Thinking of setting up a FOWOLR

[Palmer]

Thanks everyone for the comments and great ideas!

[burgerchow]

Originally Posted by Palmer

Hi Everyone,

So I have had my reef up and running for 2 and a half years and pretty happy with it no major issues (besides the occasional RO flood.) I have also kept Cichlids for about 15 years and I am kind of getting tired of my 125 G african cichlid tank.

I like the aquascaping of the tank though (Big Buddha statue and lots of slate rock.) I am thinking I would like to convert it to Fish only but without live rock and as a separate system from my reef.

So would a good skimmer regular waterchanges and perhaps some "detritus free" bioballs with mechanical filtration do the trick? I know everyone is pro live rock and negative on wet/dry filtration but is that more for corals which in many cases are more sensitive to nitrates?

Also I could start another thread but any suggestions on fish for a 125 G 6' long tank? I honestly have spent much more time reading about corals over the last couple of years and have spent little time researching fish I would not put in my 120 G reef.

thanks!

Palmer

Go for it Palmer. You don't need live rock if you've got good filtration.

The fish might appreciate it too for the extra swimming space.

[lockrookie]

first off palmer anything can be done if you plan your head off so i say go for it have fun doing it and plan for future changes as need be to ensure the health of your waterlogged friends. alot of ppl told me not to have my returnplumbing mid tank. i did it solved the problems and i love it so imdoing it again.. just scarier with morewater volume now lol.

secondly i have learned from this thread and others.never to judge a fellow reefer by thier posts. or from date of joining. i myself have become a member since 2009 and still learning and experimenting. but have had kept fresh water since 93 starting salt in 09. when ppl give me advice i listen to both sides and come to my own conclusion. or just ignore ppl and do hat i want lol. i was told that it was too early for a manderin in my new tank. yet it did quite well till another fish killed it.

all in all there are alot of great informative ppl on canreef new and old to the hobby/forum and im thankful to have access to you all with out this collective of knowledge id still be running a seaclone skimmer and fluval 405 on my 90..gawd was i an idiot lol not to mention the horrible fake reef background i started with

do a utube search if you already havent there where a few cool vids of fowolr with driftwood and such that whereinterestingto watch the fish swim around...your imagination is your only limitation.

[Edmonton newbie]

plamer i set up a scrubber on my 50 gal over the holidays, 3 weeks later and its working great no skimmer no pellets nothing other than the rock in my tank and a scrubber, i took water yesterday to another place to get tested cuz i wasnt believing my kits, confermed im running 0's across the board ulns for the first time in 3 years. i also doubled my feeding when i started the scrubber just to see how it would work. looks like the skimmer i bought to do my next upgrade might never see water

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by Edmonton newbie

plamer i set up a scrubber on my 50 gal over the holidays, 3 weeks later and its working great no skimmer no pellets nothing other than the rock in my tank and a scrubber, i took water yesterday to another place to get tested cuz i wasnt believing my kits, confermed im running 0's across the board ulns for the first time in 3 years. i also doubled my feeding when i started the scrubber just to see how it would work. looks like the skimmer i bought to do my next upgrade might never see water

THat sounds good! Do you have any pics of the scrubber? One of my only aversions to that concept is the sighte of it or the potential mess lol... Would be great if it could somehow be incorporated into the sump and tucked away.


Also thanks for everyone's advise!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Palmer

THat sounds good! Do you have any pics of the scrubber?

Also thanks for everyone's advise!

Ya like really Craig where are some pics already...........geeez