Should I? or should i not? (1 Viewer)

[HongT713]

So Joe got me thinkin i should turn my 471G tank into a Fowlr tank. I can make it into the sickest fish only tank around and get a smaller tank and make that into a reef.. Now the question is should i turn my 471 into a fowlr or try to maintain it as mix fish n reef what u guys think?

 

[reesetricted]

1 vote-Reef

 

[cliner]

Reef!

 

[Timanator]

FOWLR!

 

[HongT713]

man i love a huge reef tank but i also love Angelfish is their ANY thing i can do to keep angels in a reef i seen it done on youtube n reefcentral and tried so far white bar angel, six line angel, rock beauty angel, blue angel, french angel, grey angel, queen angel, passer angel, blue face angel, ashfur angel, and they all failed

 

[GAW]

Fowlr!

Then I would like a 90g cube reef

 

[doubletap4311]

Fowlr

 

[HongT713]

ya i may just make it a fowlr as soon as i find a new reef tank

 

[ddr_phish]

The maintenance and dosing on a reef tank that size would be too much for me to keep up with, I would do a kick ********* FOWLR.

 

[HongT713]

yea i think i decided to make it a fowlr tank with leather corals n mushrooms. That way i can have a bunch of show angels etc.

 

[joedirte8]

FOWLR

 

[RR-MAN]

Fish only.

 

[flexrac]

I say go reef, you can create a sick piece of the ocean in your tank, and recuperate your money when you start fragging. Yes fowler has some of the worlds most beautiful fish, but after a while it will become boring. corals are so much fun to look at especially LPS, watching them sway in the current. I believe yo could have a sick mixed tank.
LPS and SPS.

Only benefit i can see with a fowler tank in your situation, is a lower electric bill. you can downgrade to T-5s. giving you a cooler running tank.

Just my 2 cents!

 

[HongT713]

that is true felix...making me think twice hard decisions

 

[flexrac]

trust me, with a fowler, you will buy fish, trade fish, lose fish and get sick of it or bored. just fish is a little boring. it brings me great joy to see coral growth, seeing little creatures doing their thing late at night. seeing the diff worms at work. finding hijackers (the good kind).

last personal oppinion, picture this!
tank full of corals, you have your school of chromis and anthias with a couple of fire gobies. all swiming in harmony, plus the beautiful colors of the corals.
You can even keep cost down by doing LPS only.
so many great options out there in the lps world.
you can have a mat of zoas, a wall of GSP, some brains, Large colonies of hammers and frogspawn.
plus huge toadstools.
check this out, it's a mix tank, but look at the colors:
http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue

 

[flipside]

FOWLR, hands down.

 

[flexrac]

Two questions for those who say fowler?
why fowler?
do you have a fowler? samples please.
educate me.

 

[HongT713]

i would say with fowlr u get all the exotic color fishes, but with reef u get the enjoyment of corals clams etc. I prefer reef anyday just i really really want angels

 

[hank]

Isn't this tank really deep? I would say fowlr if that is the case.


Flex, lps does not mean cheaper necessarily. It could mean the exact opposite, have you seen the scoly or chalice market?

 

[flipside]

Yeah... cool angels, maybe a puffer, an eel, ray, etc...

Reefs require more work and money... just my opinion on the matter.