So sorry about your loss!! I have this exact aquarium actually and have had it running for 3 years! I love love love this tank!! Clowns have done awesome in it. I’ve had a yellowtail damsel who minded himself nicely and an orchid dottyback who was also a model citizen. A couple snails, and a couple crabs and a conch. I kept the original hood and light. It’s been good for the three years, the fluval heater and a small sicce power head
I’ve just noticed this is another peninsula tank with a viewing panel up against the wall lol Is this a reef dork signature tank placement? Sorry to hear about the grammas, I think they are the GOAT of smaller reef tanks
Love my AI Primes. You definitely need to play with it to get it how you want it. I downloaded the David Saxby programme and stripped most of the Cool White out for 3 hours before ramp down. Looks great 👍🏻 Good luck with the clowns.
For my AI these are my setting to mimic t5’s: 111% UV 111% Violet 117% Royal 140% Blue 9% green 8% red 24% white It mimics T5’s really well to my eyes and I couldn’t be any happier 😁 hope that helps some!
Have you ever properly checked your water parameters? Rather than buy fish and die, I would suggest buying test kits and make sure the cycle is done. I always go with, I’m looking after the water not the coral and fish.
What kind of flow are you getting in the tank? I see you have a wavemaker-what flow is that producing? I am running mine with a Sicce 0.5 for the return pump. I also have a wavemaker but I’m worried it’s too much flow.
is a Royal Gramma a good first fish to start with? I've been advised to get a damsel to my sump for the first 2 weeks then just take it back and get a fish i want, is that overkill/ a bit too much faff?
Clownfish are better bets for a first fish - I don't think I'd do the damsel in a sump cos it feels like treating a fish as a tool, but it's probably not a terrible idea apart from that. I tried 2 RGs in the Evo, both died. The clowns were fine from day 1 and are still going strong.
@@ReefDorkXtra I'd agree, i think the only reason it was suggested was because the clowns i wanted to start with are Black Storms and it was to avoid any heart break/financial loss incase they died for some reason! Thanks for getting back to me, hope you had a nice Christmas!
Yeah I considered that but decided I could make the Prime into the Sol by turning off some of the LEDs. Saw it in the flesh though - blues look fantastic 👍
Great video as always Alex! If you have the time! I’ve just started my own RU-vid channel. Any critique you have would be appreciated! Hat off to you, YouTubing is an art form in itself!
