Catnips 13.5 fluval evo build

Catnip885 · Mar 3, 2023

Got a new acan yesterday it was too pretty to leave behind and it was on the 30 dollar frag rack and buy one get the second half off. So I got him and a encrusting monti for the one wall to encrust onto. I will get a picture of the monti tomorrow but I snagged a picture this morning of the acan.

Catnip885 · Mar 29, 2023

Nothing too crazy going on lately. Did have a power outage a couple weeks ago thankfully was only out for like 8 hours. My one acro browned out and my green goni has been angry since. The acro is green again and looks great and I am annoyed with the goni. I did add some more zoa frags That I am excited to have them fill in. Just happy with how this tank is progressing. Happy reefing!

Catnip885 · Apr 17, 2023

Tank is doing great still. Just did a 50% water change yesterday for my quarterly deep clean. I went through the sump area and sucked up debris that collected and put in fresh chemipure elite. Also added a couple more zoa frags since the one store was having some amazing sales lots of really nice frags 10 $100. So my husband got 5 really nice sized acro frags and a goni for his and I got to pick out 4 zoa frags for my tank. I have noticed some really nice growth with my pocilipora I am amazed at looking at pictures from even just a month ago. The clove polyps have gone crazy and my sps have really encrusted well. Oh I forgot I also got a superman monti to also grow in on the wall. Really loving how the tank is progressing.
Anyways enough rambling here are some pics!

Catnip885 · Apr 23, 2023

Went to the Sterling heights frag show today and picked up two frags for my Evo. I got another zoa frag and a button scoly. I have been eyeing button scoys for a while now on aqua sd and saw a really nice one at the swap for $40. I did move the hammer out as it was getting quite large in the evo and was big enough now to put in the 75 gallon. I had lots of fun and got to chat with some fellow reefers! The zoas are still mostly closed but here are some pics!

Catnip885 · May 1, 2023

Did a water change last night and fragged my mother frag of the clove polyps. Now that I have plenty on the rock we cut the original frag free and threw it in our 47 gallon to hopefully get it growing well in there. Also fed the coral and added in brightwells coral color to the regime we will see if there is any difference. The corals respond well to the coral amino by brightwell so I have my fingers crossed.
Anyways here are some pictures everything looks great the color on the platy just gets prettier every day! Happy reefing!

Catnip885 · May 7, 2023

Just scraped the glass down today. I fed my lps last night after lights went out so they looked nice and poofy today. I have really noticed a lot of growth lately from my sps. The new superman monti already has a lot of visible growth which I just find amazing. The other monti has also been encrusting on the wall very well. My acro has some nice spikes growing in which is exciting for me! Overall very happy with the growth since really staying on top of dosing the amino acids. Also I think the coloring is a little bit brighter after starting the coral color by brightwell but it could just be me. Anyways here are some pics!

Nick Steele · May 7, 2023

Beautiful tank!!! Can I ask what return pump and powerhead you are using in your tank?

Catnip885 · May 7, 2023

Nick Steele said:
Beautiful tank!!! Can I ask what return pump and powerhead you are using in your tank?

Thank you! I am using the sicce .5 pump and the Nero 3

Nick Steele · May 7, 2023

Okay interesting! I’ll keep in mind for my build soon! Plan to just use a sicce 1.0 with rfg and no powerhead.

Catnip885 · Jun 6, 2023

Did a cleaning today and wanted to get a nice top down photo. Corals look good and I can't belive how much the pocilipora has grown. My Gatorade zoas have also doubled in numbers. I did add a milipora to this tank I moved the Duncan's down since they didn't really care for the spot they were in anyways. The mili looks great love the pink color. My mushrooms are really starting to divide well. I am very happy with the progress with this tank. Here is a top down photo. Some of the coral are angry I took this after draining the water. Still looks nice though!