Jonreefer
Valuable Member
So I started a new tank.
I bought myself a RedSea Reefer350 back in May because of Covid and being bored at home. I thought I was going to really enjoy it and I made a man cave out of the storage room. behind the garage.
Come August I ended up selling it all off because I didn't have enough time and being down in the other room I barely even went to look at it anymore.
So here I am today I was itching for a saltwater fix and didn't want to put a lot of money into a tank and just wanted something small I can enjoy.
So about 2week ago I got the Fluval 13.5
AS of right now it has about 10lb of reef saver dry rock.
6-7lb of Live sand
Was started with Fritz Zyme 9 to get the bacteria cycle going
Mods so far.
I have 3D Printed a 1st chamber rack for it.
Also printed a Plug for that small hole that is in the middle of the back wall.
And printed 2 Random flow return nozzles as well.
I made my own mesh lid and inlaid it with Plexi to keep evap down and cats out as well.
I am running an Aquakinght LED with a frosted piece of acrylic on it to cut down the shimmer trying to soften it up as stock was too rapid for me.
The main flow pump is a Jebao SW2
Hater is a Finnex 50w titanium digital controller HMS
My other big mod is all the spike strips on the tank and light to keep the cats from trying to mess with the tank
Livestock so far is a Yellow watchman and a Cleaner shrimp.
Waiting on my LFS order from sustainable aquatics to get a pair of Onyx Picasso clowns and that might be all the livestock I have other than a few crabs and snails.
I hope to keep this long term since it's at my desk and I can enjoy it all the time and minimal maintenance it will need
Here was my Reefer 350 before it was taken down. It never even got off the ground with anything due to the short lifespan I had with it.
Here is the Fluval 13 as of now
I bought myself a RedSea Reefer350 back in May because of Covid and being bored at home. I thought I was going to really enjoy it and I made a man cave out of the storage room. behind the garage.
Come August I ended up selling it all off because I didn't have enough time and being down in the other room I barely even went to look at it anymore.
So here I am today I was itching for a saltwater fix and didn't want to put a lot of money into a tank and just wanted something small I can enjoy.
So about 2week ago I got the Fluval 13.5
AS of right now it has about 10lb of reef saver dry rock.
6-7lb of Live sand
Was started with Fritz Zyme 9 to get the bacteria cycle going
Mods so far.
I have 3D Printed a 1st chamber rack for it.
Also printed a Plug for that small hole that is in the middle of the back wall.
And printed 2 Random flow return nozzles as well.
I made my own mesh lid and inlaid it with Plexi to keep evap down and cats out as well.
I am running an Aquakinght LED with a frosted piece of acrylic on it to cut down the shimmer trying to soften it up as stock was too rapid for me.
The main flow pump is a Jebao SW2
Hater is a Finnex 50w titanium digital controller HMS
My other big mod is all the spike strips on the tank and light to keep the cats from trying to mess with the tank
Livestock so far is a Yellow watchman and a Cleaner shrimp.
Waiting on my LFS order from sustainable aquatics to get a pair of Onyx Picasso clowns and that might be all the livestock I have other than a few crabs and snails.
I hope to keep this long term since it's at my desk and I can enjoy it all the time and minimal maintenance it will need
Here was my Reefer 350 before it was taken down. It never even got off the ground with anything due to the short lifespan I had with it.
Here is the Fluval 13 as of now
