This fish aquarium is great for beginners. This is my second saltwater aquarium and I'm doing it on a budget. Water changes are definitely a must when it comes to nano tanks. I plan to put in some Zoanthids and Mushrooms. My clown fish Cheddar is so happy. His other tank spray a link and He needed a new home. So I had him in a 1.5 gallon cheap $20 tank for about a week. Poor fish I thought he was a goner. I will upgrade to the 13.5 in a year. I would recommend a cleaning crew. Snails or maybe a hermit crab.

I bought this to set up in my classroom at school as a small reef tank. The light is good enough for some corals, but I upgraded the light for personal preference.

It's a great all in one, but could use some modifications. The pump is not very strong, so the flow is very low. It needs to be more to be able to grow many corals. Zoas and mushrooms are probably the best for this tank. Mine is a mushroom only tank.

It's really too small for any fish. Even if it does recommend some. Mostly just snails and hermits could survive in this.

If you are limited on space and just need and want a small tank without fish this is perfect. It has potential to be a good and fun tank, but I would get something bigger than the 5 gallon one if you have the space. A lot more potential.

So I bought this product from amazon and unfortunately it came broken and I was forced to buy it from a box store. With that said now on to what I have to say about the tank.....This is a great little tank, but it comes with the caveat......I bought this tank with full intentions on upgrading it with new accessories i.e. inTank media basket, Fluval Sea Nano LED light, ATO system, etc. While you can use this tank straight out the box it is much better if you add the accessories mentioned above for growing anything other than softies. If you're looking for a desktop tank that you aware you need to upgrade later on down the road I would say this is for you.

Great service. Received damaged. Full refund and smooth return process. Reordered and received another perfect condition..

I absolutely love this tank! I upgraded to this tank from a Marineland Portrait 5g, which had a smaller footprint but more vertical height. The Evo has the same capacity but seems like a much bigger tank than the Portrait. Having a long narrow profile gives my fish a whole lot more room to zip around and be happy. Also there is more floor space to spread out the live rock and create a cool scape.

The stock pump is high quality but opted to use it in the tank to circulate water. I put it opposite the return pump and it creates awesome flow. Even better is it is much less intrusive and noticeable than a powerhead and it was essentially free!

I used an Aquatop Np302 and the tubing from the Portrait as my return pump. The Aquatop is under the media basket sitting on its side (The sponge media holder doesn't sit all the way down on the shelf but thats not a problem) and the hose snakes under the divider and up to the outlet. This way the big tetra 50w heater I have fits in the return pump compartment with no problem. I originally wanted to get the Aqueon 600 but its a little more pricey than other small pumps and I would've had to get a new heater too because that pump and heater combo wouldn't fit in the back together.

Not a fan of the filtration sponge. I had some leftover aquarium silicon from plugging the two holes in the back and some thin plexiglass and made an in tank basket which was pretty easy but well have to see how well it works. Still waiting for the silicone to cure.

I don't have any experience with high end lights as I only used the stock light on the Portrait but I'm going to stick with the stock Evo light until I need something more powerful. Its plenty bright and penetrates to the bottom lighting up all the nooks and crannies. I plan on plenty invertebrates and softies only so I may never need to upgrade..... unless I need some programability and swanky effects like the Current USA Orbit Marine Aquarium LED Light, 18.

Nothing to complain about with this tank at all...yet