Drop Off Tanks

[Poodges]

Who here has a drop off style tank?  I recently saw one of these for the first time in person and thought it was awesome! Are you happy with it, pros/cons that aren’t so obvious? 

[Humblefish]

I think they're pretty cool looking as well. Would love to read some input about them.

[Clown79]

I love them but decided to not get the first generation IM drop offs because they were made of acrylic and the reviews weren't good.

 

I haven't seen much on the glass versions, they look really nice but very steep price.

[Vicsreef]

I have a gen 2 IM drop off abyss. Have had it running for about 2 months. So far no issues.

 

[mitten_reef]

On 12/22/2019 at 6:08 PM, Poodges said:

Who here has a drop off style tank?  I recently saw one of these for the first time in person and thought it was awesome! Are you happy with it, pros/cons that aren’t so obvious? 

don't know how big of a drop off you're looking at.   These might be obvious.  not personal experience, but I've tried to follow a few tank journals that have them. 

 

Pros:

neat aesthetic, especially with the peninsula layout

additional creative space

 

Cons:

flow could be an issue

providing proper lighting at both depths can be challenging.  

 

[reefer4eva]

I switched over from a nuvo 20 to a 20 drop off and couldn't be any happy.im only housing zoas,mushrooms and my jack o lantern lepto for now.no fish 

[Humblefish]

^^ I really like the look of that

[FlytheWMark]

I have the same tank, haven't posted an update in a long time, will try to maybe this weekend.  I love the tank. it allows you really to have two tanks with different corals honestly.

[Kentech5]

20 hours ago, reefer4eva said:

I switched over from a nuvo 20 to a 20 drop off and couldn't be any happy.im only housing zoas,mushrooms and my jack o lantern lepto for now.no fish 

My cousin had that one but the acrylic started separating in the corner so hr brought it back.