Its part of the custom category. IMO those kinds of tanks are not "stock" anways.

Perhaps I should clarify. A "stock tank" is basically the glass box you get from the store. If you put it together yourself, its custom.

Ill clarify, it came as an AIO, its a nanocube, its not custom made, its a glass box from a store, didn't put it together

Right, but its 12 gallons so it has to go in the custom category.

And its not really the glass box I was thinking of. I was talking bare bones tanks, like those little All-Glass tanks you can get for ten or fifteen bucks. Any AIO tank should be in the custom category IMO.

Gotcha, so if I understand correctly a 10G drilled with an overflow and a 10G sump is considered stock? And a 10G display with a with a 2G sump AIO off the shelf with no mods needed is considered custom?

wait...then will the stock 10 gallon I bought that I plan on turning into a shabby AIO be custom then?

I guess so :neutral:

I'm confused by the rules, I can drill, add an overflow and add a sump to a 10G in the stock category, but if its AIO, its custom? Not trying to be a pain but I got a tank that I figured would work based on the rules for 10G Stock. I got a stock tank with a 10G display, 2G sump, under 20G total water volume.

If you start with a standard tank (such as an all-glass tank), you can do anything to said tank and be included in the 10 gallons or less category as long as the dimensions of that tank make up 10 gallons or less.

If you are buying an AIO tank it is not considered stock. Yes it may be an unmodified tank as AIO tanks go, however the "stock" category is meant to start out as a level playing field. Everyone has the exact same tank (but differently sized depending on what they go with) and they can modify it however they want as long as the glass panels aren't taken apart and put back together.

As far as I'm concerned an "all in one" tank is "pre-customized" and does not fit in this category so it will go in the "custom" category as it is the only other category we have.

Have you read this thread??

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=52045

The categories were decided on and this current thread no longer applies.

This would be considered a Stock 10G in the contest, which can have a sump/overflow added to it:

http://www.pawscorp.com/images/17965_400wh.jpg


This would be considered a Custom Tank:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/images...-fish-tank.jpg


Right Christy? :lol:

Bingo!!

And randi, no your tank would be in the stock category