Craig Carter ya this is a great starter tank espically if you do regular water changes. Thanks a lot man glad you enjoyed :)!

I never thought of it that way but I am a clean frea with my 10 gallon and I am pretty proud of th e fact that I never had a speck of algae at 6 months in! I think keeping light off for about 2 i/2 months after fill has been crucial!

mitian thanks :)

@Solrock 106 yes. Just buy an outlet timer plugin. Extremely easy to setup and use

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Tarzan TheApeMan I wrapped it with vinyl ;)

The rock itself is at least 100$ lol since it’s live rock

Might have gotten it used

@@OwlxArt Dry rock is $2 a pound so maybe $20 in rock

Chris Taylor tax

@LUNAR FLEX also the salt mix, it doesnt come with a heater or stand(would not just put on any old table or desk), any testing kits, any timers, and obviously no livestock. There are always tons of expenses.

Had same question. As far as I know rock should be cured but maybe curing process take place all together?I'll have to gid deeper into it.Anyone got an answer please let me know

Freshwater Fish Freak it’s a great tank for sure.

He setup the tank for under 160

Marcos rock. Online you can order

EAT SLEEP Reef appreciate it!

The light is definitely strong enough for anything a person would want to grow in it. It is around 100 par near sandbed and 5 inches from top it goes up to around 230 par and higher if a person places stuff really high. If you want to you can get a 5W 440 nm blue waterproof LED strip that sticks to hood that adds more blue and par for 17 dollars from ebay. With such a small tank you don't need a skimmer either. There is a tonn of space in the back so putting a shit tonn of biological media is a really good idea especially for a nano to keep the tank really stable. I fit around 1.5 liters of seachem denitrate which is a high surface area zeolite rock for biological with the perfect structure to host anaerobic bacteria to pull nitrate from the water which works good because there is a lot of low flow places back there which also cuts the need for water changes and a skimmer vastly. You don't need a ATO just put a waterbottle of RO in once or twice a week, you don't need a RO machine just get gallon jugs of RO water from grocery store for under a dollar just make sure to read and get one without added minerals and make sure it's fully RO or RO and ozonated not distilled or "filtered." Do water change every 1-4 weeks of 20-30%. The big secret is lots of biological.

You don’t need that skimmer for a 13.5 the amount of waste collected is negligible compared to a water change. But I agree, everything else is expensive af. Recommend inTank media basket

@@atomicdad3920 those media baskets are a money grab just slap some eggcrate together it's way cheaper

@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep Wow! Thanks so much for posting that! I bought a coral life sea scape light. I believe its the same light on biocubes and the par is only 65 at the top in the middle! Its a great looking light. Not to much disco and very wide, much wider than this light. It has tons of leds! but 8k Is what it says for white. Anyway, my acans are browning and shriveling up and no longer will eat shrmp. I have just been giving it reef roids. So all the reef roids and no skimmer has nitrates up! Plus I just won a bunch of frags! ( Dont be hating...lol)This sounded like the perfect light. I bought a small skimmer for 10 bucks and this light is way more powerful but I see so many people replacing it because no blue white mix, either that or not enough blue. So I was wondering about strips but never done that before, so nice to know that will work! I am going to buy this tank for sure now! Probably tomorrow! Thanks for the info!

@@karennation3580 It would be perfect for growing out frags and used as a small quarantine tank too. I still love it after four years. There are outlet nosels from bulkreefsupply you can put on that randomize the outflow so you don't really need a jet. Forget the brand but you can find it there and if they are out just order from the brands website. Because it's a strip led it gives much more even light with no harsh hot spots for corals like some lights. I'm just now thinking of changing mine up from a mini reef to some sort of center coral piece and some bubble tip/s with clowns. I think it would look cool once they grow out and fill out the take to see them swishing around. Another really cool idea for the tank I might try in the future and buy another evo for is a macro algae tank with soft coral and have just sand and stuff growing/planted in it. Looks really cool like a mini garden and you can add different stuff in instead like shaped pieces of glass objects and different mineral crystals that you just get some clear 2 part epoxy and coat to make them water proof so they don't react to the salt water. toptropicals.com has a great product called sunshine epi that would be amazing for macro algae.

reef guy 92 i actually like it as you can’t see the built up of salt and residue. It is super easy to remove with a sharp blade. I removed that back for the fuge within minutes.

EAT SLEEP Reef love this tank I too think it’s a great stater tank! I’m interested in the razor blade method! You took off the camouflage off the back of your tank can see that please, and was it standard blade that worked?

Deon 0026 ya I have a video coming out on how I removed it. It wa super super easy. You know how you remove stickers from your car windows? Same exact method. You can watch KZfaq videos I’m sure on it.

EAT SLEEP Reef Thanks a lot man.

I have this tank. i used a razor blade (for paint strippers), and it came off like a hot knife through butter!!! worked like a charm. Tank looks like a clean custom rimless.

MattInTheToque ...all you have to do is simply upgrade the filtration..which you pretty much do with all tanks..... and you need to buy things to support them period. In any tank..

@@jrk1990 I know :). I just replaces it with 40 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump. The fluval tank is good now it's a quarantine tank :).