Diy 20l aio

I just found this forum and thought I would share my latest tank build. After much consideration I have decided on a 20L as an upgrade for my 5.5 AIO tank that is now 3 yrs old. I figured for not a whole lot more effort on the build I could double the tank size. I drew up the AIO fuge' wall at work and CNC machined it Friday at the office. I made it 3 chambers after a couple other fellow reefers thought that it would work better. Overall I still have 25" of viewing length. I am going to make up a drop in media basket for the overflow chamber for filter floss and the center chamber for growing Chaeto. Pump will be a MJ900 to start with. On order is an AquaStyles 24 LED dimmable DIY kit. My plan is to make a custom splash shield and cover for it.

 

I love DIY tanks. Nice job on the acrylic.

Welcome to 3reef, BTW.

 

Oops. Triple post. :

 

great build!aios are great!

 

With a little luck and some spare time I hope to have it up and cycling within a week. I got the fuge wall siliconed into the tank over the weekend. Today I made up a one piece end wrap to go around the end of the tank to cover the fuge and it's inner workings. I also filled it with water for a leak test/flow test. All seems like a go so far.

 

I made the cover for the fuge' today before I left work. It really adds a lot to the overall look of the tank. Now I just need to come up with an underwater light for Chaeto!

 

awesome work very professional

 

Excellent Job!

 

Must be nice to have access to a CNC machine. I ran one many, many years ago when they first came out. Those paper programming tapes were a royal pain!

 

My package from AquaStyles showed up on Friday. I bought the 24 LED dimmable kit. I was able to get the LED's mounted and the 10K whites powered last night. I spent more time figuring out spacing than I did cutting the wire and soldering them up. I mocked the driver and pot up so I could at least power them up. All I can say is they seem to do the trick!!!! I am thinking about options to be able to unplug the completed fixture from the power cords if needed. I was playing with the idea of putting the two drivers, pots and a cooling fan in an enclosure and running the 2 power cables via USB cables up to the fixture. I don't know if it really makes any sense to be able to unplug them from the fixture though. Maybe I am just over thinking this thing. I would like to have this tank filled and cycling by Thursday.