Johnny Reefer's FOWLR

[Johnny Reefer]

Well my big move and associated upgrades are essentially complete. Phew! Still a few minor loose ends to deal with, in time. I'm ground floor now, so weight and flooding neighbours below are no longer an issue. Here are some after move pics.

This is a 180g Seastar tank that was previously my Reef tank at my previous residence. On the right is the 90g Auto Top-Off tank.


Here's a shot of the 70g sump. That's a Euro-Reef RS 250 skimmer. The 10g 'fuge is lit by a Coralife Aqualight 1 x 150W 10,000K DE used MH. (Still have to get some Chaeto in the 'fuge). Return is a Hagen Aquaclear 901 powerhead. Float valve for the Top-Off is a Laguna (Hagen pond product).


More pics....

[Johnny Reefer]

Here's a shot with the foam board facades in place.


More pics....

[Johnny Reefer]

This is the SpectraPure 180GPD RO/DI unit. I still have to hook this up. Thus, it goes without saying that I've used tapwater so far. (I was too impatient and wanted to get things going).


And finally a shot of the display tank itself. Lighting is a Coralife Lunar Aqualight 2 x 96W PC's and 2 x 96W Actinics. Water circulation is provided by 2 Seio M1500s, which were in my previous Reef set up, and 2 MaxiJet 1200s. I have a Bluechin, Blackbelly, Clown, Humuhumu and Pinktail Triggerfish in this tank. I lost my Cleaner Wrasse in the move...my one and only casualty. I'm going to try keeping Zoanthids in here to spruce it up some. Hopefully the Triggers will leave them alone.


Thanx to all who helped in this endeavour.

Cheers,

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Looks great!

[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 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,

[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,