50g FOWLR Setup - Page 6

JoJo · 03-18-2008, 08:54 AM

CMG, we're sorry for your loss. dont feel silly about mourning, a year ago i gave my little brother my FW set up with 4 fish, i told him he could trade all the fish except the Sucker Fish(i've had him for 10yrs), he called me over to see his new scaping one day. the first thing i notice is my fish is gone, he traded him to a LFS the day before! I went to the LFS with a garbage bag, they had him in a filthy QT, since they knew me there i didnt have to pay for him again. I didnt talk to my brother for a week, & my family thought i was crazy but i invested 10yrs into that fish.

Hope you feel better soon.

CMG · 03-18-2008, 02:50 PM

Good story JoJo, thats how I felt when I turned my tank into SW, especially with the algae fish..he had been in there since I got the tank from my cousin. Who knows how long that was!!

Anyways, I plan on getting another one when my LFS gets another B&W clown. Maybe 2-3 months. Don't know. I think this time I will have set-up the QT tank and wont have to worry as much about the eating and skimmer pump.

CMG · 03-20-2008, 07:25 PM

Well I broke down and ordered some new lighting. Its T5 and is new I think. Called the Current USA Extreme Pro or something. After I ordered it I realized it doesnt have moon lights!!! What a goof.

JoJo · 03-20-2008, 07:40 PM

i noticed that too, i'm thinking of these or doing a DYI moonlighting

CMG · 03-21-2008, 01:48 AM

Maybe I jsut wont have moonlights....are they necessary? I think it looks neat but I dont often go to the tank after lights out.

I spent about 20 minutes scrubing my rock in a 5g bucket to get all fo the gren algae off. I think its hair and or bubble algae. I cant seem to shake it and wish I had the time and resources to get a sump/fuge up and running soon. I am using ro/di and I lowered the time that the lights are on.

Maybe I should get a sea urchin, I heard they eat all the algae, but then I would have to suppliment it after he ate all the bad stuff.

JoJo · 03-21-2008, 07:23 AM

i've heard of folks doing that then returning them to the LFS

tbittner · 03-21-2008, 07:47 AM

I don't think you need to moonlights. With a reef, the theory is that a complete lunar cycle is when the corals spawn. But I doubt if it does anything for a FOWLR.

For the algae, start doing 20% WC's each and every day for a couple weeks. That will get rid of all of the nutrients and help get you down close to zero nitrates. Then you can fall back to 20% once a week.

CMG · 03-21-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tbittner

I don't think you need to moonlights. With a reef, the theory is that a complete lunar cycle is when the corals spawn. But I doubt if it does anything for a FOWLR.

For the algae, start doing 20% WC's each and every day for a couple weeks. That will get rid of all of the nutrients and help get you down close to zero nitrates. Then you can fall back to 20% once a week.

ONCE A DAY!!! Yikes, I wish I could do that. Unfortunately I am gone on Mon & Tue every week until about june. And next week I am leaving on some military operations all week. So I am in troooouble! hehe.

tbittner · 03-21-2008, 10:09 PM

Oh boy, I was just thinking....

Do you have any friends that you would rather not be friends with? Ask them to watch your tank for you and explain how to do a WC and tell them it needs to be done every day.

CMG · 03-22-2008, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbittner

Oh boy, I was just thinking....

Do you have any friends that you would rather not be friends with? Ask them to watch your tank for you and explain how to do a WC and tell them it needs to be done every day.

hahahaha, yeah right. People already think I am nuts for doing as much work as I do on my tank, people jus dont understand what it takes to replicate an underwater habitat in a little box. hehe.

tbittner · 03-23-2008, 12:14 AM

Very true. But the results are breath taking.

