300 gallon FOWLR

Hi Everyone,

I'm FINALLY getting close to having water in my tank. I'v added the sand and the 'dead' rock to it. Here are the pics......

One think that I come to realize is that it doesn't seem like there is a lot of room for fish to swim around and since this is a FOWLR I'm kind of worried that there is too much LR. Let me know what you all think. Should I remove some or leave as is or do you not like the aquascape. I've glued the top rocks together but I can still get them apart if I tried.

Oh, there's about 375# of LR in there now.



Thanks for the advise!

 

I think it looks great. How much room between the rocks and the front glass?

 

That rock looks real porous so you have a large surface area for nitrification. I think you could easily remove 100# without compromising anything. What other filtration do you have.

Looks good.

 

This is going to look awesome. Personally while I do like the scape, I don't think it looks natural.

 

Since you are glueing them... I would do some sweet towers and arches.

On the other hand... I see no problem with a wall structure. Many fish live on walls in the wild. You also have what looks like a ton of space for fish to swim in and out of the structure.

 

I agree id remove about 100 pounds and maybe do a two island look? This give plenty of swimming room.

 

The rock is anywhere from 3 to 8 inches away.....on avg about 5 to 6 inches.

Yeah, I know about the "not looking natural" but I'm not sure how to make it look natural...lol.

Any ideas? I do kinda like the scape also, so I might just leave it. I think there are plenty of places for the fish to swin through and hide.....agree?

I have a sump with, I know...not everyone's fav....bio-balls, mesh filters, and a protein skimmer.

 

As long as you keep on top of the bio-balls they are fine!

 

I would say leave it if you are only getting smaller sized fish. If you want a tang, lion, or anything that needs more room I'd take some out. But imo what's the point of a large tank if you can't get some of the bigger fish that people like me can't have?

 

Yeah, I've already started to take some out. I want to get some bigger fish!!!!

No great whites or anything though ;-P