Fluval Evo Build 13.5

[Katydives]

updates:
Yesterday i hooked everything up. put my sand in and my water, here are some photos !

 

[Mrx7899]

Looks good just throw about 10 lb of dry Rock in there and let it cycle

 

[Sabellafella]

updates:
Yesterday i hooked everything up. put my sand in and my water, here are some photos !

And the journey begins!

 

[Katydives]

Looks good just throw about 10 lb of dry Rock in there and let it cycle

i get my rock saturday!

 

[Katydives]

about 7 lbs of rock today, still going to add

 

[Mrx7899]

I like it

 

[Phillyd1990]

Looking good!

 

[Katydives]

cleared up alot over night. going to grab a little more rock today !

 

[Shine5555]

what did you choose for lighting? i have the AI prime HD on my list for later, i read alot about people not feeling the skimmer worked well enough to even use, so i think ill skip that and see how it goes? what ATO are you using?

I ended up with the HD Prime, I could have waited but I went ahead and started with it. I love the HD Prime, but have it dialed back a lot as far as power

 

[Bong703]

I think your rock landscape is perfect....there's no need to add more...imo...

 

[Reefer_Rob]

I think your rock landscape is perfect....there's no need to add more...imo...

Likewise

 

[Maacc]

I think your rock landscape is perfect....there's no need to add more...imo...

Looks great, has good flow around it and plenty of room for frags to grow in.

 

[ReefJake123]

I have the same tank and myn is 9 months old I would add a protein skimmer and phosphate pad and nitrate/nitrite pads hey help remove those and stops algae from growing and get another power head buy a thermometer

 

[ReefJake123]

You can add more rocks

 

[ReefJake123]

 

[Katydives]

I have the same tank and myn is 9 months old I would add a protein skimmer and phosphate pad and nitrate/nitrite pads hey help remove those and stops algae from growing and get another power head buy a thermometer

thinking of getting the fluval mini protein skimmer eventually, i want to upgrade to the Prime Hd also at some point, have a koralia 240 on the way. im going to keep the rock where its at i think i may add a couple of small pieces through out. Ive got all of my filtration done, heater is done, i saw a few people who have some sort of circulation nozzle on the output, have you seen this? if so any opinion?
thank you for your imput also! love your tank

 

[Katydives]

I think your rock landscape is perfect....there's no need to add more...imo...

i think i agree, im going to put in a couple of small pieces but just to isolate certain corals, water seems to be moving good though!

 

[ReefJake123]

I don’t recommend a a circulator our tank is so small it doesn’t need one

 

[count krunk]

the koralia 240 and the return pump in the chamber should provide plenty of flow in a small tank. just the koralia is 18x turnover, with the return that should bump it up to 22-25x at least im thinking. Plenty of flow for softies lps and maybe an sps or 3.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

You're off to a great start!