Let's take a poll

[beerfish]

Happens to the best of us... lol

 

[chuck116]

reef or fowlr its still 300

 

[ryangrieder]

no problem. im going to his house friday. ill bring my digital camera over with me and take a few for you.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Yea def go FOWLR you can get alot of cool fish you can't have in your current reef tank since they are not reefsafe. It gives you a unique opportunity to have both and SHE IS INTO THE IDEA! :fishhit:
Plus of course the cost..then you need to get some serious lighting..w/ a FOWLR some simple PC's will be fine. No need for a crazy LED or multiple hallide setup which will not only be expensive but when you get your electrical bill you won't have to go out and rob a liquor store. LOL No need for reactors,dosing keeping up w/ calc levels etc. etc. etc. I'm going to be doing a big FOWLR when I move Lion,Panther Grouper, Some tangs, Puffers,Triggers..it's a very active and interesting tank. Just Don't buy any inverts lol shrimp will be lunch.

 

[JSweeney76]

Thanks all for the replies. I mentioned the poll to my wife. She laughed and said, "I don't know why you're doing that... we're doing a FOWLR." I had planned on that but figured a 300 gallon reef would be AWESOME. I'm sure the FOWLR creatures will be cool too. Anybody know anything about rays and sharks? Can they put placed with puffers and triggers or are they better off in a species tank? Thanks again.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

they can be but 300 gal is prob too small most rays and sharks get very big I think the smallest shark gets about 3-4 feet you would need like a 500-600 gallon tank for a shark.
Hey atleast you are headed in the right direction..just the other day someone wanted to put a shark a ray a panther grouper a lion and some other stuff in a 4 foot 120 lmao

 

[georgelc86]

Fowlr!!

 

[danny]

300 gal

Damn at least your wife wants a tank, I have to keep paying cash so when she asks how much my new metal halide set-up cost I told her it was only $150 instead of $550. Oh she really hated the Piranha tank, especially at feeding time. lol I loved those fish.

 

[JSweeney76]

Yeah. I'm kind of surprised that she's this into the hobby. She saw a red tooth Niger and fell in love. Now we have a small bursa, small niger and a snowflake moray getting ready for a 300 gallon tank. On top of that, I have a stars and stripes puffer and queen angel getting ready to transition over. She's bit by the bug BIG TIME. LOL. I think I need another job. LOL

 

[Master Shake]

do a reef with reef safe triggers, the niger is reef safe and try a cross hatch pair

 

[adamt]

If your wife wants a 300 gal fowlr tell her to go buy one and you set up the tank that you buy the way that you want it. Honestly the price between a fowlr and a reef should only differ in the cost of corals and nutrients. from what i understand if ur keeping LR u need the lights anyway and you need reef type filtration anyway. No reason you cant keep the eel, a niger, and a lion fish in a reef tank. just watch ur hands when ur servicing the tank.
is the conflict centered around what type of fish u want in the tank or is it about the corals? personally id go with a nice school of anthias, some pretty tangs, tons of inverts, maybe a dwarf angel, some spiny urchins and bangai cardinals, and clownfish/anenomes and see how many different symbiotic relationships I could maintain in 1 tank... or go with an aggresive reef with aforementioned fish but maybe add a banded cat shark (love those guys) or a wards wobbegong ( i know a guy who can get them regularly, and they only grow about 30 inches and are so lethargic that people have kept them in captivity for their entire lives in 135 gallon tanks). You could do an octopus or cuttlefish set up that would be bada$$. Mimmic octopus in a tank that big would rock cus ud prolly be able to see some of the mimmicking behavior.

At the end of the day u both have to live under the same roof, and its not really worth fighting over, but at the same time compromising sucks and usually a compromise is a resolution to a conflict in which neither party gets what they want so whats the point? but if youre gonan try to compromise i say wobbegong/ aggressive reef ftw!!!

 

[scarf_ace1981]

what doesn't she like about reefs? i suggest taking her to see some fellow reefer's tanks and maybe she'll change her mind

 

[JSweeney76]

Oh. She doesn't have anything against the reefs at all. She loves the one that we have. She just likes the non safe reef fish. She likes the triggers and puffers and stuff. I'm more into the ecosystem aspect of it and she's into the fish. It's all good. Thanks everyone.

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