Upgrading my 5 gallon aio to the reef casa 12G aio from love the reef. Got it as a gift so looking forward to changing over! Guessing i will have less fluctuations as compared with the 5 gallon. Plan is to have a spot for mechanical filtration as well as an in back fuge. Here are a few pictures of the back part of the aio. It has one spot at the beginning which looks like it’s for a filter sock, the water runs underneath into a second chamber, and then the water runs over the top into the return pump chamber. Before I set this up I want some opinions.
1.) looking at the pictures, should I add additional baffles so i can make an area for a small fuge as well as for an upgraded protein skimmer?
2.) in the first chamber it has small pieces of glass glued to the sides which i think are to hold a filter sock or filter floss in place. Should I take those out and purchase a leveled mechanical filtration insert like this? Or, should I just stick with the filter floss or a sock instead?
Luckily everything that I overbought for my 5 gallon should fit the 12 fine ( although i may upgrade from the reefglass skimmer)
Equipment list:
Ai prime 16hd
Koralia heater
Reef glass skimmer
Aqamai kps powerhead
Reef casa 12G
1.) looking at the pictures, should I add additional baffles so i can make an area for a small fuge as well as for an upgraded protein skimmer?
2.) in the first chamber it has small pieces of glass glued to the sides which i think are to hold a filter sock or filter floss in place. Should I take those out and purchase a leveled mechanical filtration insert like this? Or, should I just stick with the filter floss or a sock instead?
Luckily everything that I overbought for my 5 gallon should fit the 12 fine ( although i may upgrade from the reefglass skimmer)
Equipment list:
Ai prime 16hd
Koralia heater
Reef glass skimmer
Aqamai kps powerhead
Reef casa 12G
Last edited: