Evo 13.5 lights

[schneidergarrettt60]

I am going to do a simple set up mostly zoas and maybe one Lps probably frogspawn. Will the lights that come with it support my goals or what lights should I get.

 

[Melanie Fish]

I run a stock light on mine. Does great for zoas, favias and leptos. Frogspawns do ok with it but they seem to grow slow under the stock light.

 

[schneidergarrettt60]

Well that is good to know. Like I said trying to keep it low cost.
Thanks

 

[magicwhistle]

Yeah I was using the stock lighting in my evo and all my lps and softies did fine.

No harm in upgrading though really.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Stock light and my softies and lps do just fine. Upgrade when finances are available

 

[Fink]

I had good growth out of the stock light as well, I only ugpraded it because the blue is very windex.

 

[Nubomb]

Stock light/setup for 6 months now. Zoas, palys, GSP, Xenia, mushrooms, blasto and what I think is a birds nest are all growing, but slowly. Also have a branching frogspawn that hasn’t grown but looks healthy.

I just ordered the hipargero 30W off of Amazon. Going to give it a shot - plan to lay it on the hood and hoping I get enough spread through the hood opening.

 

[Fink]

Stock light/setup for 6 months now. Zoas, palys, GSP, Xenia, mushrooms, blasto and what I think is a birds nest are all growing, but slowly. Also have a branching frogspawn that hasn’t grown but looks healthy.

I just ordered the hipargero 30W off of Amazon. Going to give it a shot - plan to lay it on the hood and hoping I get enough spread through the hood opening.

That's the light I have on mine now, it looks really clean lidless, but I also have an egg crate lid that I made because I don't trust those fish. I just have the lid off when I want to view the tank (and I think the egg crate reduces my light a bit).

 

[schneidergarrettt60]

That's my thing is I want the lid don't really want to have the evaporation and don't know where I would hang a light other wise

 

[Nubomb]

That's my thing is I want the lid don't really want to have the evaporation and don't know where I would hang a light other wise

Me too for same reason. Lid really helps with the evap and I don’t have/want an ATO.

I have a piece of acrylic I’m going to use to cover inside the stock light hole and hoping the hipargero works resting on the hood.

 

[Fink]

I totally understand with the evaporation... I have to fill up that water bottle ato you see in the

corner daily

 

[Spare time]

Stock lights are perfectly fine.

 

[Nubomb]

I totally understand with the evaporation... I have to fill up that water bottle ato you see in the

corner daily

How does that little hang on ATO work? Think I saw it on amazon for like $10 bucks.

 

[Fink]

So it essentially fits most common water bottle sizes. It's got a little cap that you screw onto the water bottle and two plastic airline tubes that come off it. You cut one of the tubes to your desire water level, and leave the other a little longer so it sits in the water. When the water level dips and the shorter tube comes out of the water, it releases some of its contents until the smaller tube is submerged again. In this tank with no lid, that 16oz bottle has to be refilled with RODI daily. Best 12 bucks I ever spent on this hobby.

 

[Nubomb]

Thanks Fink. Might have to give that a try.

 

[schneidergarrettt60]

So it essentially fits most common water bottle sizes. It's got a little cap that you screw onto the water bottle and two plastic airline tubes that come off it. You cut one of the tubes to your desire water level, and leave the other a little longer so it sits in the water. When the water level dips and the shorter tube comes out of the water, it releases some of its contents until the smaller tube is submerged again. In this tank with no lid, that 16oz bottle has to be refilled with RODI daily. Best 12 bucks I ever spent on this hobby.

Man 16 oz of water is alot for one day! I think like mentioned before i will keep stock lighting for awhile to see how everything does and when funds are available I might upgrade lights and an micro ato