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I am currently getting ready for a 75 gallon, 4ft x 18" tank. I was researching different filtering systems and think I may go with the ecosystem...BUT then I contacted the company because I wanted to do a 2" sandbed and they said the following:: EcoSystem is excellent for fish only setup as it...

ah, I see. Thanks for the help. I am surprised there are not more replies to FOWLR subject. Please anyone..jump in. I would love to know how it works out for you too...

Originally Posted by airforceb2 You can get inverts and such and add them at the same time. Or add a couple corals and a fish together. It isn't hard to spend $79 on one fish these days. Yes, it isn't hard to spend the money..but wouldn't you agree that Hans should not have to. They really...

Originally Posted by TeresaQ Hi, how are you. I have 4x65 wtts pc on my 4 ft tank, but its only a 55 gal. I have most soft corals. you have a wooden canopy right? dose the canopy open on the top, or have doors in the front. are you doing a retro kit?? I knew someone would eventually...

Originally Posted by hansgraf Can some one explain how this works to me??? I bought three fish from SWF.com two of them died with in the first 48 hours. I sent them back because they should be covered by the guarantee. I have since found out through all of you helpful hobbyists that because...

Originally Posted by kjord97 When you order your lights, the watts they come as, are what you need to stick with. Each lighting setup has a ballast designed for that light. So a 65 watt lamp would need to stay a 65 watt lamp. You can run the lights now on a FOWLR and just continue to run...

oh well..

Originally Posted by bluelagoon i have an eclipse, so it's acrylic (i guess), and it's slightly bowfront. i've put several small scratches in the front of my tank from my lr, and i don't know how to get them out. how could you get them out of the inside of the tank if you can't put any...

Thanks so much for your time. I really appreciate it. I am getting a reef ready tank and doing a refugium in it. I was also considering the ecosystem in which they say that I do not need a skimmer...but maybe I may be complicating things that way. I kind of wanted to hide as many pieces of...

Originally Posted by kjord97 i am moving to your thread you started in fish discussion sorry to step on the salt thread. Yes, we'll move. Thanks Kjord

Originally Posted by kjord97 This is a salt topic and i hate to step on someone else thread i see you have started on thread in fish discussion i will move over there. It's just my thread..so feel free to step on it... :happyfish

Originally Posted by kjord97 with those lights you could run 75 gallon and below reef tank with softies. Fish do not need lights to survive. Only the corals do. What about feathers and polyps? Do they need more than the 4 x 65 orbits? But if I got those..I would not harm the fish...

Originally Posted by RumRunner I try to change water every two weeks, but sometimes it only happens monthly. If I do it monthly I change out more water, about 40 percent. Wow, 40 %...I still am trying to figure out how I will do the changes being that the room this tank is in is elegant and...

Originally Posted by kjord97 Lighting is not needed for fish growth or health, so you may stay a FOWLR now with basic lighting and if you want to upgrade to reef, all you need to do is add better lights, roughly 4-6 watts a gallon and a skimmer for the reef. So the basic lighting would...

HI all. I was reading Fenners book for the 5th time before I made my decision and he highly recommends acrylic tanks instead of glass. Although he says they do scratch easily..He claims that you can take the scratches away from acrylic easily ..but not from glass. I wanted to do a bow tank but...

Originally Posted by kjord97 Just from the past and what everyone recomends, stick to about 4-6 watts a gallon. My bubble tips have always been in the 5-6 watt per gallon range. They lived under PC's for there first 14 months and have been recently moved to under MH in the last 6...

Thats me begging!!

Originally Posted by kjord97 I have had a skimmer on the FOWLR, but about 9 months ago i removed it. The rock is about 3 years old, and since i quit skimmin on the tank i have seen no change in water or the health of the fish. Also with a FOWLR you can get away with very little light...