TheSaltySpitoon · 03-23-2008, 03:36 AM

just bought a 125 and its burning holes in the wallet this obsession with SW fish is killen me

JoJo · 03-23-2008, 03:49 PM

to do the everyday water change you may have to get 2 clean tubs/cans, keep one empty fill the other with R/O water. also get 2 PHs put both on the same timer and when it kicks on the first PH would pull water out of the system while the other puts new water into it. this is what i plan on doing, but havent experimented with it yet

CMG · 04-04-2008, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoJo

to do the everyday water change you may have to get 2 clean tubs/cans, keep one empty fill the other with R/O water. also get 2 PHs put both on the same timer and when it kicks on the first PH would pull water out of the system while the other puts new water into it. this is what i plan on doing, but havent experimented with it yet

Wow, thats way too complicated for me right now...hahahahaha. I live in a tiny apt. (moving in may though!!

) so I dont have room for all of that stuff to just sit around in the living room. I just use 2 5g buckets to empty the tank after I have already filled another 10g bucket with ro/di + salt.

JoJo · 04-05-2008, 01:14 PM

sorry didnt mean to make it more than it had to be

03-18-2008, 02:50 PM	#77 (permalink)
CMG Torch coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sonoma County, CA Posts: 586 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup Good story JoJo, thats how I felt when I turned my tank into SW, especially with the algae fish..he had been in there since I got the tank from my cousin. Who knows how long that was!! Anyways, I plan on getting another one when my LFS gets another B&W clown. Maybe 2-3 months. Don't know. I think this time I will have set-up the QT tank and wont have to worry as much about the eating and skimmer pump. __________________ My Chronical: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wlr-setup.html 40g, Purple Dartfish (squirley), Banggai Cardinal (Spot), 3 sand sifting snails, 3 nerite snails and a golden banded shrimp (Batman).

03-20-2008, 07:25 PM	#78 (permalink)
CMG Torch coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sonoma County, CA Posts: 586 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup Well I broke down and ordered some new lighting. Its T5 and is new I think. Called the Current USA Extreme Pro or something. After I ordered it I realized it doesnt have moon lights!!! What a goof. __________________ My Chronical: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wlr-setup.html 40g, Purple Dartfish (squirley), Banggai Cardinal (Spot), 3 sand sifting snails, 3 nerite snails and a golden banded shrimp (Batman).

03-21-2008, 01:48 AM	#80 (permalink)
CMG Torch coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sonoma County, CA Posts: 586 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup Maybe I jsut wont have moonlights....are they necessary? I think it looks neat but I dont often go to the tank after lights out. I spent about 20 minutes scrubing my rock in a 5g bucket to get all fo the gren algae off. I think its hair and or bubble algae. I cant seem to shake it and wish I had the time and resources to get a sump/fuge up and running soon. I am using ro/di and I lowered the time that the lights are on. Maybe I should get a sea urchin, I heard they eat all the algae, but then I would have to suppliment it after he ate all the bad stuff. __________________ My Chronical: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wlr-setup.html 40g, Purple Dartfish (squirley), Banggai Cardinal (Spot), 3 sand sifting snails, 3 nerite snails and a golden banded shrimp (Batman).

03-21-2008, 07:47 AM	#82 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup I don't think you need to moonlights. With a reef, the theory is that a complete lunar cycle is when the corals spawn. But I doubt if it does anything for a FOWLR. For the algae, start doing 20% WC's each and every day for a couple weeks. That will get rid of all of the nutrients and help get you down close to zero nitrates. Then you can fall back to 20% once a week. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

03-21-2008, 10:09 PM	#84 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup Oh boy, I was just thinking.... Do you have any friends that you would rather not be friends with? Ask them to watch your tank for you and explain how to do a WC and tell them it needs to be done every day. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

03-23-2008, 12:14 AM	#86 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup Very true. But the results are breath taking. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

03-23-2008, 03:36 AM	#87 (permalink)
TheSaltySpitoon Star Polyps Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 171 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: 50g FOWLR Setup just bought a 125 and its burning holes in the wallet this obsession with SW fish is killen me

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