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Hello Everyone!
New to the site and happy to be back into the hobby. I had received the fluval 13.5 gallon last christmas but never fully opened it till my girlfriends brother, bought the Red Sea Max. That made me jump back into and glad I did. I have it all set up.
I just started it up a few days ago and it looks great! I have the tank were you can see from all 3 sides in my room.
Upgrades:
1) Decided to get more flow into the tank so I bought a power head.
2) Intank media basket in the 2nd chamber (filter floss up top, carbon in middle, biomax at the very bottom and another filter pad underneath that) I have chemi-pure blue and purigen after it is done being cycled.
3) I purchased the Skimmer designed for this aquarium but might take it back. I took the black sponge out and cut it in half and put it in the first chamber. Do I really need that there? Can someone help me there.
In the tank now:
1) 15 pounds of the new real reef rock
2) 10 pounds of live sand
Future stocking list:
1) 2 Golden Nugget clowns
2) Shrimp goby (not sure which one yet) and shrimp to pair up with the goby
This should be a real fun aquarium to deal with and look forward to when it is time to stock with corals.
New to the site and happy to be back into the hobby. I had received the fluval 13.5 gallon last christmas but never fully opened it till my girlfriends brother, bought the Red Sea Max. That made me jump back into and glad I did. I have it all set up.
I just started it up a few days ago and it looks great! I have the tank were you can see from all 3 sides in my room.
Upgrades:
1) Decided to get more flow into the tank so I bought a power head.
2) Intank media basket in the 2nd chamber (filter floss up top, carbon in middle, biomax at the very bottom and another filter pad underneath that) I have chemi-pure blue and purigen after it is done being cycled.
3) I purchased the Skimmer designed for this aquarium but might take it back. I took the black sponge out and cut it in half and put it in the first chamber. Do I really need that there? Can someone help me there.
In the tank now:
1) 15 pounds of the new real reef rock
2) 10 pounds of live sand
Future stocking list:
1) 2 Golden Nugget clowns
2) Shrimp goby (not sure which one yet) and shrimp to pair up with the goby
This should be a real fun aquarium to deal with and look forward to when it is time to stock with corals.