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The Best Reef in Australia - Evan Luo's Glorious SPS Aquarium

1

Tank Featured

25

Minutes

2018

Released

This video tours Evan Luo's stunning 350-gallon SPS dominant reef tank in Sydney, Australia, highlighting its unique 'lifted aquascape' and vibrant coral collection. The host, Jake Adams, delves into Evan's advanced equipment setup, including a powerful lighting array and diverse flow pumps, as well as his detailed husbandry practices. Evan shares his philosophy of consistency and minimal intervention for maintaining a thriving reef.

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00:02:46Tank size and age 00:03:40Lighting setup 00:04:25Flow pumps 00:04:58Return pump 00:07:55Filtration and dosing 00:10:01Dosing containers and schedule 00:10:51Water change routine and salt 00:12:47Husbandry philosophy 00:13:25Frogspawn coral and Australian reef access 00:16:01Blue Gigantea Carpet Anemone 00:17:15Favorite corals and unique specimens 00:23:14Personal reef keeping philosophies and tips

The Build

Tank Specs

Every spec, brand, and livestock mention pulled from the host's narration. Click any tank tour above to compare.

Tank 01

Evan Luo's Glorious SPS Aquarium

350

Gallons

SPS dominant

Style

12

Months Old

6' x 2.5' x 2.5'

Evan Luo's 350-gallon SPS dominant reef tank in Sydney, Australia, is a masterpiece known for its unique 'lifted aquascape' with minimal rockwork at the bottom, allowing for exceptional water flow. The tank is heavily lit with a combination of ATI T5s, eight Kessil LEDs, and EcoTech Radion G4 Pros, totaling around 1200 watts. Evan maintains pristine water quality through a meticulous dosing regimen using Zeovit products and custom-blended natural sea salt, emphasizing consistency and minimal intervention.

Lighting

ATI 8x80W T5 ×1 $24.99in stock,

Kessil ×8 $39.00in stock,

EcoTech Marine Radion G4 Pro $999.99in stock

Skimmer

Royal Exclusiv Piece 250

Return Pump

EcoTech Marine Vectra M1 $52.99in stock

Flow

EcoTech Marine MP40 ×3 $431.99in stock,

EcoTech Marine MP10 ×1 $341.99in stock

Dosing

additive (ZEOvit/Aquaforest)

Filtration

filter wool, carbon, Zeovit reactor

Salt

Natural Sea Salt (Australian custom blend)

Water Changes

50 gallons (222 liters) every 2-3 months

Corals

13

AcroporaFrogspawnMilliPeach Shortcake AcroporaStrawberry Shortcake AcroporaPink Table AcroporaStaghorn AcroporaSeriolis AcroporaPearl Berry style AcroporaToxic Green Hammer CoralSparkly GonioporaZoanthidsDuncan

Inverts

1

Blue Gigantea Carpet Anemone

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Featured products from our catalogue

Equipment mentioned in this tour that we cover in our gear catalog. Click through for full specs, retailer comparison, and where-to-buy.

EcoTech Marine Vectra M1

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Vectra M1

EcoTech Marine Vortech MP40 QuietDrive

Vortech MP40 QuietDrive

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine MP40

EcoTech Marine VorTech MP10wQD Powerhead

VorTech MP10wQD Powerhead

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine MP10

Mentioned as: Royal Exclusiv Piece 250

ATI T5 Bulbs (Coral Plus / Blue Plus)

T5 Bulbs (Coral Plus / Blue Plus)

Mentioned as: ATI 8x80W T5

Kessil A350

Mentioned as: Kessil

EcoTech Marine Radion XR15 G6 LED

Radion XR15 G6 LED

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Radion G4 Pro

Jebao DCT-6000 Return Pump

DCT-6000 Return Pump

Mentioned as: Jebao

ZEOvit Additives

Mentioned as: Zeovit Jebao individual pumps

In their own words

Notable Quotes

This tank for about a year now. It's an equal tank. It's a six by two and a half by two and a half. It's about 350 gallons around that and yeah, as you can see, it's mostly SPS corals.

I've got t5 mainly in the middle 881 and I think I've got eight Kessils. So eight Kessils just like it's got spotlighting. Normally people would have like one or two these small lights just to highlight some of their corals, but you have eight of them.

I'm running 3 MP 40s. I've got a quiet driver over there. I think I've got two old ones. I've got those Asian pumps, there's Jebao ones, that's a big one and there's small one and I've gotten every 10 and it just got a random MP 10 just to create more animals.

I use this natural sea salt that ultimately are an Australian party. They pretty much developed it for me.

The way I see reefing, it's like pushing a really heavy ball. It takes a lot to get going, but once it's going, it's actually quite easy to maintain that ball.