Is my Bioload high?

[Kataro]

I have currently in my 150G 4'x3'x20"

1 - Pyramid ButterflyFish 4"-4.5"
1 - Blue Hippo Tang 1"
4 - Red Dot Cardinal (Apogon Parvulus)
5 - Blue Streak Cardinal (Apogon Leptacanthus)
1 - Neon Goby
1 - McKoster Wrasse (Female)
1 - Fairy Wrasse 3"-3.5"
2 - Trimma Goby
1 - Banded Goby
1 - Cherub Angel 2"-2.5"

Currently I'm feeding twice daily, one before I go to work and one when I get home. I make sure they eat it all however... so very little go to rot in the tank. I sometime also leave a small sheet of Nori for them to snack on when I'm at work

I run GFO and skimmer is rated "200G for Heavy Bioload"

I was wondering if the stocking list is high?

 

[BPCEO]

Not IMO... all pretty small fish really. I have more in my 75g without issue and I over feed and am just running a cheapo prism pro HOB skimmer lol

 

[lisafoster]

No not at all. you should see my list

 

[snorvich]

Sounds reasonable to me.

 

[Kataro]

ah, I wanted to add another pyramid buttefly in there and a harem of lyretail anthias (4). Would that be pushing it? or be ok

 

[TampaReefer79]

What kind of skimmer is this 'skimmer rated for 200 gallon high bioload'?

 

[Kataro]

SWC Cone Skimmer 250S

 

[lhm nole]

You have little fish in big pond I have big fish in little pond

 

[iamwrasseman]

through water testing and good record keeping you will see when your bio load gets near becoming a burden on your filtration system .
very low load compared to mine ,do you test you water regularly ?
if so post your results .

 

[Kataro]

I recently did a test on the tank... 4 days ago?

Nitrate - 5-10?? Salifert test are REALLY hard to tell the difference..
Phosphate - VERY low or 0 since I run GFO now

 

[iamwrasseman]

so with that given information i would conclude your water is close to perfect ?

 

[Kataro]

well, I guess what I want to ask is if it'll be ok if I add another Pyramid butterflyfish and a harem of Lyretail Anthias (4). With those additions, will it be consider high bioload?

 

[IFbettas]

well, I guess what I want to ask is if it'll be ok if I add another Pyramid butterflyfish and a harem of Lyretail Anthias (4). With those additions, will it be consider high bioload?

I think as far as bioload goes, you will still be fine as long as you keep up with water changes. However, I would only add the butterfly and not the anthias because of space concerns. It might work out fine, but I've never been a fan of packing large amounts of fish into smallish tanks.

 

[Kataro]

Bump... I've changed my stocking and currently have

5 - Apogon Leptacanthus
1 - Yellow Tang
1 - Blue Tang
3 - Lyretail Anthias
1 - Watanabe Angel (2")
1 - McCosker Wrasse
2 - Trimma Goby
1 - Sixline Wrasse
1 - Cherub angel
1 - Naso Tang (3") - This guy is temporary, only keeping him til he eradicate my lobophora

I was thinking of adding 7-10 very small blue / green chromis... would this affect my bioload by alot? I'm still testing 0 on nitrate / phosphate.

I do dose vodka / vinegar for ULNS

 

[n0rk]

Chromis are pretty low on the bioload side of things. besides, your tank will tell you if the bioload is too high