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Wow…look at the tissue band on those frags…very nice healthy specimens!

They are more known in the freshwater/planted tank world but I believe they recently started tapping into the reef industry. They make some nice setups and equipment...kind of like a more affordable version of ADA aquariums.

Mine had yesterday's date on it. I just checked again and it's still not valid. Oh wells... Ah i see...actually, I don't see...literally. That fine print is just a giant blur for me. Thanks for pointing that out.

The last 3 I got in the mail never worked. I just checked one that I got a couple of weeks ago from my last purchase and that one was also not valid.

I got this in a frag pack from jhuynh awhile back. It was one of my favorite pieces in my system.

Found a piece of finished glass in storage this past weekend and decided to see if I can make one of those AIO sump covers...similar to the ones Red Sea have. I drew up the "brackets" that will hold the glass in Tinkercad and sent the file to the 3d printer. I did a test fit to find out I didn't...

I was able to find a good use for the decommissioned overflow...MP40 dry end placement. The total thickness of the original overflow along with what I added (glass and acrylic) equates to 1" thickness. Needless to say, the motor is far too heavy to be held in place with just the magnetic...

I tossed one of the rock structures from my 150 into this AIO. I think it looks pretty good as is, but might add a rock or two more to have the structure to really break the surface of the water...maybe. I'm currently running a Kessil a360x tuna blue w/ Reefbrite. My par meter readings with...

I let the silicone cure for close to a week prior to filling the tank. I was super anxious to test the layout of the AIO baffles for the first time. Up to this point, it only worked on the primitive sketch I doodled on a piece of paper. I wasn't really sure if the AIO chambers would function...

The acrylic sheet needed for this project was going to set me back around $60-$65 and I would have to make all the cuts myself. I decided to source it out to Ponoko (https://www.ponoko.com). All you have to do is upload the appropriate file and they do the rest. Total cost for me came out to a...

Ordered this silicone on Amazon and started siliconing the glass to the tank.

I ordered a lower end Toyo glass cutter, cutting oil, and a running plier used to "snap" the glass at the cut line (a must have tool IMO). This was my first time attempting to cut glass and there was a steep learning curve for me. I ruined quite a few pieces, but luckily there was enough glass...

I took some measurements and sketched out how I was going to go about doing the AIO baffles. I started designing the the acrylic panel with the overflow weir/return in Tinkercad. Srt4eric answered my post requesting for a "crusty old tank" and crusty it was.The glass from this tank will be used...

Test fitting a skimmer my brother hooked me up with. My original plan was to remove the overflow portion of the tank and silicone a piece of glass to the rectangular opening at the bottom corner. This will give me more real estate in the AIO chamber to play with. I removed the finishing "plastic...

I was looking into purchasing a 35-50 gallon AIO cube to downsize from my 150 DT. I decided to take a stab at converting an Elos 70 that I had sitting around empty for years and save a few bucks. Here's a quick and dirty build thread of the project.

It's a Colorado Sunburst. My anemones along with my bounce mushrooms and jaw breakers were the only items left from my system.

Hey Doc...that tank in the background is a modified IM 25 lagoon and was plumbed to my 150's sump. That tank also came down with the 150.

I'm not leaving the hobby...just downsizing to simplify my life. I had an old Elos 70 sitting around for years that I turned into an AIO. I will be doing a quick and dirty build thread on that soon.

I started with Dupli-Color primer and paint that I picked up from O'Reilly's. I like the automotive primer because it's sandable. The Dupli-Color cans atomizes very fine and lays down very smooth, but there is a downside to this. First, the cans are not cheap. Second, it's very difficult to lay...

If I was a betting man, I would bet it was my sustained low alkalinity that probably started the STN. My colonies at the time were really taking off with growth...like a massive growth spurt. I had to adjust my reactor every week or two to keep up with demand. I kept my alk around 9-9.5. By the...