My 120 Aggressive Fowlr Tank

William Norman · Nov 13, 2019

This is a rehomed tanked that I absolutely love.

It is 6ft long and has a 50 gallon sump with a separate fuge.

My inhabitants:

Blunthead Wrasse (Thalassoma)
Harlequin Tusk
Formosa Wrasse
Red Coris Wrasse
Red Tail Triggerfish (Sargassum)
Niger Triggerfish
Tomato Clown
Indigo Hamlet (Hypoplectrus indigo)
Snowflake eel
Zebra eel
Jeweled eel
Sea Serpent

Baileyshouse · Nov 13, 2019

Nice tank!

William Norman · Nov 14, 2019

Sea Monster came out to play.

William Norman · Nov 17, 2019

My Zebra stretching his 'legs'

Dsnakes · Nov 17, 2019

Nice looking tank! I bet you go through a lot of food

ceallen · Nov 17, 2019

Very cool!

JasonK84 · Nov 17, 2019

We need a FTS! I love FOWLR and FO tanks.

William Norman · Nov 17, 2019

Dsnakes said:
Nice looking tank! I bet you go through a lot of food

Dsnakes - I feed the tank every other day. I do feed heavy because some members of the tanks are piggy and don't let the others partake. I recently switched my feeding up to use the BRS 'Chili' recipe that I now use in all of my tanks. Much easier. I also add a few clams and muscles split in their shells. Then I spot feed the eels larger chucks. I try switching up what I feed them between shrimp, krill, crab clusters and silversides. The eels don't seem to like the chili that falls down to them. My zebra really only wants crab clusters, so I have to make he gets other stuff. I go through alot of filter floss. I change it every 3 days and a filter pad 1 a week. I powerwash the filter pads every few months when I have a big pile and then they go back into rotation.

William Norman · Nov 24, 2019

For the last couple of months I have been battling with aiptasia and majano in the tank. Tried each separately: kalk. lemon juice and X but not success. I was getting ready to purchase a laser when I saw a discussion on Franks f-aiptasia. I have been using it for 3 weeks now with great success. It is funny you will actually see the aiptasia collapse in a puff and it doesn't recover. Because I was concerned with it effecting my parms I have been working the tank in sections. I will most likely have to go back and get some new little ones or ones I miss. My biggest quandary is how to get the ones at the bottom of my overflows. I can't get my hand down there to cover them. I might have to get some hard tubing and try to direct the flow of F on to them. - Thank you Frank saved me a tear down. - Here is where you can buy it. https://saltwateraquariumstore.franks-tanks.com/F-Aiptasia-Killer-p126353177.

William Norman · Mar 16, 2020

Zombie waking from the dead.

sixline · May 18, 2020

William Norman said:
Zombie waking from the dead.

Great shot. This is the formosa wrasse, right?

William Norman · May 18, 2020

sixline said:
Great shot. This is the formosa wrasse, right?

Yes. He is a still growing. About 7 inches so far.

Hugh Mann · May 18, 2020

This is a beautiful tank, and my dream to have one just like it.

All your eels get along well? I'd love to get my greyfaced a friend at some point.

William Norman · May 18, 2020

Yes the eels do. The snowflake will some times lie on top of the zebra. I recently lost the jeweled one. I am not sure what happened, Just one day he started acting very strange. He was very active and would sometimes startle me by hitting the glass covers over the tops. I dont know if he broke his back..

I need to rehome the niger as he is getting bigger he is getting very bossy.

Once things settle down I will think about adding a foxface for a bit of algea control. It is a constant battle without a CUC. Between the Tusk and Triggers nothing survives very long. I am trying a pincushion but I dont have high hopes. I give it 3 days.