I've been running my 46 g FOWLR for over 2 years without any problems. I have 50 lbs of live rock, a Remora skimmer and 2 301 powerheads and that's it. I used to run a canister filter but it was leaking so I disconnected it and although I have the new part, I never did hook it back up as I hated cleaning those filters pads every two weeks. It's been about 7 months now without the filter (I keep the filter handy in case I need it to run carbon or something) but for the most part, I don't miss it. I keep 2 clowns, a royal grama, a scizzor goby, a bi-colour angel a keyhold angel and 2 cleaner shrimps under PC lights and the maintenance is actually pretty minimal (10% every two weeks). Actually, they are all the original fish I started with 2 years ago - never lost a fish!
I also have a hitchhiker RTA that came in the size of my pinky nail and is now about 3 inches across. I have thought about upgrading my lights so that I could keep a little more in the way of polyps and such but I hate to mess with something that is working for me. I have this vision of brighter lights and algae and so far I've decided to leave well enough alone. I'll post a picture sometime if my husband ever brings the digital home from work...
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By the way, love the lion tank! I'll have to keep that in mind for the future. I was thinking a low maintenance puffer but that lion tank is really cool and my kids would love it.
Last edited by goby1; 09-30-2006 at 03:58 PM.
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