bio load?

[keepsmesane]

I have had a 25gallon tank set up since Oct. and I have:
- 22 lbs of live rock
- several snails and hermit crabs
- (1) Tomato Clown fish
- (2) blue damsels (one yellow tail)
and I was thinking about getting a cleaner shrimp. I am building a 10gallon sump this week to get my water parameters right for corals.

so my question is, can I add two fish or will that create too high of a bio load? I was thinking getting a small Naso tang
and a longnose Hawkfish. Keep in mind that once I get good water parameters, I will be adding lots of corals.



thanks!

 

[Pandora]

Definitely no naso tang, no question it will very much outgrow the 25 gal, not even a matter of bioload. You could maybe have one more small fish, but I don't think I'd go with the longnose hawk (also think, they sometimes attack shrimp). A cleaner shrimp really won't add much to your bioload at all either way.