adding livestock

[Ann1214]

New tank is starting to look very nice. The live rock is colorful, the water perameters look great, and the plumbing seems to work.

OK, it is fish time. I have snails (12 turb, and 12 of a small variety, we have 5 hermit crabs, and one stand of a soft coral) I have a small school of 5 chromis 5. We are thinking of a flame angel for our next addition..

Will be adding a clown fish and a cleaner shrimp in about a month (they will need a home when my son breaks down his school based tank). We are also thinking of a yellow tang.

This is a 90 gallon tank. are 8 fish too much? Will these guys get along? Also, how big does a yellow tang get?


Thanks for all your help

Ann

 

[mikenpam]

I have a 90 and intend to have 8 or 9 fish. I have a Yellow Tang in QT that I will be adding in a week or two. I think 8 should be OK especially if they are smaller fish. A Yellow Tang can get around 7" and I believe a 90 should be fine. I would suggest adding the last few fish slowly and test your water to ensure you don't develop a problem.

 

[szwab]

with those fish i tyhink you will be fine. I wouldn't add any more as the fish will grow and increase in size. IMEthe chromis will naturally reduce their numbers by picking on the weakest of the bunch.

 

[bertoni]

Flame angels sometimes nip at corals, but otherwise those 8 fish sound reasonable to me. The yellow tanks top out around 8-9".