how many fish in a 55gallon

[DaltonJames]

i have a 55gallon and i want to know how many fish can i add



the fish i have in there....

Damsel

Valentini Puffer

Niger Trigger




the fish i want to add...

Lawnmower - Orange Spotted

Black & White Percula x2

Frogfish - White

 

[reefnetworth]

www.liveaquaria.com has a comparison chart for all SW fish available. try them out!
JDM

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Personally i dont agree with liveaquaria on pretty much all of their "minimum tank sizes"...they got a few right, but stuff like tangs/triggers are way off IMO.

I'd take the trigger out soon...they just get way too big for a small 55. All the others should be fine, although i'm not sure about the frogfish...it should be fine though since they stay still for most of the time i believe...just not sure how they'd do with the other fish.

And i'm also not so sure how big the puffer gets...check into that because i know lots of them get a bit big..

 

[loosecannon]

hi one of the funnys things i aver herd was, semi-aggressive. the frog can eat any thing 3/4 his size! the puffer well eat all the corrles. the tregger is mine and only gets worst with age.

 

[kuoka]

Here's the direct link to the fish compatibility chart. As for the number of fish, I've always heard use 1" per gallon of water (meaning don't exceed a total of 55" with all your fish combined). Obviously it's a rule of thumb so I wouldn't push it.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

 

[coyoteseven]

I have 4 fish in a 90g.

2 Percula clowns
1 Spotted hawkfish
1 Powder Brown Tang (small)

 

[kkyyllee]

1" per gallon is a horrible rule for freshwater

 

[AquaReeferMan]

I only had 4 fish in my old 55g. The most I would as is the 2 clowns. That triggers gonna get big and your tank will have to take on his large bio-load. So I would only go with 4-5 fish.