does anyone have the fluval evo 13.5?

[bosstoneschick]

I started my evo recently and have 2 clown fish. Eventually I want to get another kind of fish and some corals. If you have this tank can you post a pic of yours so I can start getting some ideas? Or any suggestions on another fish for me to add later on?

Thanks

 

[saltybees]

2 clowns is pretty much all you want for the size of tank, you could probably add a small fire fish or goby but need to make sure you keep up on the extra poop!

 

[bosstoneschick]

2 clowns is pretty much all you want for the size of tank, you could probably add a small fire fish or goby but need to make sure you keep up on the extra poop!

I'm hoping for something small to help keep the rocks and sand clean, but not sure what to get lol

 

[saltybees]

Lots of choices for gobies and they definitely help with the sand! You can even pair them with pistol shrimp if that interests you.

 

[bosstoneschick]

Lots of choices for gobies and they definitely help with the sand! You can even pair them with pistol shrimp if that interests you.

i dont know anything about either lol i'll look into them since i have names now...thank you!

 

[Bato367]

There are a lot of people on R2R with the Evo, myself included. Popular tank even for people with experience. Ditch the foam filter for an InTank basket.

 

[bosstoneschick]

There are a lot of people on R2R with the Evo, myself included. Popular tank even for people with experience. Ditch the foam filter for an InTank basket.

thank you...do you have a suggestion on what to replace?

 

[Hairyteeth]

Older pic of my evo, have two of em and love the nano life

 

[MrDLHughesY]

Yeah I too have the Fluval what a great tank it is although eventually I did end up upgraded to the chamber 1 intank media basket, Sicce syncra 0.5 return pump,jaebo sw2 wavemaker and Red Sea reefled 50.

 

[bosstoneschick]

Older pic of my evo, have two of em and love the nano life

oh wow how long did that take? looks awesome...i planned this out as my 2021 project

 

[bosstoneschick]

Yeah I too have the Fluval what a great tank it is although eventually I did end up upgraded to the chamber 1 intank media basket, Sicce syncra 0.5 return pump,jaebo sw2 wavemaker and Red Sea reefled 50.

did you upgrade the light? i'm guessing thats what the red sea thing is lol

 

[MrDLHughesY]

Also I have a pair of clowns, blue damsel, Midas blenny, watchman goby and pistol sheik pair. CUC - tuxedo urchin, 5 rock hermits, 4 nassarius snails, 3 trochus snails and a peppermint shrimp. Oh and about 500 little brittle stars

 

[Hairyteeth]

oh wow how long did that take? looks awesome...i planned this out as my 2021 project

Tank started in dec 19, just over a year...had some dosing issues about 5 months ago as uptake increase and I learned a little. But for my first tank I'm stoked... though this baby is highly modified to achieve the ease, not much stock equipment left lol

 

[MrDLHughesY]

did you upgrade the light? i'm guessing thats what the red sea thing is lol

Yeah it’s similar to the ai prime hd

 

[Melanie Fish]

love my Evo. Stock light is good for zoas and lps. Mine has a fluval skimmer. I upgraded the pump but it's stock other than that.

 

[Rickybobby]

I’m running the ps2 skimmer. Made my own chamber 2 filtration. Running sicce 1.0 return hydor wave maker and stock lights. Soon this tank will be come my coral invert qt tank and my spare ai prime will move to it

 

[bosstoneschick]

Also I have a pair of clowns, blue damsel, Midas blenny, watchman goby and pistol sheik pair. CUC - tuxedo urchin, 5 rock hermits, 4 nassarius snails, 3 trochus snails and a peppermint shrimp. Oh and about 500 little brittle stars

that's awesome...this is my first salt water tank ever...my bf got me it for xmas so i just got cycled and just starting very slowly into this journey....my clowns came with an anemone, which most pple i read on here after said not to get until 6 months? i've been feeding it mysis shrimp and it looks good

 

[MrDLHughesY]

that's awesome...this is my first salt water tank ever...my bf got me it for xmas so i just got cycled and just starting very slowly into this journey....my clowns came with an anemone, which most pple i read on here after said not to get until 6 months? i've been feeding it mysis shrimp and it looks good

Yeah slow and steady wins the race in this game. Just keep an eye on the anemone as I used to have one when I first started mine up and the stock lights wasn’t good enough for it.

 

[bosstoneschick]

Yeah slow and steady wins the race in this game. Just keep an eye on the anemone as I used to have one when I first started mine up and the stock lights wasn’t good enough for it.

yup, i plan to add very slowly over the next year...i think this is a sebae one? from what i was told on here...i had to block the whole in the back of the tank thats kinda towards the bottom on the back cuz the anemone decided to crawl into it and took me 5 hours to get it free!

 

[Hairyteeth]

Definitely think about upgrading your light for the nem...or atleast that's the impression that I get