medinar83 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Decided to document the Fluval Evo 13.5 journey on Nano-Reef Received the tank July 20th from Amazon, no damage thank god! Mostly set up for my 4 and 2 yr old daughters, had to breakdown my IM 25 gallon a few months ago due to being away for work, huge money loss as expected so I didn't see myself coming back for some time, but we got the itch right away, love this hobby and the community. Plans were to keep the tank completely stock and ultra low budget, reason I got this set up in the first place, well that changed a week later when everything stock went out the window.... keeping it simple still though Replaced the following Light AI Prime HD Sicce 1.0 pump Hydor nano power head Chamber one filter floss Chamber two In-tank Media basket w/ filter floss, chemi-pure and Fluval bio rings Weekly 3 gal water changes pic below is from 7/25 I have since added a few pieces of coral more pics coming 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Simple. Elegant. Following. 1 Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Some of the added corals a small Elegance and torch 1 Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 lil Toadstool frag and Small Derasa clam 3 Quote Link to comment
LongBeachReefer Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Looking good. Almost identical to my set up. I took a break after my fish I had for over 12 years died but I’m back as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Joevember Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Nice setup, always love a good AIO. I think your derasa clam is actually a squamosa though. They usually have 5 ridges in their shell and have those 'plates' that protrude from their shells. Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 8:19 PM, Joevember said: Nice setup, always love a good AIO. I think your derasa clam is actually a squamosa though. They usually have 5 ridges in their shell and have those 'plates' that protrude from their shells. Thank you! We had this discussion over on R2R regarding what clam it was, not sure everyone said it was a Derasa, either way its an awesome piece to have in the tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just hit the 1 month mark, unfortunately it seems as my clowns have Ich, could it be that I added to much coral to fast? (hard to see more corals on the other side some are small pieces) Throwing off the water levels as I would drip acclimated everything then supplement the water, Being to impatient and I know thats a huge NO in this hobby 😞 Corals though are doing great. Goal is to keep the Nano simple and clutter free I hope 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Aquademiksreef Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Parabéns!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 It's very unlikely to get ich from corals. It's possible but very very unlikely. Most likely, your clowns had ich from the start but started showing symptoms now. tank looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Gorgeous tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 1 hour ago, ninjamyst said: It's very unlikely to get ich from corals. It's possible but very very unlikely. Most likely, your clowns had ich from the start but started showing symptoms now. tank looks great! Thank you! Good to know, I'll definitely keep it safe for future purchases on fish Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 A lil past 3 months, a few ups and downs but still hanging in there, added 2 clowns this weekend they seem to be adjusting just fine 1 Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Tank looks great. Your conch is nice!! Is that a tiger? Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 On 10/24/2018 at 7:39 AM, Daniel91 said: Tank looks great. Your conch is nice!! Is that a tiger? Not 100% on what type to be honest, but he is a work horse! Awesome addition Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 loving this lil tank so far 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Everything looking nice and happy! 1 Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 quick lil update, ups and down, I've since added/moved things around, pics are from 3-4 days, just yesterday, I lost that amazing plate coral to brown jelly 😞 Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Some B-roll just for fun, only thing gone is the plate coral the clowns were hosting Quote Link to comment
medinar83 Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 After a major crash and loosing most of my corals I decided to go bare-bottom. Enjoying the look and the ease of maintenance at this point 3 Quote Link to comment
pricewayne Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Sorry to hear about the crash 😞 loving the simple bare bottom update though!! 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 such a beautiful tank!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
LongBeachReefer Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Looks good bare bottom. Careful with the gsp though. Gonna take over the bottom in no time and eventually move up the rocks and side glass. Quote Link to comment
Garf Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 What was the cause of the crash? Quote Link to comment
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