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What is a FOWLR Fish Tank Aquarium

Quite simply, FOWLR refers to a marine saltwater tank which has been set up as “Fish Only With Live Rock”. This is often a good way of entering in to the hobby from scratch or if moving from the freshwater side of the hobby.

The FOWLR aquarium can be set up in almost the same way as a freshwater tank in that you could use an external or internal filter for mechanical filtration to help remove detritus and uneaten food from the tank. Live rock is then used as the biological side of filtration where beneficial bacteria will grow in order to keep your ammonia and nitrite levels at zero and ideally your nitrate at as close to zero as possible too.

FOWLR tank systems could be a good intermediary between setting up a marine tank and going on to a reef aquarium with corals. Given the cost of setting up a reef aquarium this a step towards making sure everything is as it should be before making the final leap to a reef aquarium.

It could be that you want to keep fish which are categorically not reef safe, in which case setting up your saltwater tank as a FOWLR system is the only option.

Carib Sea Aquatics Life Rock Display Box, 20 lb

Carib Sea Aquatics Life Rock Display Box, 20 lb

Features:
  • At an unprecedented 50% void space (macro and micro), you will be hard pressed to find a durable natural rock that has this magnitude of porosity
  • Natural weathering processes form the fantastic shapes of South Seas Base Rock by the erosion and pitting of limestone over the course of eons
  • T is clean and safe for marine, reef and hard water freshwater aquariums such as African cichlids
  • Assorted

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Caribsea Life Rock, 40-Pound

Caribsea Life Rock, 40-Pound

Features:
  • Made in USA
  • Package Weight : 39.999 Pounds
  • Package Dimensions : 10.0 L x 14.0 H x 2.0 W (inches)

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Marine Reef Life Rock KenKoi 20LBs

Marine Reef Life Rock KenKoi 20LBs

Features:
  • marine reef rock liferock

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