pelphrey]

Picked up the Hydor Slim Skim Nano Skimmer from a local guy along with the Santa Monica DROP.2 algae scrubber. Traded him a few frags for a small birdsnest. The birdnest seems to be doing well in my tank. If you aren't using selcon I suggest you look it up and the next time you place an order on BRS you pickup a small container. Selcon was recommended to me by someone with many years of experience and spoke highly of the product.

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[ReefinChicago]

Cool build!

Cool build!

Wonder if someone makes those kits for standard 55g? I know IM is starting to sell AIOs in larger sizes for us scared of sumps types. I've got a standard 55 cichlid tank I have been thinking abut taking down.

Anyway, your setup is looking great?

 

[pelphrey]

IM makes a very nice 50 lagoon. I am not sure anyone makes a kit like this for the 55. You could make one yourself!

 

[ReefinChicago]

I could. But then again,......

I could. But then again,......

......I'm pretty sure all my fingers are opposable thumbs.

IM also makes a 60 and 80 AIO sets, too. Not cheap......the 60 is $1450 with stand and the 80 is $1800.

 

[pelphrey]

Recieved my container on Friday from Rural King for my water storage. I don't have any initial plans to store salt water. This is the ACE Roto Mold 40 gallon container -

Container came with bulk head. I had to buy the 3/4 threaded fitting and 3/4 ball valve

Container comes with gallon markings. I took a marker and wrote over them for better visibility

The 90 is not glued in for removal. I didn't want this sticking out and possibly getting broken off

Birdsnest doing great!

 

[pelphrey]

This is how I combat short power outages. I am using a APC battery backup, my return pump and heater are plugged in to battery backup side. If our power goes out for any reason at all the backup will turn on and run my return pump and heater for +-40 minutes. Luckily for me I live in a newly developed neighborhood with all of the lines underground, this doesn't mean we won't have power interruptions but we've had good luck in the 4 years that I have lived here. None the less power outages are something we all will more than likely face at some point during our reefing career and with hundreds if not thousands of dollars of livestock this is a must have in my opinion to protect our investments.

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[Kolkri]

We have outages where we live from time to time and cause not many people out in this area we are last to get back on so I have two generators. One to run just the salt tank. I also have a battery power pack that well run the saltwater only for about three hours.

 

[pelphrey]

We have outages where we live from time to time and cause not many people out in this area we are last to get back on so I have two generators. One to run just the salt tank. I also have a battery power pack that well run the saltwater only for about three hours.

I think this is good practice, I am just as guilty as anyone. I flip a light switch on and I expect it to turn on. Sometimes that just isn't the case!

 

[pelphrey]

I ordered my booster pump from MarineDepot a few months ago and finally got it hooked up. I wish I had hooked this bump up long ago, I was getting 40PSI into my RODI. Once hooked up I tuned the booster pump to pump 70-75PSI into my RODI-

It was kind of a pain to hook up, after following the directions exactly I got it hooked up!

New 40 gallon container is now full!

I have a 3/4" barb I need to get a hose on. My storage container is up high enough to get a 5 gallon bucket under the ball valve. I like to use this 5 gallon water container to fill my ATO up since it has a spout and a handle!

Santa Monica Drop.2 finally in the tank!

Hard to see but the LED is on in the algea scrubber. Santa Monica suggests running the LED 22 hours a day

 

[pelphrey]

After months of wasting fish food I decided it was time to try something new. After doing some research I decided it was time to try a fish feeding ring. There are a ton of companies that make a feeding ring option, I wanted something CHEAP! I didn't want to spend 20-30 dollars just yet on a product I'm not sure about. I jumped on eBay and found a feeding ring shipped directly from China. The best part, they were only $1.14 each, SHIPPED! I ended up buying 3, so for under $4 dollars I had just bought 3 feeding rings. It took almost a month for them to come in and as soon as I got them I had to give them a try. My expectations were low from the beginning, I am a firm believer that you get what you pay for. So far this $1 item seems to do its job. How long will it hold up? Time will tell!

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[pelphrey]

How do you store your RODI water? I've wanted to come up with a better solution for many months. Browsing the reef forums I came across the Ace ROTO Mold Vertical containers. The problem with most of these containers if bought online the shipping will set you back double what the container costs. Also these containers seem to be rare when you search locally. There are many choices when it comes to storing water, one of the most common are the brute trash cans. I didn't go this route because of the width and although you can buy a lid for the brute cans I wanted the water to be sealed off.

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[pelphrey]

I've been battling Green Hair Algae for the last few weeks. I attribute this to overfeeding and possibly my RODI filters. Although I haven't tested phosphates in my tank I know they are present. Luckily the GHA hasn't gotten completely out of control, I've been manually removing it from the tank during water changes. Adding the feeding ring has helped out as it is now keeping the food contained to the ring and not allowing it to blow all over the tank. The Santa Monica Filtration Drop.2 has been in the tank for a few weeks now and as of last night hasn't shown any signs of growth. I am running the LED inside the unit for 18-20 hours. I'll be picking up a handheld TDS meter soon to double check my RODI water and probably replacing the filters very soon!

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[Hd818]

Great looking tank.

 

[pelphrey]

I've had the booster pump hooked up for a few weeks now. Honestly this is something I should have done a long time ago. It is now taking me about 5 hours to make 30+ gallons of water. Before I had the booster pump setup it would take MUCH longer to make water. I also added 4" concrete block to my container stand and now I can get my ATO bucket under the ball valve easily. I still need to address my RODI filters and move my unit so that I can easily access the canisters and manual flush valve.

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[royy13]

This is pretty cool. It looks like my Spec V with the AIO filter on the side, but its way bigger. Pretty sweet.

Roy

 

[pelphrey]

This is pretty cool. It looks like my Spec V with the AIO filter on the side, but its way bigger. Pretty sweet.

Roy

I really like the simplicity with this tank and it being an all in one. I believe this would be a great in home frag tank down the road!

 

[pelphrey]

Here is an update on the BADFISH 20 Gallon AIO reef tank. I am still battling green hair algae and have been doing a lot of research. My new RODI filters will be here this week and I've added GFO to the tank to help out. I've tested nitrates multiples times and the test kit comes back at zero. I've stepped up my tank cleaning in an effort to rid my tank of the algae.

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[royy13]

A lot of times when you have algae your nitrates read 0 because the algae is consuming them. The GFO will help with phosphates. Change it after a week, or sooner. I've found that helps a lot. After the algae begins to die off then you can leave it in longer. Good luck fighting the algae.

Roy