enough fish? or 1 more?

[Clownemone]

Currently I have a pair of lyretail anthias, a pair of black & white clowns, 3 blue green chromises, a pair of firefish, a midas blenny, and a tangaroa goby. The firefish are always in hiding & the clowns usually hang out at the back of the tank. A lot of times, I feel like I only have 6 fishes in my 60gal (30gal sump) in my reef tank. Don't worry, my anthias and chromises are doing well. My question is can I add another fish or do you think I'm fully stocked? I'm thinking of adding a flame angelfish as they tend to be not shy and has a very beautiful color. I understand that some of them can pick the corals but I've also read about ones who only pick off the slime from the corals and otherwise leave them alone. What do you guys think?

 

[fscmocsaj]

IMO you could add the flame back and be good possibly 1 more. I have 6 fish in my 50B and they are doing great!

 

[MDO]

You have 11 fish but you feel like you have only 6. You can add another fish but it depends on your bioload. Usually when you ask yourself the question, do you have too many fish, you usually do.

 

[fscmocsaj]

Oh I didn't notice you had all pairs LOL however those are pretty small fish. MDO is right.
It helps that you have a 30 gal sump. How much LR and sand do you have?

 

[Clownemone]

I have 70lbs of live rock and 50lbs of live sand. Thanks for the replies!

 

[fscmocsaj]

I think youll be fine adding 1 or 2 more fish depending on the size.

 

[MDO]

Yeah. 1 fish that max sizes about 3-4 inches should be fine.

 

[dppitone]

As far as space you can add that fish. And for system load, as long as your filtering system is keeping up - keeping ammonia and nitrites less than 5 or so - than you're ok. (Of course, they can never be zero, otherwise there wouldn't be an active bacteria cycle. Our test kits can not discern the difference between zero and a few ppm.)