Nero 5 for Fluval Evo 13.5??

Kjgaeta · Feb 6, 2020

JayChen said:
I have read some threads about the Nero 5 killing small fish, I think i am going with the kps, thanks for the info!

No problem. I never had that issue. Have 5 fish in my Fluval. Only sick fish I can see go through that!

JayChen · Feb 6, 2020

Kjgaeta said:
No problem. I never had that issue. Have 5 fish in my Fluval. Only sick fish I can see go through that!

I will try out the kps first, if i dont like it then i will go with the Nero 5 along w/ a cover.

$omethingFishy · Feb 25, 2020

Kjgaeta said:
I have a Nero 5 in my Evo and it isn’t too much flow for my aquarium. Highest I run it is 35% and it isn’t chaotic. It’s such a wide flow that it’s dispersed evenly.
The one problem I am noticing after running it for months is that one side of the aquarium the side the Nero5 is facing toward it is pushing the glass and stressing the silicon. Still not enough too worry me too much.

Thanks for the info KJgaeta. I was interested in this one and thought it might be too much flow, but was not too sure. Thanks for posting. I think I will look at picking one of these up.

JayChen · Feb 25, 2020

$omethingFishy said:
Thanks for the info KJgaeta. I was interested in this one and thought it might be too much flow, but was not too sure. Thanks for posting. I think I will look at picking one of these up.

Be careful tho, I have read that a lot of people said this pump will suck in small fish.

Kjgaeta · Feb 25, 2020

JayChen said:
Be careful tho, I have read that a lot of people said this pump will suck in small fish.

I have a small clown that hangs by it all day and no issues. No issues with the other fish either. Only time I did have an issue is when I had a weak/ dead fish. At a low setting I don’t really see it sucking in a healthy fish.

JayChen · Feb 25, 2020

Kjgaeta said:
I have a small clown that hangs by it all day and no issues. No issues with the other fish either. Only time I did have an issue is when I had a weak/ dead fish. At a low setting I don’t really see it sucking in a healthy fish.

That's good to hear, I didn't want to risk it because I have a BTA in there as well haha. So I went with the kps and I am liking it so far, but the Nero 5 definitely look better.