Live Rock?

[Tropicaltone1980]

Hi all,

I am looking to setup a marine/reef aquarium however I want it to border on fish only with a little live rock and soft corals hear and there. I would like to make the rest of the rock display up using tuffer rock (I think thats how its spelt). Will this work? will it be easier or harder to setup a tank as an inbetween setup?

 

[Mr Miagi]

Tufa is generally considered a bad thing for your LR. You mightconsider base rock instead. This will seed over time and you will be left with LR after many months. In the mean time, id recomend hgh skimming and the use of a sump or other mechanical filtration if its going to be FO.

Soft corals need lighting, where FO really only needs one or maybe two bulbs, nothing fancy. You will only be able to keep mushrooms and zoanthids under such weak light unless you upgrade, and then you might go full reef rather than upgrading for a few softies.

As for the set-up, it will be the same id imagine. Nothing that drastic changes between the three real "niche" tanks of marine. A reef, FOWLR and FO (in your case) will have rock, sand, essential equipment like RO unit, heater, water movement (powerheads), list goes on. You all have to wait for live rock to cycle, and FOWLR and FO can seem cheaper because yo dont have to buy medium to higher lighting. The enresult is different though, as you can imagine. Have a look at the Nano journals for the feel of a reef, and have a look at the members FOWLR pages for the LR look!

 

[Chac]

Recent Ocean & tuffa Rock posts

 

[Chac]

Double Posted

 

[Chac]

Triple posted

 

[SkiFletch]

Triple posted

Chac = win 8)