does anyone have the fluval evo 13.5?

[bosstoneschick]

Definitely think about upgrading your light for the nem...or atleast that's the impression that I get

i'm looking into some led light strips to go on the bottom of the lid...i really dont want a light that you have to take the lid off it

 

[bosstoneschick]

Definitely think about upgrading your light for the nem...or atleast that's the impression that I get

and thumbs up for the song reference haha

 

[Hairyteeth]

i'm looking into some led light strips to go on the bottom of the lid...i really dont want a light that you have to take the lid off it

Maybe look into some 15" xho reefbright bars, you could cut into the lid and mount them potentially, I have them for supplemental lighting and love them

 

[Twoddler]

Great little tank, a few upgrades needed though depending on what your keeping.

 

[bosstoneschick]

Maybe look into some 15" xho reefbright bars, you could cut into the lid and mount them potentially, I have them for supplemental lighting and love them

awesome i will def look into them

 

[Alex Cataldo]

I'm hoping for something small to help keep the rocks and sand clean, but not sure what to get lol

Probably get a sand cleaning goby or just go bare bottom

 

[bosstoneschick]

Probably get a sand cleaning goby or just go bare bottom

i like the sand look...so ill look into a goby at some point

 

[MrDLHughesY]

yup, i plan to add very slowly over the next year...i think this is a sebae one? from what i was told on here...i had to block the whole in the back of the tank thats kinda towards the bottom on the back cuz the anemone decided to crawl into it and took me 5 hours to get it free!

Yeah I can imagine nems are a pain in the butt sometimes. I have RBT NEM used to feed it all the time and it was getting massive and kept splitting in the end I just settled for the one and don’t feed it anymore.

 

[bosstoneschick]

Yeah I can imagine nems are a pain in the butt sometimes. I have RBT NEM used to feed it all the time and it was getting massive and kept splitting in the end I just settled for the one and don’t feed it anymore.

i'm hoping my clowns host it soon...they were in the same tank at store n apparently they did then? but i havent seen them yet but it's only been a couple days

 

[MrDLHughesY]

i'm hoping my clowns host it soon...they were in the same tank at store n apparently they did then? but i havent seen them yet but it's only been a couple days

Yeah i had three different pair of clowns the first two only hosted my power head. The 3rd pair was wild caught and they decided to take host in my indo torch.

 

[bosstoneschick]

Yeah i had three different pair of clowns the first two only hosted my power head. The 3rd pair was wild caught and they decided to take host in my indo torch.

I tried putting them down a tube to be near it and that's all i tried so far lol

 

[bosstoneschick]

Maybe look into some 15" xho reefbright bars, you could cut into the lid and mount them potentially, I have them for supplemental lighting and love them

Amazon.com : Fluval Marine Spectrum 3.0 Bluetooth LED Strip Light 15-24", 22 Watts : Pet Supplies

do you think that light would be enough for my anemone?

 

[namfuak]

i'm looking into some led light strips to go on the bottom of the lid...i really dont want a light that you have to take the lid off it

I added 12" actinic reef bars to mine while I was waiting to get an AI Prime. It turned out great, but knowing that I was going to get an AI Prime, it was a bit of a waste.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/adding-actinic-blue-reefbars-to-fluval-evo-13-5.765880/
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fluval-evo-13-5-first-reef-tank.786146/

Lots of resources for Evo builds on here.

 

[bosstoneschick]

I added 12" actinic reef bars to mine while I was waiting to get an AI Prime. It turned out great, but knowing that I was going to get an AI Prime, it was a bit of a waste.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/adding-actinic-blue-reefbars-to-fluval-evo-13-5.765880/
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fluval-evo-13-5-first-reef-tank.786146/

Lots of resources for Evo builds on here.

thank you ill check out the links

 

[Hairyteeth]

Definitely figure out what your end goal is for your tank and buy right the first time

 

[Bato367]

thank you...do you have a suggestion on what to replace?

My evo is all stock except for chamber 2 InTank filter basket. I added a Fluval CP1 for flow and some cheap blue led strips for moonlights and a Nicrew digital timer.
The foam is the biggest thing; it will cause a nitrate buildup down the road.

Edit: my upgrade is chamber 2 but several have their InTank basket in chamber 1 and run chamber 2 with or without the Fluval skimmer.

I like this better than way I did it, but I found out the skimmer can be ran in chamber 2 after I’d already ordered the chamber 2 basket. Either way, magnitudes better than foam nitrate factory.

 

[Just John]

Older pic of my evo, have two of em and love the nano life

Your tank looks great! I have a question. On the front rock with the radioactive dragon eyes zoanthid on it, there is a zoanthid with 3 - 4 bright yellow polyps on it. I really like that! Do you know what it is called? Also, how does the color look in white light? Thanks!

 

[Mike from TN]

Here’s my Evo.
great little Nano’s with a little tweaking.

 

[Hairyteeth]

Your tank looks great! I have a question. On the front rock with the radioactive dragon eyes zoanthid on it, there is a zoanthid with 3 - 4 bright yellow polyps on it. I really like that! Do you know what it is called? Also, how does the color look in white light? Thanks!

Not sure what their called, got a single poly of it for 20 bucks.... this pic is a little more representative of what it looks like under whites, it's a midday shot with kessils at 40%white and xho's on 100%. Under deep blues it has green andblue around theft oral disk a with orange and yellow... I'll see if I can get a better pic when back at the house in a little bit

 

[Hairyteeth]

Here’s my Evo.
great little Nano’s with a little tweaking.

Amazing tank!