13.5 evo coming up soon...

[BeltedCoyote]

Oh ok. I think I will just buy a sicce 1.0 then for a return

good choice. Sicces are workhorses as far as pumps go. If I didn’t buy the ecotech return I have, and if I hadn’t gotten a hydros and plan to slowly migrate to gear in that ecosystem I’d go sicce. But for me, eventually I’m going for a varios return. That said, I have a system that’s at least 10x your volume so yeah lol

 

[LRT]

Yeah I'm not sure id use skimmer pump for return. Not built for that.
Id get good return pump like Mike is using.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Also, @NoahLikesFish, good on ya for changing tact and accepting the advice and help all of us have been trying to give you. You just might have being a successful reef keeper in you.

a quote I live by
“The fool doth think he knows all, the wise man knows he knows nothing”

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Having the rodi and probably a light if I find someone with a ai or kessil they would like to trade locally is going to make my tank insane guys! I will have lots of wiggle room for stuff in my tank

 

[James_O]

Having the rodi and probably a light if I find someone with a ai or kessil they would like to trade locally is going to make my tank insane guys! I will have lots of wiggle room for stuff in my tank

I caution getting an RO/DI system used. Usually the owner is foggy on how old it is, which means the cartridges may be out of date/expired.

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It’s great you are stepping up and willing to listen!

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Also, @NoahLikesFish, good on ya for changing tact and accepting the advice and help all of us have been trying to give you. You just might have being a successful reef keeper in you.

a quote I live by
“The fool doth think he knows all, the wise man knows he knows nothing”

So a wise person knows there’s more to learn?

 

[Casket_Case]

I did reading about biotopes in that book I bought and it seems like I’m making a fairly accurate carribean biotope if I stick to zoas gorgs macros and the fish I like

So stoked you got a plan now, just stick with it and I LOVE the Caribbean Biotope idea!!! I’m doing the same thing

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I caution getting an RO/DI system used. Usually the owner is foggy on how old it is, which means the cartridges may be out of date/expired.

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It’s great you are stepping up and willing to listen!

Lrt is giving it to me, I trust him

 

[LRT]

Also, @NoahLikesFish, good on ya for changing tact and accepting the advice and help all of us have been trying to give you. You just might have being a successful reef keeper in you.

a quote I live by
“The fool doth think he knows all, the wise man knows he knows nothing”

This hobby is very humbling in itself. I happen to believe im a god in my own mind at times.
My corals and fish have shown me thats false on numerous occasions when totally helpless after making mistakes and seeing my critters suffer.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

So stoked you got a plan now, just stick with it and I LOVE the Caribbean Biotope idea!!! I’m doing the same thing

Do you know any corals besides gorgs and zoas that live in the carribean? I am psyched on the live rubble because I could rinse all the polychates crabs starfish and things just by placing the rocks in the flow and then I can do a nsa scape

 

[NoahLikesFish]

This hobby is very humbling in itself. I happen to believe im a god in my own mind at times.
My corals and fish have shown me thats false on numerous occasions when totally helpless after making mistakes and seeing my critters suffer.

Aqua splendor quoted dr Oppenheimer, I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Yay, @NoahLikesFish !! I’m happy to hear you’re looking at the Evo. You will be so much happier in the end.
I haven’t read through the whole thread so forgive me if I’m repeating anything. you can do upgrades on this tank slowly. Initially, it has all the equipment you need to get it going. I have one myself and I love it.
Event, you’ll want to upgrade the pump (your pick of the Sicce 1.0 is great) and you can upgrade the filtration. I have the chamber 1 & 2 InTank media baskets but I recently took out the chamber 2 basket & added a mangrove. It’s doing well, so you can still have mangroves in this little tank!
Personally, I do not run a skimmer because with a tank this small, I can keep up with water changes no problem. Others use nano skimmers - just depends on how often you can do WCs and what you stock.
I have a nice variety of corals in my tank & the light is sufficient, but I will upgrade it soon. This tank is almost a year old and everyone is pretty happy.

 

[LRT]

Lrt is giving it to me, I trust him

Hes telling the truth. It was given to me.
However it has tds meter. All you have to do is hook it up and let it run. If all else you may need to change di cartridges but your one step closer to 0 tds water. And one of the best rodi systems on market. Probably replace all the cartridges for what you would pay for ro buddy

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Yay, @NoahLikesFish !! I’m happy to hear you’re looking at the Evo. You will be so much happier in the end.
I haven’t read through the whole thread so forgive me if I’m repeating anything. you can do upgrades on this tank slowly. Initially, it has all the equipment you need to get it going. I have one myself and I love it.
Event, you’ll want to upgrade the pump (your pick of the Sicce 1.0 is great) and you can upgrade the filtration. I have the chamber 1 & 2 InTank media baskets but I recently took out the chamber 2 basket & added a mangrove. It’s doing well, so you can still have mangroves in this little tank!
Personally, I do not run a skimmer because with a tank this small, I can keep up with water changes no problem. Others use nano skimmers - just depends on how often you can do WCs and what you stock.
I have a nice variety of corals in my tank & the light is sufficient, but I will upgrade it soon. This tank is almost a year old and everyone is pretty happy.

I’m gonna have a kessil tuna blue or a ai prime

 

[LRT]

Aqua splendor quoted dr Oppenheimer, I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

Yup thats exactly what the man that invented the nuclear bomb said after he watched it explode.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Do you know any corals besides gorgs and zoas that live in the carribean? I am psyched on the live rubble because I could rinse all the polychates crabs starfish and things just by placing the rocks in the flow and then I can do a nsa scape

There are a bunch of very pretty mushrooms that live in the Caribbean. Ricordea Florida are some of the prettiest shrooms out there and they’re pretty easy & forgiving to keep.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I found a good kit for the aio

 

[NoahLikesFish]

There are a bunch of very pretty mushrooms that live in the Caribbean. Ricordea Florida are some of the prettiest shrooms out there and they’re pretty easy & forgiving to keep.

Nice! Looked at some pics

 

[NoahLikesFish]

No glue nsa sounds kinda scary but I’ve done much more precarious aquascapes ;Nailbiting

 

[NoahLikesFish]

2000!