How many new fish left to add

howyegettinon

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Just wondering how close I am to filling my tank?
I have 200litre tank with 90litre sump, 20kg of live rock and reef octopus xp1000 skimmer.
what's in the tank at the moment:
10/12 red/blue hermit crabs
2 nausarus snails
2 cleaner shrimp
1 fire shrimp
2 common clowns
1 algae blenny
1 dwarf flame angel :fish1:
1 6 line wrasse

Just wondering if and how many fish I could safely add in future?
 
Under normal conditions I would say you could add one or two small fish. However with your current fish I would advise against add more fish. Sooner or later the 6 line wrasse is going to go rouge and start killing its tank mates. Sometimes if they are small it takes a year or two, but eventually every one I've owned in tanks under 450 liters (120 gallons) became a killer. The same thing holds true with the Flame Angel in a small tank, they just don't handle the stress of being in a tank less than 300 liters (75 gallons).
 
So the 6 line has started killing, it was only a cleaner shrimp and I know they dont see them as tank mates more likk dinners, so this guy is going back to the shop, swap him for a royal gamma.
Also my angel died I found him bent in half on the bottom of the tank breathing but not been able to swim or straighten up, he died couple of hours later.
If anyone can shed some light on this it would be great!!
 
Aww, sorry about your angel and the cleaner shrimp. No advice there, but I wanted to say that a Royal Gramma is a great choice -- especially for a relatively peaceful tank.

A Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse would also be a great little fish to consider. Ours is always out and about and plays nice with everything.
 
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