Noobie Q's about FO tank

HiepNotik · 04/30/2008, 11:17 AM

I've been in the hobby for about 3 months with a FOWLER. Now my brother wants to start his own tank at work, I also work there. He wants a fish only tank, with out the liverocks, is that possible? He will have about 40lbs of livesand, a canister filter, and skimmer, is that enough filtration? Another question, will he go through a cycle? If so can I seed the bacteria with a cup of sand from my current tank? Forgot to mention he has a 40g oceanic cube tank.

JBuffetReefer · 04/30/2008, 01:16 PM

the cycle will be minimal if at all. Make sure you use live sand and don't overload the tank and stay on top of water changes and you should be fine.

Brandon M · 04/30/2008, 02:11 PM

Check out this thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1379895

The benefits of live rock are so great that it is not recommended to go without it.

seapug · 04/30/2008, 03:18 PM

I agree with Brandon. It'll do a lot for the health of the tank and fish (not to mention appearance) to spring for at least a couple of live rocks for the decor. Otherwise you have fish doing laps around a sterile looking wasteland....kinda pathetic looking.

NSX22 · 04/30/2008, 03:21 PM

check out your local craigslist.com ads and you can find liverock
$2-3 /LB

04/30/2008, 11:17 AM	#1
HiepNotik Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 66	Noobie Q's about FO tank I've been in the hobby for about 3 months with a FOWLER. Now my brother wants to start his own tank at work, I also work there. He wants a fish only tank, with out the liverocks, is that possible? He will have about 40lbs of livesand, a canister filter, and skimmer, is that enough filtration? Another question, will he go through a cycle? If so can I seed the bacteria with a cup of sand from my current tank? Forgot to mention he has a 40g oceanic cube tank.

04/30/2008, 01:16 PM	#2
JBuffetReefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 510	the cycle will be minimal if at all. Make sure you use live sand and don't overload the tank and stay on top of water changes and you should be fine. __________________ Pour me something tall and strong, make it a hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care. It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon Tank soon to be reef tank & 34 Gallon Reef Tank

04/30/2008, 02:11 PM	#3
Brandon M Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,116	Check out this thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1379895 The benefits of live rock are so great that it is not recommended to go without it. __________________ Brandon Current Tank Info: 315g 84"x24"x36" FOWLR

04/30/2008, 03:18 PM	#4
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	I agree with Brandon. It'll do a lot for the health of the tank and fish (not to mention appearance) to spring for at least a couple of live rocks for the decor. Otherwise you have fish doing laps around a sterile looking wasteland....kinda pathetic looking. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

04/30/2008, 03:21 PM	#5
NSX22 Moved On Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 71	check out your local craigslist.com ads and you can find liverock $2-3 /LB