What to put in 1100 gallon FOWLR???

[Jeremy Blaze]

Okay guys, heres the deal. I am currently redoing our FO tank. Changing sumps, filters, substrate, etc....

Here is the info.

Tank. 1100 gallons. 10ftx5ftx3ft

Sumps, 4 100 gallon rubbermaids, one is a dedicated refugium, one will house the skimmers, one with some liverock.

Return pumps, 2 md100 blue lines. 1500gph ea
Closed loop Sequence dart 3600gph

Lighting is currently 8 4 foot vho 4 10k 4 actinic

Display is getting 2000lbs of sand

There will be a rock structure with approx 500lbs of fiji liverock. There will be plenty of open swimming space.


Current fish,

12" stars and stripes puffer
12" Durgeon trigger
8" Clown trigger
6" lunare wrasse
10" Blue spotted Unicorn tang
5" brown bird wrasse

All of these fish do not need to be returned to the tank, but can.

So, I want to here your ideas. What would you put in it?

Some ideas I had were, angel tank, with several pygmy as well as lg angels. Sponge and gorgonion forest. Shark tank with a pair of eppaulettes.

Lets here your ideas!

[jmccown]

Where is all these monster tanks coming from all of a sudden? I'd do a couple sharks and some large angels and tangs.

[Jeremy Blaze]

Look at my job.

As far as your suggestion, angels and sharks don't mix.

[jmccown]

I don't think there's any doubt that large angels look best in large aquariums. With that much room I would head in that direction. Queen angel, Emperor, Blueface, the list goes on and on. I think wrasses would be good space fillers. Angels don't move that fast, but wrasses do. Additionally, some wrasses act as cleaners to the fish and others sift sandbeds. There's my .02.

[Jeremy Blaze]

Thanks for the input. I was thinking along the same lines.

[ccampbell57]

Here is what I would add:

8" Emperor Angel
8" Scribbled Angel
8" Blue Ring ANgel
8" Blueface
8" Queen Angel
One more Durgon Trigger
Pair of 8" crosshatch triggers
6-12" GoldenBack Trigger
XL Male Blonde Naso
XL Vlamingi Tang

24 x Blue/Green chromis
10-15 Anthias (assorted)

[95accord]

hows about a ray or something.....?

[superedge88]

Originally posted by Jeremy Blaze
Okay guys, heres the deal. I am currently redoing our FO tank. Changing sumps, filters, substrate, etc....

Here is the info.

Tank. 1100 gallons. 10ftx5ftx3ft

Sumps, 4 100 gallon rubbermaids, one is a dedicated refugium, one will house the skimmers, one with some liverock.

Return pumps, 2 md100 blue lines. 1500gph ea
Closed loop Sequence dart 3600gph

Lighting is currently 8 4 foot vho 4 10k 4 actinic

Display is getting 2000lbs of sand

There will be a rock structure with approx 500lbs of fiji liverock. There will be plenty of open swimming space.


Current fish,

12" stars and stripes puffer
12" Durgeon trigger
8" Clown trigger
6" lunare wrasse
10" Blue spotted Unicorn tang
5" brown bird wrasse

All of these fish do not need to be returned to the tank, but can.

So, I want to here your ideas. What would you put in it?

Some ideas I had were, angel tank, with several pygmy as well as lg angels. Sponge and gorgonion forest. Shark tank with a pair of eppaulettes.

Lets here your ideas!

I run a few large aquariums, sounds like you have some fun planning to do, I would do 1 or two large angels-my favorites would be a newly adult colored Imperator and Annularis.
the following would give you great movement and color

4 doliatus rabbits
1 Clown tang
1 Kole tang
~10 Lyretail Anthias
Stars and stripes puffer
Lunare wrasse
clown trigger
brown bird wrasse
green bird wrasse
yellow goatfish

[Absint Reefer]

how about...
jeweled moray
dragon moray
3 lookdowns
miniatas grouper
4 or 5 big eye or solder squirrel fish
orange toadfish
niger trigger

[thepudge]

Get a stellatus puffer and see how big you can grow it, that would be fun.

[DamnPepShrimp]

I'd go with the large angels, and some large tangs. That is my plan for my 360g, but not nearly as many as you could have.

