General questions on my 5x2.5 FOWLR

[davidw]

Hi, this is what is left of my setup (of more than 3 yrs)... 2 panthers, 3 banners, 1 emperor angel, 1 koran angel, 1 lionfish and 1 domino....

[davidw]

I hv no feeding problems as I'm able to feed all with combination of pellets and market prawns... just that I thought of adding more banner fish (I use to have 9) but worried the groupers will kill them. Then again its just a thought... not really a must as I am quite ok with the current stock.... I had the groupers since they were juveniles

Another issue is I hv located the tank at quite a brightly lighted area (indirect sunlight) so green algae has grown quite a bit on the rocks and sand.... I can't shift the tank so I could only reduce light exposure by covering the tank top fully... I only switch on the tank lighting for 3 hours every evening (7 to 10) for viewing. Any advice of the algae issue?

[davidw]

as u can see the location of the tank is very exposed to indirect sunlight

[Copperband]

that is some very big fish!!!

[vinccc2009]

I thought your house is a restaurant!!

You have a nice tank...tank maker?

And your freshwater tank is nice too...is it a large peacock in the middle?

[braincoral]

O mine

Big fishes!!

Never c a reefer own such a big house

Before!

[Athier]

Oh Yes!! thats really big Fish.

And big house too!

Bout the algae, let the senior advice

[onizukaa]

hi bro, for this issue, you can try doing a algae scrubber or increase more flow (wavemaker blowing at the bottom - not till creating sandstorm )

nice tank btw!

[davidw]

Thanks to all for responding

I thought your house is a restaurant!!

You have a nice tank...tank maker?

And your freshwater tank is nice too...is it a large peacock in the middle?

lol... the grouper is plate-size alrite!... but no..not a restauranteur nor a tankmaker :-), strictly a hobbyist, yea its a PB with a datnoid and freshw ray n aro.... I like all kinds of fishes but I'm more into arowanas actually...

[davidw]

hi bro, for this issue, you can try doing a algae scrubber or increase more flow (wavemaker blowing at the bottom - not till creating sandstorm )

nice tank btw!

thanks.... yea I'll try the wavemaker but I need to cover a bit of the ceiling first to prevent too much sunlight

[davidw]

just to share, when I first started this tank more than 3 yrs ago it looks like this (indoor btw)

but most of the smaller fish disappeared as the groupers grew larger...twas my mistake

[bluemask]

Groupers are known to be aggressive..small fishes will end up as their meals Btw, very envy of your big big house