Fluval Evo 13.5 Build

Twoddler · Jan 2, 2021

Tank still doing great, had a good look round after lights out, got plenty of pods, at least one small bristle worm, some sort of tube worm.

Diatoms not to bad at the moment, lots of flow in the tank from Ehiem 1000 return pump, RFG and Jecod 0w 10.

Ordered the D Flow media baskets for chamber 1 and 2, a lot of good reviews and half the price of Intank.

Took a mushroom that was nt doing to well in big tank, and put it in Evo.

Latest parameters

Temp 24.9C
Ph 8 ( dose fluctuate quite a lot between 7.4 - 8 ) not sure how to control at the moment.
Salinity 1024
Alk 7
Nitrate 10
Phosphate 0.1 ppm
Calcium 330
Magnesium 1300

10% Water changes every 2 wks
As soon as the media baskets arrive I'll address nitrate and phosphate.

Still dont see much of the Purple firefish, only at feed time
1 Redleg Hermit
1 Snail
Will add more cuc as required
3rd pic is how I've setup the ato, chamber cover still fits nice and neat, still running stock light.

Twoddler · Jan 4, 2021

Firefish makes an appearance

Twoddler · May 23, 2021

Well I thought I would do an update, it's been a while. I love this little Evo not really had any major problems, my 220gal seems to be more difficult to manage.

I seem to be treating the Evo as a sort of QT tank, anything new I get goes in for a month or so and if I,m happy with it, it goes into the big tank.

Still running stock light, which to be honest can,t support anything apart from the easiest of corals ( leathers, mushrooms, toadstools etc )

Not dosing anything just 10% weekly water changes using Aquaforest reef salt.

Fish in tank
1x Gold tail spotted blenny ( great algae eater )
2 x Rollands Damsel

And usual cuc including Scunk cleaner shrimp

TriggersAmuck · May 23, 2021

Pretty nice looking quarantine tank!

I was wondering what that damsel was until I saw your list.

Twoddler · Aug 30, 2021

Well it's been a while since my last update, tank now 8mth old. Only problem, the toadstool has just grown and grown, to the point it's almost the same size as the tank lol.

Going to have to move it to the 220, not sure what effect moving such a big chunk of coral is going to have on the tank.

Crazeh · Aug 30, 2021

Twoddler said:
Well it's been a while since my last update, tank now 8mth old. Only problem, the toadstool has just grown and grown, to the point it's almost the same size as the tank lol.

Going to have to move it to the 220, not sure what effect moving such a big chunk of coral is going to have on the tank.

Wow, it shades out half the tank! Looks quite cool but I can see why you want to get it moved!