reef or fowlr?

TripleP · #1 12/14/2007, 04:08 PM

Would this make a good reef or fowlr?

TripleP · #2 12/14/2007, 04:09 PM

JediReefer · #3 12/14/2007, 04:17 PM

It would make a sweet QT.

Blown 346 · #4 12/14/2007, 04:22 PM

As a reef tank I would thing it wouldnt as you would a problem getting the water flow the corals need in all 3 sections.

As a FOWLR I wouldnt see why not.

kar93 · #5 12/14/2007, 04:32 PM

I agree it would be hard getting the flow to the corals but you could use it for fish with shrimp, crabs snail etc.

LobsterOfJustice · #6 12/14/2007, 04:34 PM

Definantly take advantage of that structure somehow. Use it well. With a tank like that you can do both.

dendro982 · #7 12/15/2007, 10:08 AM

After having both - fish and corals, I would vote for fishless tank - less toubles, much easier.
You can make low flow, actinic light section and fill it with tube anemones, different colors - only they become trice larger, then you see in store.
Opposite section could be high flow, high light - for whatever you like. Fire shrimp looks nice in the middle.

Fish in this tank will look good, but, personally, I deeply regret having even the best fish - too much troubles.

m2434 · #8 12/15/2007, 10:26 AM

I think it would be an outstanding reef tank. You could have a different habitat in each section, maybe LPS/SPS in one, soft corals in left and macro-algae in the middle. Or, any other combination you could think of. I'd personally love to do something like that. Please keep us updated!

Macimage · #9 12/15/2007, 11:12 AM

Wow, that is cool! My first reef tank was a double tube tank and it was really pretty. I've never seen the triple. I'd do a reef tank with fish of course. It's fun watching them swim through the tubes.

I'll find an old photo from 2002 and upload it.

Joyce

dascharisma · #10 12/15/2007, 11:36 AM

I would never use a tank like that as a display. There are so many surfaces that you will never be able to keep clean, that it will just turn into a nasty algae mess. I think it will look terrible over time. I might try to modify it so that it would be usable as a sump or holding tank, but otherwise I would toss it.

Brad

davocean · #11 12/15/2007, 01:24 PM

I don't see why you couldn't do a loop w/ either a top manifold or locklines feeding each section, and maybe even a tunze nano stream in each.
6 side panels to clean instead of 2, but not a big.
Cleaning tubes could be fun.
Choice on what to do is totally up to you.
It's nice to see different stuff out there.

Zestay · #12 12/15/2007, 01:35 PM

i second putting pumps in those tubes somehow =)

could create an internal loop have all the top pumps facing one way and the bottoms the other way... =)

crabbejoe · #13 12/15/2007, 01:36 PM

A reef tank would be cool. With small fish. Just get a lot of snails to help you out on the cleaning. It would be sweet and very unique.

LobsterOfJustice · #14 12/15/2007, 01:44 PM

As far as cleaning the tubes out, just wait until they get gunked up, and wrap a black trash bag over them for a few days to kill off all the algae.

That is a really unique tank and I would love to see it used well.

kar93 · #15 12/15/2007, 06:36 PM

Actually you could put certain species in each chamber

1st Chamber - SPS
2nd Chamber - LPS
3rd Chamber Softies

And add some fish so they can swim in and out of each chamber