My Fluval Sea Evo 13.5 Gal

[cwphilli]

Current Tank Details (I'll update these in this post as time goes on):
Fluval Sea Evo 13.5 Gal
10 tiny hermit crabs (now ~7)
2 snail (now 1)
1 Peppermint Shrimp (replaced once)
1 Open Brain Coral
1 Clove Polyp Colony
1 Royal Gramma Basslet
1 Goldflake Maroon Clownfish

Original rock formation, since changed up & glued:

Added some coral after tank cycled and after CUC:

Added fish recently (last week):

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Just be aware that the little maroon clown will grow into a much bigger fish with a temper to match. I suspect it will eventually start acting aggressively towards the royal gramma as it grows and becomes more testy about it's territory. You may want to go ahead and put a plan in place about how you are going to deal with it as it grows.

Other than that, that's a sweet looking little nano and a pretty cool looking aquascape!

 

[cwphilli]

Just be aware that the little maroon clown will grow into a much bigger fish with a temper to match. I suspect it will eventually start acting aggressively towards the royal gramma as it grows and becomes more testy about it's territory. You may want to go ahead and put a plan in place about how you are going to deal with it as it grows.

Other than that, that's a sweet looking little nano and a pretty cool looking aquascape!

Thank you! Will do - thanks for bringing it to my attention I will definitely keep an eye on it. Any suggestions for managing the aggression other than separating into another tank?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Thank you! Will do - thanks for bringing it to my attention I will definitely keep an eye on it. Any suggestions for managing the aggression other than separating into another tank?

Maroon clowns need space and an anemone to really get their agression down, they like to have their own little nook in the tank and to be left alone there, they'll only be mean to other fish that get near them and of course your arm when you reach in the tank haha

 

[cwphilli]

Here are some recent frags that I've added to my tank after sponsored vendor flash sales.

• Jason Fox Kung Fu Fighters
• Jason Fox Bubblelicious
• Jason Fox Pink Daisy Goni
• AcanLord K.O. Nightmare Palys
• AcanLord Ultra Pandora Colony
• AcanLord Ultra King Tut Palys
• AcanLord Gorilla Nipples
• AcanLord Jason Fox Jack-O-Lantern Leptoseris
• AcanLord Acid Pool Mini Colony

 

[Katrina71]

I like the pink Daisy. Can you post a pic of it under white lights?

 

[CamG]

Looks really good !
I set my Fluval 13.5 up in April. I have some Acans, a jack 0 Lantern, 2 clowns and Royal Gramma in it as well.
The only zoa I have is a single Rasta polyp I picked up last week.

Good Luck,
Cam

 

[DSC reef]

Very nice start with the fluval. Set one up for my mom, it's a great little system. Just upgraded the light to support BTA's

 

[cwphilli]

Thanks guys!

Just upgraded the light to support BTA's

I recently upgraded as well, Radion XR30W Gen 4 w/ RMS mount coming in Friday.
Waaaaay overkill, but will save on planned purchases when I upgrade to one of the larger Red Sea Reefers in early 2019 (after I move).

 

[cwphilli]

Here are some new shots under the new lighting

 

[cwphilli]

Here's a video (watch at 1080!):

 

[Fly1ngFalcon]

Here's a video (watch at 1080!):

What setting are you running on your xr30w

 

[cwphilli]

What setting are you running on your xr30w

I got my schedule from this site.

 

[cwphilli]

Added a few more things during @AcanLord most recent sale:

• Acid Pool Mini Colony
• Ultra Fire Flower Acan
• Fire and Brimstone Acan
• Bomb Pop Acan

Some pics of these, and some updated shots of others:

Acid Pool

Ultra Fire Flower

Fire and Brimstone

Bomb Pop

Gorilla Nipples

King Tut Palys

Jason Fox Bubblelicious

Similar, random $5 frag from LFS

Jack-O-Lantern

 

[cwphilli]

I like the pink Daisy. Can you post a pic of it under white lights?

Pink Goni

 

[Katrina71]

Pink Goni

Yep. Gonna need one of those.

 

[cwphilli]

I've been busy, I also upgraded my filtration and pump and set up an at home RODI system (latter from wifey for bday)!

Filtration:

• InTank Chamber Two Media Basket
• ChemiPure Blue
• Phosguard
• Purigen
• Filter Floss

New pump:

• Sicce Syncra Aquarium Pump - 251 GPH

RO/DI:

• BulkReefSupply 6 STAGE 75GPD DRINKING & REEF RO/DI SYSTEM

The 3/8" T-Adapter that came with the kit was insufficient for my water pressure or otherwise generally inadequate and leaking so I upgraded to brass and instead use the garden hose adapter.
This has the added advantage of allowing my to hot-swap out for the python water change system I also picked up, but didn't have the capability to use with my faucet.
They definitely don't make it easy to go from 3/8" to a garden hose under the sink! Fun trying to piece that together though.

I'm definitely much happier making my own water, saving the 45 minute each way trip to my LFS, and being much more confident in the RO/DI water quality and mixing my own salt with Red Sea's mixture.
It is probably a perceived effect but my water seems much clearer and my phosphates have definitely been dropping (GHA/ RHA dieing off, upgraded filtration also helped a ton initially...).

 

[cwphilli]

To make sure everything was working as expected as well as know when to change out filters, I went with BRS's upgrade kit.

 

[Shine5555]

Nice, Your photo's are stunning.... Any tips on how to get such great pictures? The colors are top notch

 

[cwphilli]

Nice, Your photo's are stunning.... Any tips on how to get such great pictures? The colors are top notch

Thanks! I used this gel filter 10 pack 3" x 3" which helps with the colors and overpowering nature of the blue light.
Otherwise I'm just using my iPhone and the Camera+ app that has a handy macro functionality (zooms in + uses phone's gyro sensors to take the optimal picture) but I'm sure any macro app will do.