Fluval Evo 13.5 necessities

[Zoajohn]

For those of you with a fluval evo 13.5, what are you running in your chambers? Is there a skimmer that fits the second chamber? I’m picking one up today and curious what everyone is using

 

[MaiReef]

Some people put a refugium(Cheato) in one of the chambers with a grow light velcroed on.

 

[Zoajohn]

Some people put a refugium(Cheato) in one of the chambers with a grow light velcroed on.

Interesting. Are there any specific grow lights you would recommend that are decently cheap?

 

[HiBRiD109]

In chamber one, I run the intank media basket with filter floss on top and chemipure in the middle.
Chamber two has a large bag of seachem matrix.
Chamber 3 has a Cobalt neotherm 75W heater and a sicce .5 return pump.

My nitrates read <5 and phosphates <.25 or undetectable. I feed every other day with an eraser head size of mysis shrimp and 3 NLS Thera+ pellets. I also dose 2ml of Aquavitro Fuel once a week.

Many have said as long as you feed light and do 25% weekly water changes, that a skimmer/fuge isnt really necessary. But once I have a good amount of coral and I see my nitrates/phosphates become detectable I may try a chaeto fuge in chamber two.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Lots of info in these threads:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/show-your-fluval-evo-13-5.292874/page-16
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/best-flow-for-filtration-in-fluval-13-5.420379/#post-4902542

 

[Robg139]

Chamber 1 I have intank media basket, filter floss followed by chemi pure nano, with purigen and marinepure block in bottom. Second chamber have a refugium marine pure block, cheato, and pods. ( innovative marine refugium light) opposite DT lights. 3rd chamber have heater and return pump