redsea's 125g FOWLR Build

Hello 3reefers , I have this build going on somewhere else too, so I will copy and paste here, or the other way around depending on which website I post on first. Or the posts will just be different.


I have had this 125g up for a while now, and my original plan was to make it a reef tank. However, I don't want to have 13 fish in the tank with rock and coral, and then have an ich outbreak. I want to have the ability to treat in the tank if I ever get ich again. I believe that I have ich now, so around this week I will start treating with hyposalinity.

This is the stock so far in the tank.
1. Blue Hippo Tang
2. Scopas Tang
3. McCosker's Flasher Wrasse
4. Linespot Flasher Wrasse
5. Lawnmower Blenny
6. Orange Clownfish (Ocellaris)

Thanks for reading! I appreciate it!

 

how many tanks you building ?

 

The hippo tang will get to large IMO.

 

yup...I had one in a 90...no bueno.

 

I have 3 SW tanks in total, but they all have been up and running before their build threads were posted.

 

So, when I made this thread I was 100% sure that this was going to be a FOWLR tank because of the future possibilities of ich. The more I think about it, I do kind of want this to be a reef tank (because of the good lights I have on it and more space than the 55g). If I do decide to go reef again, I would do so after I treat this tank with hyposalinity (no copper so it is possible that I can put corals in).

Speaking of which I finally got a refractometer ordered last night!

So, do you think I should stop worrying about ich, and make this a reef again (after hypo), or should I keep it a FOWLR tank?

Thank you so much for your opinions/thoughts/comments!

 

it don't change anything if you worry .. : )
pull the trigger ! ..do all you can do...like my father would say "hope for the best..prepare for the worst" you got the skills. : ) go slow....and you got a refractometer ! : )

 

Can you post some pics, and we will help you determine if you have ICH or not. Most healthy fish will fight ICH off themselves with a good diet.

 

Sounds like fun on the bun! I'd say reef, if ich comes feed your fish super healthy foods soaked in garlic/other supplements!

 

Thanks,

I have decided to make the tank a reef, and not be afraid of ich!

I don't really think that I could get a decent pic, the spots are so small, and there are so little of them on the fish.

Thanks!