Fish Only System?

[aly_starh]

Whats involved in a FO tank?

What filter is needed, any other additives, like phosphate remover?

Can you still keep corals?

Is it more tricky than a reef?

And finally will fish be more happier in a reef/FOWLR?

 

[aly_starh]

cant seem to find anything specific on Google Anyone want to help ?

 

[ben1987]

FO is ran much like a freswater set up with a cycled filter.

No you cant keep corals

Live rock is more efficient filteration, so the fish will probably be happier/healthier. If you ever do want corals you may aswel start of buying live rock.

 

[ILuvTropicalFish]

I recommend the live rock for filtration as has been said, but it also gives the fish a more natural environment. The live rock can block the line of site from one side to the other and make the tank much larger from their point of view. Live rock is actually quite fascinating in itself. Things, for lack of a better word, will grow on them that are fun to watch and good to eat for the inhabitants. That is just my opinion.

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

I currently run a fowlr. Its a 100gallon tank with 65kg of live rock. The live rock parforms most of my filtration. I also run a protien skimmer and reccomend you do the same as they take out so much rubbish.
A fish only tank is easier to maintain than a reef as you dont need to use RO water and you need not do so many regular water changes to keep nitrates down as you need to in a reef.

Look into setting up a sump. The sump (which goes under you tank) can house your heaters, skimmer, uv more and more live rock (which the reccommended amount is at least 0.5kg per gallon.)
If you have it as a fish only, you can also look into wet-dry / trickle filters. Though not popular with reefers due to the fact they create nitrates, they are a very good method of filtration for F.O tanks and are cheaper than buying all that live rock.

When I upgrade my FO to a 200gallon I will be running it with approx 100kg live rock, a wet dry filter, large protien skimmer and uv.

Hope this has helped, or maybe it has just confused you more

josh

 

[aly_starh]

yup, thanks all. I am going for a FOWLR, possibly with a few corals

 

[seffieuk]

So you are having a reef

Seffie x

 

[aly_starh]

yeh, a really small reef though!

 

[-Nemo-]

yeh, a really small reef though!

It won't stay small for long

 

[aly_starh]

yeh, a really small reef though!

It won't stay small for long