[JazzZero]

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Well ok this fish list is a list that I would use if I had a 1100G FOWLR tank like yours:
(Consider the fact this maybe costly)
(Naturally I personally wouldn’t put all of these)
(The inches are based from your tank size and the aggressiveness)

Angelfish/Butterflyfish
- Queen Angelfish (5-6 inch)
- Blue Face Angelfish (7-8inch)
- French Angelfish (7-8inch Diameter)
- Passer Angelfish (5-6inch)
- Chyrusus Angelfish (7inch)
- Imperator Angelfish (8inch)
- Majestic Angelfish (8-9inch)
- Personifer Angelfish (7inch)
- Regal Angelfish (7+ inches)
- Scribbled Angelfish (7inch)
- Blue Ring (6inch)
- Small School of Golden Butterflyfish (5inches each)

Foxface
-Magnificent Foxface (7inch)

Grouper
- Clown Grouper (4-5inch)
- Miniatus Grouper (4-5inch)

Lionfish
- Antennata Lionfish (5-6inch)
- Radiata Lionfish (5-6inch)

Parrotfish
- Princess Parrotfish (5-6inch)

Puffer
- Burr Puffer (5-6inch)
- Porcupine Puffer (5-6inch)

Shark
- Epaulette Shark (7-12inch)

Tang
- Vlamingi Tang (10-12inch)
- Blonde Tang (9-11inch)
- Sohal Tang (7-8inch)
- Unicorn Tang (9-11inch)
- Achilles Tang (7-8inch)
- Purple Tang (as large as you can find)

Triggerfish
- Clown Triggerfish (5-6inch)
- Niger Triggerfish (8inch)
- Black Triggerfish (8inch)
- Huma Triggerfish (7inch)
- Crosshatch Pair (8inch)
- Rectangle Triggerfish (7inch)
- Queen Triggerfish (4-5inch)(extremely aggressive)

Wrasse
- Harlequin Tusk (6-7inch)
- Green Bird Wrasse (5-7inch)

(this has been used in another one of my replys with some adjustments)

[Henry760]

Originally posted by JazzZero
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Registered: Oct 2007
Location:
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Posts: 7


Well ok this fish list is a list that I would use if I had a 1100G FOWLR tank like yours:
(Consider the fact this maybe costly)
(Naturally I personally wouldn’t put all of these)
(The inches are based from your tank size and the aggressiveness)

Angelfish/Butterflyfish
- Queen Angelfish (5-6 inch)
- Blue Face Angelfish (7-8inch)
- French Angelfish (7-8inch Diameter)
- Passer Angelfish (5-6inch)
- Chyrusus Angelfish (7inch)
- Imperator Angelfish (8inch)
- Majestic Angelfish (8-9inch)
- Personifer Angelfish (7inch)
- Regal Angelfish (7+ inches)
- Scribbled Angelfish (7inch)
- Blue Ring (6inch)
- Small School of Golden Butterflyfish (5inches each)

Foxface
-Magnificent Foxface (7inch)

Grouper
- Clown Grouper (4-5inch)
- Miniatus Grouper (4-5inch)

Lionfish
- Antennata Lionfish (5-6inch)
- Radiata Lionfish (5-6inch)

Parrotfish
- Princess Parrotfish (5-6inch)

Puffer
- Burr Puffer (5-6inch)
- Porcupine Puffer (5-6inch)

Shark
- Epaulette Shark (7-12inch)

Tang
- Vlamingi Tang (10-12inch)
- Blonde Tang (9-11inch)
- Sohal Tang (7-8inch)
- Unicorn Tang (9-11inch)
- Achilles Tang (7-8inch)
- Purple Tang (as large as you can find)

Triggerfish
- Clown Triggerfish (5-6inch)
- Niger Triggerfish (8inch)
- Black Triggerfish (8inch)
- Huma Triggerfish (7inch)
- Crosshatch Pair (8inch)
- Rectangle Triggerfish (7inch)
- Queen Triggerfish (4-5inch)(extremely aggressive)

Wrasse
- Harlequin Tusk (6-7inch)
- Green Bird Wrasse (5-7inch)

(this has been used in another one of my replys with some adjustments)

I like your taste ^

[reefer334]

All the triggers and angels would kill the shark.

[WuHT]

well you can always use schools of butterflyfish as "fillers" to complement your show case angels (and tangs)

[Jeremy Blaze]

Interesting ideas so far. Thanks.

[KvcGsxr600]

I like Harliquin Tusk fish. Not too aggressive and a very beautiful specimen.

[Jeremy Blaze]

Anyone else?

[TheSaltwaterGuy]

I would do everything that these folks say minus the shark and ray. They would very quickly die due to the aggressive and pick-on-sharks and rays-nature that the triggers, angels, and puffers have. Other than that, sounds like you have a lot of good suggestions here.