long shallow 4 gal rimless AIO

[pico-reefer]

Sorry, no pictures, tanks being shipped out on wednesday.

The tank is 36"x8"x6", 1/2" acrylic, rimless, AIO, built by advanced acrylics, ill be building the AIO section

Internal dimensions are 35x7x 5 1/2"( about 4 3/4"-5" when water is in it), so im looking at around 4 or so gallons, not taking in account for water displacement from the rock, sand, coral ect.

equipment list (i'm sure it will change)

ranco temp. controller

Ebo jager 50w heater

DIY 24 led kit from rapid

several tunze nano power heads

maxi jet return

AIO sections will most likely consist of a media section, fuge, return.

It will be a softie dominated tank, main focus is different kinds of mushrooms, zoas, palys, leathers.

I'm going to try and go for a "low tech" set-up, relying on weekly 1/2 gal water changes to keep my cals,mag,alk levels in check, plus what ever the fish get.


Stocking with most likely consist of few inverts, snails, hermits ect, maybe a clown gobu, or some other type of cool nano fish, haven't really done much research on stocking yet.


going to try out the aqua vitro salt


Anyway, figured if post this here to get you guys interested, pics will be posted when the tank arrives, hopefully by mid next week.


Any stocking suggestions would be welcomed

 

[pico-reefer]

Tank got here a day early B)

 

[philosophish]

Neat little tank. Almost identical to the Mr aqua 12G long.

Is it going to sit on a stand, or do you have some other plan for it?

 

[philosophish]

How about a flaming prawn goby as the star attraction?

Tiny but gorgeous.

 

[JMa4290]

Oooo can't wait to see this baby up and running!!

 

[pico-reefer]

Neat little tank. Almost identical to the Mr aqua 12G long.

Is it going to sit on a stand, or do you have some other plan for it?

width and length they are the same( before you take into account the 1/2" acrylic), but the mr aqua is 9" high, where this is only 6" high.

Its either going to be on a stand, or on the wall, If on the wall ill most likely weld up some brackets out of 3/4" steel stock. but i'm not sure yet.

 

[Jadams]

nice tank! John does fabulous work! He built my last custom sump

 

[pico-reefer]

How about a flaming prawn goby as the star attraction?

Tiny but gorgeous.

I was thinking about some type of goby/blenny, honestly, I havent really looked into a stocking list yet, i'll cross that bridge when it gets here Lol.

 

[pico-reefer]

nice tank! John does fabulous work! He built my last custom sump

Thank you, yeah, he does great work. this is my 4th tank from him, all have been great quality.

 

[pico-reefer]

Oooo can't wait to see this baby up and running!!

That makes two of us! :lmao:

 

[Willster]

24 LEDs? I'm running 14 on my 20t tank.

 

[pico-reefer]

Well, i need all of them mainly becuase of the 3ft width. anything less and i think ill get spotlighting. with leads me to my next question.

Should i go with LED's, or a hellolights 36" 2x39W coralvue t-5 retrofit kit, with ATI bulbs? the price of the t-5s will be much cheaper, but not taking into account the bulb replacement every year. what do you guys think?

 

[The Lance]

I'd do the retro led to get the cold exactly as you would like. I know you are going low-tech, but what about the evaporation? Any plans for an ATO?

 

[pico-reefer]

Yes, i must have forgot to put that in the equipment list, most likely it will be a pet water bottle ATO.

 

[pico-reefer]

Worked on the aquascape a bit, this isnt the final location. sorry for the low quality of the pictures, couldnt find the camera so i used my phone,

 

[Willster]

Get the 80* lenses. They won't spot out as bad as you think. If not you'll definitely need a dimmer and to mount them high above the tank

 

[pico-reefer]

I think i'm going to go with the t-5 retro fit. But i'm still looking around.

 

[thecaptain]

any progress?

 

[pico-reefer]

Not yet. just finished the scape, can't do much untill I have more money to spend.

 

[Mastermind9]

Really love to see more,very interesting tank dimension!!!