fish only

[Davidkirschenbaum]

Well my 180 gallon fish only is doing great. I have had the take since aug and everything is running smoothly. The only thing that I don't like is the rock I have is not really live and if it is it just looks terrible. The tank is missing some color from corals and rock however everything I have would eat it. I was wondering what people think about decorating with the artificail coral and how it looks. Thanks
David

 

[fritz]

I think it looks artificial. They have gotten better at it though. It's a matter of taste. I forget the company but they make the setups that most public aquariums use. You'll know it when you see it, their stuff is ok. Most of the stuff I see is neon. Yuck.

 

[fritz]

You could try some easy and hard to kill specimins (depending on your lights) such as zoanthids or mushrooms.

 

[inkblue]

...wHat abouT dead coRals :smokin: aT least it woNt look artiFiciaL

 

[DEEPWATER]

artificail corlas get full of algea ,which means youwill to take it out and clean them off.Algea is not the easest thing to clean off.If you have a fish only ,I would try to use VHO actinic to bring out their color
Also if you post a pic of you tank ,that will help ,Made you don tneed to buy more rock.Just aquascape it better.
If you want artificail I can get you really nice one from Natures Image

Also I would pm Marrone on the board ,Hes great with FOWLR(fish only with live rock)

 

[Tim]

Check out living color. They are based in Fla. and they supply most of the big hotels and the such.Be warned they are not cheap. www.livingcolor.com

 

[DEEPWATER]

Check out living color. They are based in Fla. and they supply most of the big hotels and the such.Be warned they are not cheap. www.livingcolor.com

nice tim ,,they are the best in the usa i think ,But thats the artificail corals ive seen in ppls tanks ,they look great when you 1st get them ,but once the algea start ,they are nasty :banghead:

 

[nycmat]

i used to do fish only -- to clean artificial corals is easy. just have to be careful.

run Hot water in a tub. add bleach. about 3-4 minutes later check it. it should return back to its original color. very easy to do. this is the tricky part. YOU MUST RINSE IT VERY WELL. i ran mine under a shower head for 10minutes with direct flow on it and it worked.

matt

 

[noodleman]

why not run weaker lights in the display for less algae growth and have a fuge to take up the nutrients

 

[nycmat]

not neccessary for a fish only. you can do this but its really not necessary for a fish only

 

[Tonyscoots84]

why not run weaker lights in the display for less algae growth and have a fuge to take up the nutrients

good idea alvin.. no nutrients less lighting little to no algae....:approve: :approve: :approve: