Welcome to our brand new FOWLR forum!!!

[Daniel@R2R]

Well, you guys asked, and it has been given!! Welcome to the new Fish Only With Live Rock (FOWLR) Tank Discussion Forum!!

This is a great place to show off your FOWLR tanks, ask FOWLR related questions, and share info for those Fish Only tanks!!

Can we get this kicked off by asking you guys to show off your FOWLR tank and or asking you to tell us why you're excited about this new forum?

#FOWLR #fishonly

 

[KrisReef]

I started this hobby with fish only. Coral wasn't invented yet!

Very cool place for folks who need fish related discussions on parameters and water chemistry vs the coral reef side!

Thanks for the new outlet!

 

[Goaway]

I love fish! Most don't seem to last me a year. My oldest fish was a 7 yr old purple tang. Whom I no longer have

I'd like to see what others have kept and for how long.

 

[LiverockRocks]

We are excited to see some awesome live rock scapes in this new forum!

 

[GHOSTLY]

I love fish! Most don't seem to last me a year. My oldest fish was a 7 yr old purple tang. Whom I no longer have

I'd like to see what others have kept and for how long.

My betta fish lived six years but I'm new to saltwater. Only 8 or 9 months in with my first tank being FOWLR at age 8. Now I have coral at age 13.

 

[DaddyFish]

I'm excited about a FOWLR forum. IMHO keeping a community FOWLR is at least as challenging as a Reef tank, but in very different ways. Both deserve equal respect and support.

I have one FO tank. It's also a Predator tank. Anything that enters that tank is classified as food until proven otherwise. That includes fingertips, metal tongs, algae clips, you name it!

Here's a few of the current residents. There's a 28" Snowflake Eel named Eellie in there. I've had Moe, the dogface puffer the longest. But Snoball, the porcupine puffer has outgrown Moe and is too large to pass through any of the ship openings. It's probably time to redo the aquascape but I hate losing the ship!

My other tanks are hybrid setups, but all are heavily stocked with fish. I love fish and softies, anything that moves. Most of all I enjoy watching nature interact and learning how different each saltwater creature can be, even within the same species.

 

[JMM744]

My 180 butterfly tank. Couple flasher wrasses and a nice pintail fairy wrasse too. The bannerfish is no more. It developed Popeyes and stopped eating as it went blind. Had to make the tough choice to put it down. It started as a quarter size fish that I put thru qt.

 

[SourAngelfish]

Was shocked being able to get everyone in one picture

 

[Apeman]

More on IG under Cholo Reef

 

[dwair]

I'm excited about a FOWLR forum. IMHO keeping a community FOWLR is at least as challenging as a Reef tank, but in very different ways. Both deserve equal respect and support.

I have one FO tank. It's also a Predator tank. Anything that enters that tank is classified as food until proven otherwise. That includes fingertips, metal tongs, algae clips, you name it!

Here's a few of the current residents. There's a 28" Snowflake Eel named Eellie in there. I've had Moe, the dogface puffer the longest. But Snoball, the porcupine puffer has outgrown Moe and is too large to pass through any of the ship openings. It's probably time to redo the aquascape but I hate losing the ship!

My other tanks are hybrid setups, but all are heavily stocked with fish. I love fish and softies, anything that moves. Most of all I enjoy watching nature interact and learning how different each saltwater creature can be, even within the same species.

Love the ship!

 

[DaddyFish]

Was shocked being able to get everyone in one picture

Fess up! We know you smeared brine shrimp all over the lens!

 

[SourAngelfish]

Fess up! We know you smeared brine shrimp all over the lens!

My room has a ton of light coming in, I get the best pictures at night hahaha. I would love to have a camera upgrade though

 

[Squidward]

Sweet! I gave up on corals. Never really had success with them. I was always more of a fish guy. I'll post a video of my tank soon. I do have a rock of ricordia. Does that disqualify my tank lol?

 

[DeepintheReef]

Someone is happy to finally get some representation!

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Fess up! We know you smeared brine shrimp all over the lens!

that 1st pic is gorgeous. i dont want a coral dominated tank. i want a couple corals and some invertabrates like cleaner shrimp and starfish ( i already have) and scallops but i want to treat it kinda like a fowlr where it looks like a reef outcrop with lots of macroalgae but a sparse population of coral and inverts. as opposed to a densley packed tank.

 

[SourAngelfish]

snapped some better pictures yesterday

 

[StPatrick89]

Well, you guys asked, and it has been given!! Welcome to the new Fish Only With Live Rock (FOWLR) Tank Discussion Forum!!

This is a great place to show off your FOWLR tanks, ask FOWLR related questions, and share info for those Fish Only tanks!!

Can we get this kicked off by asking you guys to show off your FOWLR tank and or asking you to tell us why you're excited about this new forum?

#FOWLR #fishonly

Aye!!! Finally!!! I’m excited about this forum because a lot of things that pertains to those reef guys don’t pertain to fowlr tanks! We don’t have to worry about not getting fish because they’ll eat the coral. Coral is cool but the fish are better IMO! Fish first!

 

[StPatrick89]

My 180 butterfly tank. Couple flasher wrasses and a nice pintail fairy wrasse too. The bannerfish is no more. It developed Popeyes and stopped eating as it went blind. Had to make the tough choice to put it down. It started as a quarter size fish that I put thru qt.

180 is my next tank size, how much did you pay for your tank?

 

[JMM744]

180 is my next tank size, how much did you pay for your tank?

My tank was made by custom Aquariums. It's starfire front panel with metal frame and black silicone. It's very well built. I am guessing I have 2500 in it but not sure. They were very good to work with. It shipped to me in very well constructed wood crate . Check them out. They sometimes have tanks premade they will offer for sale too.

 

[StPatrick89]

My tank was made by custom Aquariums. It's starfire front panel with metal frame and black silicone. It's very well built. I am guessing I have 2500 in it but not sure. They were very good to work with. It shipped to me in very well constructed wood crate . Check them out. They sometimes have tanks premade they will offer for sale too.

Thanks