Medinato's Evo 13.5 1st Year

[Medinato]

This week marks my first complete year in the reefing hobby, I have Fluval EVO 13.5 and this will show my progress over its first year. I learned a lot and faced some challenges but I am very happy with where my tank is now and excited to keep going in this hobby.

I'll start with where my tank is today and my equipment/maintenance schedule.
Full Tank Shot:

Top Down

SPS Land:

Acan Garden:

Euphylia "Garden"

Equipment:
Tank: Fluval Evo 13.5
Lighting: XR30G4 Pro w/ RMS Mount
ATO: Smart auto aqua ATO
Dosing Pump: Kamoer x1 dosing pump
Power Head: Korellia nano 240
Fuge Light: Chaetomax
Heater: Ehiem Jager 50W heater
Lid: Top lids lid

Filtration Setup:
Chamber 1: filter floss, chemipure blue
Chamber 2: fuge growing hair algae
Chamber 3: return and heater

Maintenance:
Dosing: 3.5ml of Tropic Marin All for Reef every day
Feeding: fish daily 1mm pellets, Reef Roids 1-2 times a week
Water Changes: 3 gallon water change (using Red Sea blue bucket) weekly.
Other: Change filter floss 2 times a week, Chemipure blue changed bi monthly, Clean pumps every 2-3 months, Clean glass when needed.

Lighting schedule: AB+ spectrum 12pm to 10pm
Fuge light on 6am - 10pm.

Livestock:
2 clown fish
1 blood cleaner shrimp
2 rock anenomes
1 bi color hammer
1 purple torch
1 wwc yellow tip acro
1 green Goniopora
1 war paint scoly
1 wwc grafted monti cap
1 Ora blue polyp monti cap
1 green acro
1 blue stag horn acro
1 green Duncan
1 platygyra
4 acan colonies
GSP on an island

Latest params Alk: 7.7 Ca: 435 Mag: 1430 Phos 0.01 Nitrate: 2 PH: 8.2

Now here is where it all started, first day with fish after cycling the tank: (8/5/19)

In September i got my first corals which have grown alot:

Later that month i got my first Acro!

In October when my tank hit the 3 month mark i got a bad case of Dinos!

I was able to clean it out without loosing anything by dosing Hydrogen Peroxide (.1ml/day) and doing a 3 day blackout.

By December my tank had mostly stabilized and things started to grow

March:

I have had a couple issues some of which I think were born out of impatience and lack of understanding:
-Lost an Acro Frag to STN, i don't think my tank params where stable at the point
-Lost the chalice coral which i think was placed to close to the torch coral
-My scoly is currently not doing well, I have been doing my best to save (lower light and flow) but its not working and I fear i will lose it.

 

[Peach02]

This week marks my first complete year in the reefing hobby, I have Fluval EVO 13.5 and this will show my progress over its first year. I learned a lot and faced some challenges but I am very happy with where my tank is now and excited to keep going in this hobby.

I'll start with where my tank is today and my equipment/maintenance schedule.
Full Tank Shot:

Top Down

SPS Land:

Acan Garden:

Euphylia "Garden"

Equipment:
Tank: Fluval Evo 13.5
Lighting: XR30G4 Pro w/ RMS Mount
ATO: Smart auto aqua ATO
Dosing Pump: Kamoer x1 dosing pump
Power Head: Korellia nano 240
Fuge Light: Chaetomax
Heater: Ehiem Jager 50W heater
Lid: Top lids lid

Filtration Setup:
Chamber 1: filter floss, chemipure blue
Chamber 2: fuge growing hair algae
Chamber 3: return and heater

Maintenance:
Dosing: 3.5ml of Tropic Marin All for Reef every day
Feeding: fish daily 1mm pellets, Reef Roids 1-2 times a week
Water Changes: 3 gallon water change (using Red Sea blue bucket) weekly.
Other: Change filter floss 2 times a week, Chemipure blue changed bi monthly, Clean pumps every 2-3 months, Clean glass when needed.

Lighting schedule: AB+ spectrum 12pm to 10pm
Fuge light on 6am - 10pm.

Livestock:
2 clown fish
1 blood cleaner shrimp
2 rock anenomes
1 bi color hammer
1 purple torch
1 wwc yellow tip acro
1 green Goniopora
1 war paint scoly
1 wwc grafted monti cap
1 Ora blue polyp monti cap
1 green acro
1 blue stag horn acro
1 green Duncan
1 platygyra
4 acan colonies
GSP on an island

Latest params Alk: 7.7 Ca: 435 Mag: 1430 Phos 0.01 Nitrate: 2 PH: 8.2

Now here is where it all started, first day with fish after cycling the tank: (8/5/19)

In September i got my first corals which have grown alot:

Later that month i got my first Acro!

In October when my tank hit the 3 month mark i got a bad case of Dinos!

I was able to clean it out without loosing anything by dosing Hydrogen Peroxide (.1ml/day) and doing a 3 day blackout.

By December my tank had mostly stabilized and things started to grow

March:

I have had a couple issues some of which I think were born out of impatience and lack of understanding:
-Lost an Acro Frag to STN, i don't think my tank params where stable at the point
-Lost the chalice coral which i think was placed to close to the torch coral
-My scoly is currently not doing well, I have been doing my best to save (lower light and flow) but its not working and I fear i will lose it.

Really good job on the reef!! I made the same mistake with my acropora and a hammer

 

[Devaji]

very nice tank! thanks for the thread I am a sucker for tank progression threads I find it so...amazing? the progress and transformation always wow me.

+ I am thinking of this very tank so it was extra interesting.
keep up the good work.

 

[Gotfrogs]

How is the tank doing? Can you post a picture that shows the light and the RMS on the tank? I am setting up the same tank and am unsure what light to use. I already have a RMS and a G3 but am think the look overpowers the small tank.

 

[Bgmrc]

Hello, i have the same tank and powerhead. Im curious as to why the return pump and powerhead on same said? Always learning for sure