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04-06-2014, 01:14 PM
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Planning new 400
Hi all, I'm planning a new 400 gallon peaceful fowlr tank. Tank will be 96x30x30 and will be a plywood build with front viewing only. I'm going to try a skimmerless system using a large diy wet dry and a diy ats for my filtration. I'm also doing a diy 3d background too. I got must of the stuff I need for the build already just waiting on kids sports to slow down so I'll have time to go at it hard.
I'd like some opinions on the stocking list to see what everyone's thoughts are. Yellow tangs x5 Powder blue Regal tang Blond naso Yellow eye kole Orange shoulder Emporor angel Majestic angel Long nose hawk Long nose butterfly Copperband butterfly Black and white chromis x10 Flame angel Bi color angel Elibi angel Green manderine in time of corse Also what order you would add them all in too
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04-10-2014, 04:15 AM
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Outside of the obvious "add all fish of same species at same time" I have heard the flame angel and bicolor can be a mean little fellows towards other dwarfs but maybe by adding them last, adding both emperor and majestic as final occupants, given the size of your tank everyone should play nice. Lots of hiding spots, but also ur angels and tangs will need a ton of open space. Watch the Yellow tangs, they can be very agressive or so I've heard eve though I have no issues with mine with sailfin and hippo. My two bits FWIW. Good luck
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06-23-2014, 03:44 PM
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Yeah my bicolor is a little terror and beats on my eiblis and golden all day long.
I just built a 400 gallon FOWLR in march and am building up my livestock. Though its usually recommended its not easy to find all the desired fish of the same species to add them all at once! Consider adding some Blennies, they make wicked additions to a FOWLR aquarium and they make awesome custodians. Would be interesting to see how your going to go skimmerless with such load. My skimmer hasnt arrived yet but i'm temporarily using an ASM G1-x and G2 and the skimmer cups are full every 3 days. This is with an adult clown trigger, adult emperor, couple blennies, couple small angels, 200 lbs of cured rock, and a 40 gallon fuge with a healthy ball of cheato. PM me if you want to talk build.
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06-23-2014, 04:17 PM
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Adding the fish at certain times sounds good. It all boils down to what you can get from your local reefers/LFS.
My experience with out using a skimmer is you'll need something to keep your nitrates downs. With using a wet/Dry filter your nitrate well creep up. Having lot of rock and flow for filtration is good. Biopellets are a good source to reduce nitrates. There are many other sources way also. As for adding fish. Heres how i would do it. First: Yellow tangs x5 Second: Powder blue First: Regal tang First: Blond naso Second: Yellow eye kole Second: Orange shoulder Last: Emperor angel Last: Majestic angel First: Long nose hawk Last: Long nose butterfly (Keep in mind THat they prefer an established tank) Last: Copperband butterfly (Keep in mind THat they prefer an established tank) First: Black and white chromis x10 Second: Flame angel Second: Bi color angel Second: Elibi angel Last:Green mandarin in time of course(Keep in mind THat they prefer an established tank) When adding fish i also recommend doing it at night time. To Cutting down on aggression. Feeding lots if the first few days helps out. Looking forward to see the build.
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06-27-2014, 02:49 PM
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Nice to see people who can run such big tanks! I don't have anything to contribute, unfortunately, but I'm looking for black and white chromis as well; do you have a particular species in mind, or do you find them all about the same temperament-wise?
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06-27-2014, 03:49 PM
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Or C. margaritifer, hanui, or iomelas/maculatus? There are a bunch of black and white chromis species and there seems to be a lot of inconsistency :/
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45g + 30g sump. 250w 14000K MH; remora skimmer with a maxijet 1200; gravity-driven overflow; fluval sea and koralia powerheads; oversized biowheel and 5 gallon trickle biofilter, both free! Snails, hermits, at least one little hitchhiker starfish, one dalmation mollie; pair of black ocellaris clowns, courtesy of this place!; then some sort of herbivore(s) and/or colourful things.
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10-04-2014, 04:23 AM
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Just wondering ?
Hi... Just wondering how your 400g fowlr is making out with no skimmer. I personally have a stocked over 3 year old 300g Fowlr. I run a large skimmer with a bio pellet reactor and it works awesome. But I'm curious on how your design turned out?
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