I've been looking into starting a SW tank, and wanted to do FO. However, everyone on here seems to praise live rock. So, I figured if live rock wasn't too difficult to maintan, and wasn't going to require that I spend alot of extra cash, I would maybe try FOWLR (though I don't quite understand what the benefits of LR are). So, my questions are...
1. If I wanted to put some live rock in my tank, what else would I need in order to sustain it (lights, filters, etc.)?
2. What exactly are the benefits of live rock?
P.S. My planned setup is a 55 gallon tank with LS, a Rena Filstar XP2 canister filter, a 200w heater and Red Sea Prizm Deluxe Hang-On Skimmer. I was sort of hoping to create a kind of fake reef using normal rocks and fake corals.
Thanks.
1. If I wanted to put some live rock in my tank, what else would I need in order to sustain it (lights, filters, etc.)?
2. What exactly are the benefits of live rock?
P.S. My planned setup is a 55 gallon tank with LS, a Rena Filstar XP2 canister filter, a 200w heater and Red Sea Prizm Deluxe Hang-On Skimmer. I was sort of hoping to create a kind of fake reef using normal rocks and fake corals.
Thanks.