my simple 3 ft fowlr =)

[bamboo shark]

hey everybody , i am relatively new to this forum , so i decided to start being more active and post more stuff . haha . as today was a rainy day , and i had nothing to do , i borrowed my brother's dslr to take some pictures of my 3 ft tank i just started a couple of weeks back . do share with me any pointers and tips that i should take note of .

also wanna thank my friend john (u know who u are) for helping me set up this tank . without your help it wont be possible. =)

my equipment : 2 ehiem canisters . the bigger one is a 2028 , smaller one im not sure either.

thanks a million

[bamboo shark]

OHH SHIT .. I THINK I PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON . I POSTED IT WITHOUT FINISHING . sorry guys .

anyways , equipment list still consists of a coralife 9W uv tube. tunze 9005 skimmer and lighting im using ZOO MED fl lights . coralsun and reefsun.

the livestock list i'll update again . sorry for being such a noob on posting . please bear with me. haha

[albinosage]

Hehehe. Nice, just like my very first set up right down to the iron stand, except no chiller.

Any intention to keep interesting invertebrates or crabs?

[orsony]

Hehehe. Nice, just like my very first set up right down to the iron stand, except no chiller.

Any intention to keep interesting invertebrates or crabs?

Presentable and nice rockscape. Probably in less than 3 month will upgrade. Hehehe......

[bamboo shark]

haha . thanks bros.. just got back from school . quite a hectic day .. phew . erm .. no crabs for me .. think my cleaner shrimp will get eaten or something . will it ? ive an urchin somewhere in the tank .. priest hat . its pretty cute actually . haha . for upgrading , i just upgraded actually . from a 2 ft to 3 ft presently . so probably be another yr before i upgrade again .. btw , anybody has an opinion of keeping harlequin tuskfish? think its an amazing fish , but seems pretty challenging to mantain. ohh , how do i resize the pics , think im like lagging up ppl's computers . sorry everyone ..

[yikai]

to resize, click open with pain then reduce the picture. usually i reduce it from 100 to 60.

harlequin tusks MAY eat ur urchin. may only.

[albinosage]

to resize, click open with pain then reduce the picture. usually i reduce it from 100 to 60.

harlequin tusks MAY eat ur urchin. may only.

I think you meant MS "paint"? hahaha. If not Bamboshark will have to stab his foot when clicking in order to be in pain when opening the picture.

[yikai]

I think you meant MS "paint"? hahaha. If not Bamboshark will have to stab his foot when clicking in order to be in pain when opening the picture.

no..i really mean PAIN! STAB UR FOOT@

no la jk. yep. use MS pain. sorry for the typo.

[bamboo shark]

haha. okay .. i'll keep that in mind , will resize my further pictures in future.. wont the tuskfish eat cleaner shrimps ? i read articles that they do .. so im abit apprehensive about keeping it . if my urchin kenna whack , ill post it up for adoption. haha

[yikai]

haha. okay .. i'll keep that in mind , will resize my further pictures in future.. wont the tuskfish eat cleaner shrimps ? i read articles that they do .. so im abit apprehensive about keeping it . if my urchin kenna whack , ill post it up for adoption. haha

hit and miss. they might eat them. take a look at those vicious teeth (:

[Ah-lim]

they WILL eat them.

[angelfishlover]

Woah impressive set up. You are also using iron stand as me but the space 1 marine tank really cramp up my hallway as all the equips must place there.Anyways yeah harlequin tuskfish may eat the urchin.How about adding some angelfishes maybe?They look damn impressive like queen angel,French angel or coral beauty.Koran is also ok(i like FW and SW angels so yeah that's how my name appeared to be)

Ahh another student.I am a student too......

[albinosage]

Ahh another student.I am a student too......

Don't be fooled by the word "student"... Met him in person, so much bigger than me, looks like he could beat me up. HAHAHAHA!

[jyoon]

haha . thanks bros.. just got back from school . quite a hectic day .. phew . erm .. no crabs for me .. think my cleaner shrimp will get eaten or something . will it ? ive an urchin somewhere in the tank .. priest hat . its pretty cute actually . haha . for upgrading , i just upgraded actually . from a 2 ft to 3 ft presently . so probably be another yr before i upgrade again .. btw , anybody has an opinion of keeping harlequin tuskfish? think its an amazing fish , but seems pretty challenging to mantain. ohh , how do i resize the pics , think im like lagging up ppl's computers . sorry everyone ..

Guess only FOWLR keeper will keep Harlequin Tusk. I have one that been with me for 2 years in my FOWLR setup. It does not touch sea urchin in my tank.

However keeping it with Shrimp will be a real challenge. You will need to introduce shrimps first before this fish. However still no gauranrtee they will not touch the shrimps. in terms of environment demanding, its not. Quite easy to keep fish and I like the orange color strips.

All the best.

[Solo77]

Finally saw your posting. Nice and neat setup. : )

[Gouldian]

Nice clean and neat set-up. I like harlequin tusk too, if I were to have a FOWLR tank, it will be one of the fish I will strongly consider.

[bamboo shark]

thanks bros ! =) you guys have been great. appreciate all the positive comments. damm , i really would want to keep a tuskfish . looks like my poor shrimps have to be given away . wouldn't wanna feed the fish 20 bucks worth of shrimps . haha . actually i did consider angels , but im worried they will get too large and aggressive for my system . plus the bio-load on my tank will go sky high . was initially considering an emperor angel cause of the beautiful colours , but ... heard they grow up to be big bullies. anyway.. anybody think i should up my filtration ? like put in more bio-home and stuff ? currently ive , ehiem substrate , bio-home , chemi-pure elite and ceramic rings inside both filters. advice from some pros here would be great .. haha. ohh , btw , im friendly biosage.. dont worry . my size like that is because i row boat and gym almost everyday , besides keeping fish and studying now ..

cheers

Andrew

[albinosage]

dont worry . my size like that is because i row boat and gym almost everyday , besides keeping fish and studying now ..

Haha I know, just kidding around. The way you said you were a student, and from your polite messages, I expected to see a small boy

How many fishes you have in total? I think the Eheim filters with biohome should be sufficient from what I saw that day. The only problem is the limited water volume, I think nitrates will build up rather quickly, but since it's fish only, which are more tolerable to small amounts of nitrates, water change alone should keep it within manageable levels. Just need to have a clean up crew to take care of algae growth.

[bamboo shark]

Haha I know, just kidding around. The way you said you were a student, and from your polite messages, I expected to see a small boy

How many fishes you have in total? I think the Eheim filters with biohome should be sufficient from what I saw that day. The only problem is the limited water volume, I think nitrates will build up rather quickly, but since it's fish only, which are more tolerable to small amounts of nitrates, water change alone should keep it within manageable levels. Just need to have a clean up crew to take care of algae growth.

hey bro . sorry for the late reply , i was busy !! haha. anyway , yup . i think i will be more diligent with my water changes and all . hmmm , ohh . my livestock list : 1 yellow tang , 1 sailfin tang , 1 indian ocean mimic tang , 1 dispar anthias , 1 bi-colour angel , 1 fox face , 2 false percula clowns , 6 chromis , 1 six line wrasse . 1 schooling bannerfish . 2 cleaner shrimps and a priest hat urchin . =)

total 16 fishes and 3 inverts.