How many fish too mich

[Nightmarepl]

Hey y'all i got a 10 gallon tank long version and it's besn up for 5months currently have 2 clowns 1 watchman goby pistol shrimp some hermits and snails bunch of corals

Went to rap today and somone talked me into a scooter benny is having 4 fish in 10gallon too much will it be too much on the bio load eventually I'll be going 20 gallons once o find the right tank any advice please

 

[Joe0813]

Scooter blenny will only eat pods.

 

[billdogg]

IMHO, having 2 clowns in a 10g tank is already too much due to well documented aggression issues. For a pair of clowns the minimum recommended size tank is 50 gallons, with 75 or 90 being more realistic.

As for adding a scooter blenny, unless you want to add supplemental pods daily it will starve to death in short order. It just is not possible for a tank that small to sustain a sufficient population of pods for a dragonette (mandarin/scooter "blenny")

 

[on the spot]

i got a 10 gallon tank long version...

What is a 10 gallon long version? didn't know they came in different versions?

...Went to rap today and someone talked me into a scooter benny...

"Someone" is not to be trusted. Clearly they have neither you nor your charges best interest in mind. If possible I'd suggest you return the blenny.

HTH. best of luck.

 

[Jason9488]

Custom tank?

 

[sirclintler]

Lol so your doing your research after you bought the fish? Your combo of fish are not suitable for a 10 gallon tank, IMO you need a bigger tank (75-90 )for the clown fish if nothing else. You will be happier long term and more importantly so will your livestock.

 

[bcb577]

I agree that two clownfish in a ten gallon is not a good thing. I have a 14 biocube and have one clown and one ywg all is well I’ve hade these same two fish for about 3 years and in two different tanks but I wouldn’t put two clowns in a ten gallon