My First Evo 13.5

rayray79 · Mar 17, 2022

I started this tank on 3/14/2022.

Current
So far it is stock with live sand
Live Rock from LFS
Bio-Spira
Fluval Protein Skimmer

Purchased Upgrades (not installed yet)
Sicce 1.0
Chamber 2 basket from 3DOcean on Etsy
Chemi Pure Blue
Marine Pure Bio-Balls
2 RFN from 3DOcean on Etsy

Livestock
2 Percula Clown Fish
1 Diamond Goby
1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Peppermint Shrimp
Hermit Crabs
Assorted Snails
Soft Assorted Corals (not sure on corals yet)

With all Live Rock and Live Sand and Bio-Spira my NO3 are down to 0.1ppm Nitrates 5ppm and Nitrites 0.1ppm. I added the peppermint shrimp today as I found some Aiptasia on some of my Live Rock and I do not want that to become a problem. He is in the rocks eating away.

blaxsun · Mar 18, 2022

Congrats on the new Evo!

rayray79 · Mar 26, 2022

Update on my tank!

Had an Aiptasia problem and got a peppermint shrimp to help with that, he did not help. So I borrowed a file fish from my LFS and within an hour all of the Aiptasia was gone. Returned him and added 2 clowns. Meet Neemo and Marlin.

Have since done the pump and RFG nozzle upgrade also added a Nicrew timer for the light and love it so far.

Excited to get some corals in the next few weeks and get this reef going.