Tank Build! Tank Pics 20 Long AIO

My tank has been running for a few months so I decided that it's finally time to post it. I apologize for the terrible pictures. They were all taken with my phone and nothing looks near as good as it does in person. A lot of the tank and stand pictures were taken at my dad's house which is under renovation, so ignore that as well. The tank is a normal 20 long that I made into an AIO. We moved to Des Moines for my girlfriend to attend physical therapy school. I wanted something simple and pleasing at the same time.

-Ledtric par38 with fan
-5000k par38 on refugium with fan
-Aquaticlife 115 skimmer with mods
-Eheim 100w heater
-Tunze Osmolator nano ato
-Generic return pump (~500gph)
-Jebao WP-10 on else mode

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Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it. I'd like to get rid of the leather and stick to mostly SPS and zoas in the main tank. I would also like to get rid of the anthelia and cloves in the fuge and just go with more display macros. I have a pair of clowns and will probably stick to those. I might add a clown goby or something else smaller after I get more coral.

 

Thank you! I liked the stand so much that I decided to build a picnic table like it as well haha.

 

@Turbo's Aquatics, I left room for expansion. I can't remember off the top of my head what it was though. I want to say around 1/16" on each side. By the way, the gsp, red cap, and war coral are the ones that I got from you. They are doing great!

 

Current fts

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Yes, the moisture absorption was a factor in leaving a slight amount of play. I also wanted to get silicone in between the acrylic and glass. I didn't want just a bead on each side of the acrylic. Especially since acrylic and glass don't always bond with silicone correctly. This way there is a bead ran in between the glass and acrylic and also a bead on each side of the acrylic panels. It is probably overkill for such a small tank, but I plan on it lasting for a few years and possibly a few moves. I figured it is better to be safe than sorry.

 

Thanks to @Dave I added 6 SPS frags yesterday. So a current list of corals is:

SPS
- Pro Coral Rainbow Acro
- Cali Tort
- Green Slimer
- ORA Frogskin
- Pavona cactus
- Purple Digitata
- Orange Digitata
- Idaho Grape Cap Monti
- Red Cap Monti
- Superman Monti
- Spongeodes Monti
- Supernatural Monti
- Cotton Candy Pocillopora
- Purple Stylophora

LPS
- Red and green War Coral
- Orange Leptastrea

Softies
- Armor of God Palys
- Purple Death Palys
- Nuclear Green Palys
- Mint Chocolate Chip Palys
- Bleeding Metallic Palys
- Unknown green and red palys
- Red Hornet Zoas
- Rasta Zoas
- Fire and Ice Zoas
- Sunny D Zoas
- Unknown blue zoas
- 3 different morphs of Eagle Eye Zoas
- Unknown grey and lime green zoas
- Unknown green and orange zoas
- Green Star Polyps
- Unknown Blue/Green/Purple Mushroom
- Anthelia in refugium

Invertebrates
- Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemone
- Purple Sea Cucumber
- Blue Leg Hermit Crab
- 4-5 Astrea Snails
- Turbo Snails
- Tons of Stomatella Snails, Asterina Stars, Brittle Stars, etc.

Macroalgae
- Chaeto
- Dragons Breath
- Codium
- Red Razor

 

Thank you! I have a few display macroalages coming today. I will get pictures after I'm off of work and get them into the refugium.

 

Also, @Dave, I will probably get ahold of you soon to get a Cali Tort frag and maybe one other. I think I have all my frags placed well enough that I can fit two more in there.