EVO 13.5 with Fluval Marine

[echo11011]

Hi everyone,

I'm curious of light upgrades of the fluval 13.5 keeping the stock lid and having full control over them, was looking into the fluval marine 3.0 22W, have any of you upgraded to this one? and if so do you have corals in it?, and what setting are you running?, thank you in advance.

 

[TX_REEF]

depends what you want to grow, there are significantly better lights you can get for the same money or potentially less. Fluval lights are generally unimpressive and underpowered for coral growth applications.

 

[echo11011]

depends what you want to grow, there are significantly better lights you can get for the same money or potentially less. Fluval lights are generally unimpressive and underpowered for coral growth applications.

I see, for general beginner corals like mushrooms, candy cane, acan, ricodeas, blastos, zoa, montis..

 

[TX_REEF]

you'd probably be fine with a 22 watt light then assuming the spectrum is appropriate.

However, it looks like that unit is ~$160, and at that price point, I'd personally go for one of these higher-quality alternatives instead:

Kessil a80: https://amzn.to/45FkHcU
noopsyche k7 mini: https://noopsychereeflight.com/prod...-id1kGgullfs-RVpoTcio7jgjRG44CMCXMirKEEPJXEg6

 

[echo11011]

you'd probably be fine with a 22 watt light then assuming the spectrum is appropriate.

However, it looks like that unit is ~$160, and at that price point, I'd personally go for one of these higher-quality alternatives instead:

Kessil a80: https://amzn.to/45FkHcU
noopsyche k7 mini: https://noopsychereeflight.com/prod...-id1kGgullfs-RVpoTcio7jgjRG44CMCXMirKEEPJXEg6

Thanks for the advice, I was trying to keep the stock lid on it since i kind of like how it looks but I'll check on this options since I realy want that full control on it.