20 long questions

[NoahLikesFish]

Check the post i sent, its on sale right now for $197 and then you dont have to buy a pump

A perfectly sized fluval pump is only 20$

 

[NashobaTek]

What’s wrong with saying I’d just build one. I already have a 20 long so just buying a sicce pump and a piece of black acrylic and some silicone would be the exact same thing

Wrong!

 

[dedragon]

lol glad the aggressive responses aren't gone after 117 pages

Lol true, I would also like to see him pull it off any nicer and cheaper than fijicube, at that price you pretty much cant for a rimless tank

What’s wrong with saying I’d just build one. I already have a 20 long so just buying a sicce pump and a piece of black acrylic and some silicone would be the exact same thing

no it wont, rimless are much more expensive, and the tank is professionally done, it harder to silicone these things well

 

[NoahLikesFish]

And I get crashing flow off it, if I have the 250gph powerhead then the 125gph pump I get a total of 375 gph in random flow which is good for the corals

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Lol true, I would also like to see him pull it off any nicer and cheaper than fijicube, at that price you pretty much cant for a rimless tank

no it wont, rimless are much more expensive, and the tank is professionally done, it harder to silicone these things well

Fluval is rimless too thoguh

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I’d rather have a tank that looks like a pile of junk but has cool stuff inside then a ada 99999999$ invisible glass floating rimless tank with a goldfish and rainbow trash gravel

 

[dedragon]

i said to make it yourself, rimless is more expensive. The advantage over fluval was the bigger pump and more importantly the larger tank size

 

[Bribo12]

nvm

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Idk if I should get dry rock or live rock, I was also toying with live rubble because I want fish that like rubble (a clingfish a jawfish and a sail fin blenny)

 

[NashobaTek]

I’d rather have a tank that looks like a pile of junk but has cool stuff inside then a ada 99999999$ invisible glass floating rimless tank with a goldfish and rainbow trash gravel

Boy, you have a lot to learn about sw aquariums. You are also rude to the point of nasty with some of your comments

 

[Bribo12]

And I'd rather have a pretty tank that is well put together than some garbage that falls apart and floods my floor after 2 months because it wasn't sealed properly but hey you do you.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

The Caribbean sailfish blenny

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I’m gonna do the fluval eco and then a better pump and a randomizer flow pipe

 

[Sharkbait19]

Also, @Sharkbait19 did u upgrade ur flow, the pump in the fluval evo sucks and u need a powerhead or a better pump. It only does like 125 gph

I upgraded the filter to the InTank Baskets, best decision I ever made to the tank. It made the water incredibly clear and the corals are thriving with it.
I never upgraded my pump, I plan on (and keep putting off) 3D printing random flow generators instead of the duckbills. In a tank so small I never found a need for a powerhead because the stock filtration was more than powerful enough for most purposes.

There are a lot of good macro builds out there for this tank, you won’t be disappointed if you get it.

Good fish options are occelaris or percs, grammas, firefish, gobies, cardinals, and coral croucher gobies (cousin to lionfish). All will get along within reason (especially if you don’t get a clown pair, which you have already stated you don’t want).

 

[dedragon]

I’m gonna do the fluval eco and then a better pump and a randomizer flow pipe

Lol reasoning? BTW 13.5 gallon tank so now you are limited to 2-3 fish absolute max there, and have more trouble keeping the tank stable

 

[dedragon]

Sharkbait runs the tank though, how many fish do you think is reasonable?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Sharkbait runs the tank though, how many fish do you think is reasonable?

Anywhere from 2-5 depending on species, tank maturity, and maintenance (5 is if you are looking at only small gobies, and that is pushing it due to aggression) I think is fine. 3-4 is best.
I’m planning on 4:
2 clowns
Tiger Shrimp-goby (likely Randall, still looking for one) pair
Some fourth thing (front runners are neon goby, green tiger goby, cardinal, or firefish)

And however much corals I can squeeze in lol.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

2 fish and you are limited to the size of the fish. 3 is pushing it and you would need huge export method

 

[Sharkbait19]

I’m gonna do the fluval eco and then a better pump and a randomizer flow pipe

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Anywhere from 2-5 depending on species, tank maturity, and maintenance (5 is if you are looking at only small gobies, and that is pushing it due to aggression) I think is fine. 3-4 is best.
I’m planning on 4:
2 clowns
Tiger Shrimp-goby (likely Randall, still looking for one) pair
Some fourth thing (front runners are neon goby, green tiger goby, cardinal, or firefish)

And however much corals I can squeeze in lol.

I will Venmo you $25 if you can link me two evo tanks with 5 fish in them