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Hi everyone.
I'm just about to take the plunge with a FOWLR set up so just dong a bit of research before I part with any cash.
As I am new to this I don't want to over complicate things so my question is this:
Can you have a mix of live rock and dead rock in the tank and if I wanted some greenary would artificial plants be ok in there? Real plants seem pretty fiddly and I want to keep it simple as a beginner.

Also looking at getting at 27G tank. How many fish would comfortably be ok for this size?

thanks in advance
 
mattduv said:
Hi everyone.
I'm just about to take the plunge with a FOWLR set up so just dong a bit of research before I part with any cash.
As I am new to this I don't want to over complicate things so my question is this:
Can you have a mix of live rock and dead rock in the tank and if I wanted some greenary would artificial plants be ok in there? Real plants seem pretty fiddly and I want to keep it simple as a beginner.

Also looking at getting at 27G tank. How many fish would comfortably be ok for this size?

thanks in advance
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Hello there and welcome to AC!

Generally speaking, yes, you can use a mixture of live and dead rock...However, i would only use a higher ratio of live to dead...like 60% live / 40% dead...A depending factor on this is, is if you are wanting to use the live rock solely as filtration, and not use any other forum of filter, like a cannister filter..

Fish wise, you can get away with about 3 - 4 small to med fish..Please do read more here...

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123455

and the stickies in the marine forums...

Fake plants? Well, yes, they can be used, although i dont like to see them myself, just check if they are saltwater safe before you purchase them..

By all means, any more specific questions you have, get a thread created in the marine fourm, and we will all do our best to guide you...

Good to have you here...
 
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