John's Fluval Evo 13.5

[Just John]

The filter floss worked. Finally! After a few days they appeared to be completely gone, They had been growing on the glass too and one last glass scape ended it.

 

[Just John]

My Favia and zoas have been happily growing and coexisting on their rock with the Favia growing around the zoas. But last night the Favia apparently decided that it wanted the whole rock to itself and started taking out the 10 zoa polyps.

 

[GHOSTLY]

My Favia and zoas have been happily growing and coexisting on their rock with the Favia growing around the zoas. But last night the Favia apparently decided that it wanted the whole rock to itself and started taking out the 10 zoa polyps.

Thats one nice favia! While i may not be an Evo user anymore your evo is amazing. (Jk i still am)

 

[Just John]

I don't know what's up with these mushrooms. They won't stop rapidly growing and splitting! This one hasn't even completely developed a mouth from a split a few weeks ago and it's doing it again. I won't complain. I keep trading in or selling the new ones. I think this is the 4th time one has split in less than a year. I'd have a whole rock full if I didn't keep getting rid of them.

 

[Just John]

These zoas have changed so much in exactly 1 month. The skirts have become a lot longer. I'm pretty sure it's from increased flow. I think I prefered them before, because now it's hard to see the centers through the tangle of skirts. Some of them are huge compared to before! Also, the single polyp I bought 6 months ago.

 

[Just John]

When I had dinos, it affected my Ricordea badly. Somehow, even after the tank recovered and everything began growing happily again, they kept going down hill. I even put half of them in another tank to see if it would make a difference, but it hasn't. They used to grow and multiply like crazy, but now have all shrunk down to little white blobs except for the green ones in back. The rest of these are gone. Disappointing.

 

[BWV]

I can sympathize for certain... during my "ugly stage" I lost a small hammer, goniastrea, leptoseris, cyphostrea (maybe.. i see hints of red where he was.. maybe hes back)...all pretty stuff... I lost a skunk cleaner shrimp and a neon goby(just wasted away..), but not sure how old they were and if it was due to the uglies or not. I'm just starting to come out of it now... and I have renewed hope.

Good luck!!

 

[Elise_]

What are you running for flow? Upgraded return pump? Powerhead/wavemaker? The tank is amazing!

 

[Just John]

What are you running for flow? Upgraded return pump? Powerhead/wavemaker? The tank is amazing!

Just a Sicce 0.5 pump. Everyone else seems to use more, but it works fine for me.

 

[Elise_]

Just a Sicce 0.5 pump. Everyone else seems to use more, but it works fine for me.

I am glad to hear this! I am actually having reasonable success right now in my evo with a 210GPH pump upgrade and a 1/2 inch RFG. I might try and upgrade the pump a little further but thinking I will hold off for now with another powerhead.

 

[evmibo]

Still running the same amazon strip light from page 2? Any changes or issues?

I’ve only had my Fluval evo 13.5 for about a month and am in no rush, but would like to keep the lid light if possible for a mixed reef with a couple easier SPS like branching monti.

 

[Just John]

Still running the same amazon strip light from page 2? Any changes or issues?

I’ve only had my Fluval evo 13.5 for about a month and am in no rush, but would like to keep the lid light if possible for a mixed reef with a couple easier SPS like branching monti.

Sorry for my slow reply. I was not on the site this weekend. Yes I am still using it and it has worked well. I also still have that blue led strip I added and it seems to be in good condition.

 

[evmibo]

The link on page 2 for the blue strip is empty now.

does this look like this?

 

[Just John]

The link on page 2 for the blue strip is empty now.

does this look like this?

This is it, but it looks like it is only sold in 24" now:

EDIT: They have since the item off of amazon

 

[GHOSTLY]

Any updates? Always has been one of my favorite evo threads

 

[Just John]

Nothing too exciting. I was having some issues with recurring dinos, so I moved some coral into an old 10 gal tank I had while I took care of the dinos and that tank has turned into a frag tank. I need to take a picture when the lights are on. Other than that things have stayed the same for the most part. I need to get back into things and fix things up a bit.

 

[Just John]

Sad, but here it is today. The a/c broke in the house and the tank went to over 90 deg. Killed a lot of things - even the pulsing xenia. I am going to try to get things looking good again.

Now Gone:

 

[GHOSTLY]

Sad, but here it is today. The a/c broke in the house and the tank went to over 90 deg. Killed a lot of things - even the pulsing xenia. I am going to try to get things looking good again.

Now Gone:

What lived? So sorry for your loss

 

[Just John]

What lived? So sorry for your loss

The Yellow Brick Road zoas and Utter Chaos have been closed and slowly shrinking, but I think a few will survive. The Sinularia is really sick but alive. The toadstool was put into another tank and the two (out of 19) remaining mushrooms are now shrunken, but might survive if I'm lucky. Even the GSP looks 99% dead and the Xenia is gone. The RFA did fine and never seemed to care. The Florida Frag Swap is in February, so hopefully I will pick up a few things there and from people in local Facebook clubs.

 

[Aqua Man]

Sad, but here it is today. The a/c broke in the house and the tank went to over 90 deg. Killed a lot of things - even the pulsing xenia. I am going to try to get things looking good again.

That sucks! If you’re ever in that position again, float frozen water bottles in your tank. Place Fans blowing across the water surface too.