Tank mates.....little help

Cujo#31 · #1 03-21-2014, 11:35 PM

U folks are bloody awesome. Like my grandpa said "great minds think alike and fools rarely differ. Yes there is a slightly sinister method to my fish selection madness.
First I have completely abandoned any type of split in the aquarium. Adding the Unicorn and Emporer to the mix quickly made me decide to open as much realestate as possible.
And yes, I would LOVE to reef the hell out of that tank and that is actually my end-game. 3 things are in the way of that right now. First is the tank will need considerable time to mature. Second is right now between the demands of my job and my young family do not give me the "free time" absolutely necessary to properly maintain a full blown reef. Right now with a FOWLR and some softies and easy corals, if the real world forces me to be a less than model tank owner it's inhabitants will be able to withstand a certain degree of irresponsibility.3rd. I will have to undergo significant lighting, skimming,dosing, and reactor upgrades that will be very expensive. So right now I have a few restrictions which I have imposed upon myself.
All is not lost, and long term I agree a tank that size is a waste as FOWLR. I may be doing FOWLR, but there is still enough REEFER in the soul that to have a tank with beautiful fish and just a pile of rock is.....Criminal

NIVLEM09 · #2 03-22-2014, 10:14 AM

If I had a 500 gallon fish tank,i'd fill it with corals(mostly SPS) and a few show piece fish.

Cujo#31 · #3 03-22-2014, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NIVLEM09

If I had a 500 gallon fish tank,i'd fill it with corals(mostly SPS) and a few show piece fish.

Believe me...the reefer "twitch" keeps pulling me there. Sadly right now the job keeps me going from 4:00 am until 5:30 pm most days, and my kids and wife eat up the rest of my "free time" so I have to stay relatively simple and low maintenance for a while by stocking with inhabitants that can withstand the odd bouts of less than stellar tank management that many of the SPS require almost daily. Once the demands of my "real world" have taken me to where I can be a good, sensible heavily stocked reef owner I am going there......Ba ha ha ha (pathetic attempt at evil laugh)