I posed this in a FOWLR thread but had no response.
I currently have a 75g FOWLR that is 6 months old. I have 20 lbs. LR and 20 lbs. live sand. The rest of the substrate is CC. The is also about 50 lbs base rock, some of which has corraline. I initially set up the tank with a Magnum 250 w/biowheel and a Penguin 330 w/2 biowheels. I want to eliminate the large Magnum biowheel for starters. I would like to use that room for a hang-on fuge. If I just unhook the 1 biowheel and remove it, will I get an ammonia spike. I'll leave the filter running as it contains nitrate sponge.
My tank has a blue/green chromis, ocillaris clown, 3-stripe damsel, mandarin, lemonpeel angel and a large yellow tang. Inverts are CBS, mythrax crab, 3 hermits, 3 nassarius snails and about 4 other snails (trochus and astrea).
I'm just afraid if I take the large biowheel off, my balance will be disrupted.
Any advice??? Should I slowly add more LR first. I was finishing my basement at the same time I started the tank and dropped about 40k in there. That's why I could only start with what I mentioned above.
I currently have a 75g FOWLR that is 6 months old. I have 20 lbs. LR and 20 lbs. live sand. The rest of the substrate is CC. The is also about 50 lbs base rock, some of which has corraline. I initially set up the tank with a Magnum 250 w/biowheel and a Penguin 330 w/2 biowheels. I want to eliminate the large Magnum biowheel for starters. I would like to use that room for a hang-on fuge. If I just unhook the 1 biowheel and remove it, will I get an ammonia spike. I'll leave the filter running as it contains nitrate sponge.
My tank has a blue/green chromis, ocillaris clown, 3-stripe damsel, mandarin, lemonpeel angel and a large yellow tang. Inverts are CBS, mythrax crab, 3 hermits, 3 nassarius snails and about 4 other snails (trochus and astrea).
I'm just afraid if I take the large biowheel off, my balance will be disrupted.
Any advice??? Should I slowly add more LR first. I was finishing my basement at the same time I started the tank and dropped about 40k in there. That's why I could only start with what I mentioned above.
