Tank Reboot, Going Fowlr

[jeffyal]

Going from reef tank to fowlr with bare bottom.
Some type of puffer will be included as the main attraction!
220 tank w/75 gl sump.
A few questions:

Pros & cons of no corals?
Would you add softies for movement?
Would you need to dose or just water changes?
Light schedule with no corals?
Fish Suggestions for puffer & tank mates?

 

[Webslinger]

-ugly tank/pretty tank -less work/more work
-yes
-10% by weekly WC
-lights on when in fish room off when not.
-Moray eel

 

[ohiohamfish]

What made you decide to change?

 

[jeffyal]

A few things that just added up. Corals we’re dying off while others were doing great. Fought this on and off for a year, I’m sure my husbandry wasn’t the best but the fish were nice and fat. Thought about getting out and walking away, I came close. I sold all my fish and the corals I had left and rethought it a little more. So I took the money and put a new floor in the basement and the tank looks great on it. Always wanted a puffer of cow fish so it’s a chance to start over and take it slow. Maybe Carl’s down the road again but right now I don’t want to have to worry about him I just want to enjoy the fish in my tank.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Once your FOWLER hits it’s stride, and you are fully enjoying it, throw in a few softies and see what works. I’m sure your existing lighting will be fine for softies— and as someone hinted at, the lighting for the fish themselves is really only what ‘you’ need to see and enjoy them. Best wishes!