Johnny Reefer's FOWLR

[Beverly]

Tank looks good, Mark. Along with zoos, which can be quite expensive, why not try green star polyps? Had them in my 120g before we upgraded lighting and livestock. Lighting back then were 2 x 65w PCs and a 40w actinic. Man, those green star polyps like crazy and had very long tentacles. We fragged them extensively and they grew everywhere. It sort of began to look like a super lush lawn in places

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by Beverly

....., why not try green star polyps? .....

I was in the LFS today and that very thought crossed my mind. I'll look into it. Thanx for the suggestion and thanx for the compliment.

Cheers,

[Ruth]

Looking really good. You put a lot of thought and work into this project. So do you now have a FOWLR and a reef tank? I would love to see some more pictures of your fish. I particularly like the pink tail trigger.

[maron6977]

Looks good, I have a similar tank (5' 108gal FOWLR ) started in Aug/ 06 . You might want to try, which I introduced, a coral banded shrimp & 5 starfish (choc. chip , red choc. chip & green star) . I had 2 really nice cleaner shrimp for about 4 months until the lion fish ate them. Good luck & keep updating so I know what I'm in for. Thanks Mark.

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by maron6977

.....You might want to try, which I introduced, a coral banded shrimp & 5 starfish (choc. chip , red choc. chip & green star). .....

I tried a couple of Green Brittle Stars a number of months ago and the Triggers made quick lunch of them. I will not put inverts of that sort in this tank again, other than nasty crabs for working on the clean-up crew. Thanx for your input, though, and thanx for the compliment. I picked up a Protopalythoa vestitus today and it's acclimating in the sump. Updates will follow .

Cheers,

[Chaloupa]

My triggers (although they are very docile blue chins) haven't bothered zoos, green star polyps, red blasto, SPS, or any shrooms at all...they are model citizens...however the "reef-safe" rabbit fish made a nice light snack of most every coral in the tank after eating all the algae....GSP are just like algae I am sure!

[Johnny Reefer]

Well I put the Paly in the display tank a couple of days ago and it's lookin' good. The Triggers aren't touching it. The Bluechin took a curious taste test nip right away but nothing since. Looking forward to placing more....and shrooms....and giving some GSP a try too. Then I guess I'll have to rename the thread and drop the FOWLR .


Cheers,

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by Ruth

.... So do you now have a FOWLR and a reef tank? I would love to see some more pictures of your fish. I particularly like the pink tail trigger.

I've had a Reef for close to two years now and a FOWLR for just over one year, the history of which is in this thread . One of my favorite pictures of all is a pan shot of the Pink Tail on page 3. I'll see what I can do about getting more up.

Thanx for the compliment and cheers,