Starting Fowlr Tank

[Fishy Clown]

Yo people...... Thinking of starting a FOWLR tank cause i think i save up money already.... Anyone can recommend a tank size for a newbie? I am thinking of getting a 2ft one. Will it be a bit small???

[babycat]

Hi!

if u can try to get a bigger size. Sometimes, it is difficult to stable a 2ft tank. Also cannot put too many fishes

I started off with 2ft, very soon found it too small and change it to a 3ft. Now thinking of 6ft

[DeepBlue]

I think you can let us know what are the 'dream fishes' you intend to keep.....then we can give proper advice or opinions.....

can't have 2FT if you intend to keep large angels(can keep like LUOHAN lor).........

.....I used to have one....also gave up as keeping water stability for the fishes is a little tedious.....plus fish bio-load easily very high if wrong fish in a 2FT tank.....

[diabolus]

cant have fishes dat shit too much in a 2ft tank!

[Dispar_Anthias]

Yo people...... Thinking of starting a FOWLR tank cause i think i save up money already.... Anyone can recommend a tank size for a newbie? I am thinking of getting a 2ft one. Will it be a bit small???

Suggest you to go for a bigger tank maybe 4feet... As IMO 2feet is not suitable for newbie(I am one of them).............. One problem is as what baby cay say since it is a FOWLR, you main intention is to keep fishes but with such a small tank you have limited choice to what fish you can keep.

[Fishy Clown]

Haha... Cause of space.... At most i can only have a 3ft one. Haven decided on what to keep. So need recommendations cause i would like to keep some hardly ones.....

[Golden Tooth]

3' tank is ok for newbie to start up with.

[Fishy Clown]

Is keeping Gobies a good start???

[metals99]

gobies are good fish to start imo.

2 feet tank angels and tangs definite out..

can keep

imo,

dottybacks, clownfishes, damsels, wrasses, shrimps, others will grow big

for clownfishes found that they eat alot and shit alot.. also.. increase nitrates..

[FuEl]

Get gobies. They are almost 100% immune to the common whitespot. Make sure your tank is properly covered though. They can jump if frightened and become ikan bilis.

[diabolus]

dat will make them very expensive ikan bilis.

[DeepBlue]

gobies are good fish to start imo.

2 feet tank angels and tangs definite out..

can keep

imo,

dottybacks, clownfishes, damsels, wrasses, shrimps, others will grow big

for clownfishes found that they eat alot and shit alot.. also.. increase nitrates..

once your tank is stable ............ dwarf angels are fine, can try lemon blenny as well.......... dun get wrasse....they mess up your substrates.....go after smaller dcoile fishes like dartfisha hit and miss.....doesn't happen for all wrasses)

[fishnchips]

Get gobies. They are almost 100% immune to the common whitespot. Make sure your tank is properly covered though. They can jump if frightened and become ikan bilis.

eh....sidetrack a bit... commonwhitespots are ich? how to cure them?

[SpiderOne]

eh....sidetrack a bit... commonwhitespots are ich? how to cure them?

many ways to cure. they are all in disease and parasite forum. dun hijack

[Dazza]

hey 3 ft tank with a few firefishes n plenty of live rocks make an excellent display. Go for it.

[Fishy Clown]

Haha. I just got a 2ft tank thickness 12mm yesterday.

Now cycling the water.......

[diabolus]

Haha. I just got a 2ft tank thickness 12mm yesterday.

Now cycling the water.......

12mm for a 2ft tank will magnify ur LS in it...

ur clownfish will look bigger than it actually is.

[Fishy Clown]

sorrie it is 3 ft.... error

[Dispar_Anthias]

hey 3 ft tank with a few firefishes n plenty of live rocks make an excellent display. Go for it.

Yah my 3 feet currently have 3 fire gobie, 3 dispar anthias, 1 fairy anthias and 1 lyretail anthias plus one seabae clown and one bi- colour angel............ Very nice if small tank goes with small fishes

[FuEl]

Eh? How you manage to add more than 1 firegoby? Whenever I try to add one more firegoby it sure get bullied to death by the resident firegoby. But somehow it gets along fine with a purple goby...

Wah..3 feet tank 12mm glass. Looks like my tank very dangerous..4 feet using 6mm glass. -.-

[Matt06]

FuEl, you are using 6mm for your 4 feet? Watch out for your load inside the tank, it might burst.. Trust me... Must take care not to put too much rocks inside...

[FuEl]

I know..it used to be a planted tank with a higher water level and about 4X as much sand.

Now my water depth I limit to max 16 inches only. Sand I only put 15kg. Then as for the liverock...I use some very lightweight dead rock for stacking. The liverock I put on top are the small light pieces. Not the big bulky and heavy ones. My deadrock becoming alive already. Can hardly see any difference compared to live rock. Oh well...think I should reduce my water level by another one inch..hehe..

[Fishy Clown]

Arrgh.... What are those small small spider like things clinging onto my tank? They kinda look like a small star fish to me......

[Golden Tooth]

Enjoy ur cycling stage bro.. Remember, patience is the key.

[Razo]

Arrgh.... What are those small small spider like things clinging onto my tank? They kinda look like a small star fish to me......

sea spider? was told by AT to kill it ...