Is my tank too full?

amphirion

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Hi,
Will my tank be too full if I put these two fishes (blue tang(doris) and a blue throat trigger) in my setup?

Here is my setup:

110g reef tank (48"x18"x30")
deltec mc500 skimmer and giesemann 300w MH lighting, 4 power heads
150 pounds of live rock + live sand
Fish: 1 sailfin tang, 1 foxface, 2 percula clown fish ,1 sebae clown fish, 3 green chromis and 1 banded goby.
Inverts: snails , feather duster, and two anemones (heteractis magnifica and heteractis malu)
+ soft corals and some stony corals too

Could I introduce a blue throt trigger and a blue tang (doris) without any problems? Would my tank be too full? Should I only introduce the blue tang? If I take a young trigger and a young blue tang, will there be a problem in long term with my 3 green chromis? Will my fishes fight against each other?
I need your opinion

Thank you

P.S: Excuse me for my english mistakes, I'm not from US. :)

(this thread is in 2 different categories because I didn't know where to put it!) :)
 
Your english is just fine :)
I think a blue tang needs more room, a 4' 110g isn't really enough. They're open water fish and get very big (up to 18"), I usually see people recommend a 6' tank for these fish. The trigger will probably be fine, but represents a fairly big addition to the bioload. You have a few fish that are going to reach a good size (sebae clown, tang and foxface), another large fish might be pushing it.
 
Hi,
Thank you for your answer. So you think that the trigger would be a better idea? I tought that the blue tang would be a better addition than the trigger. Am I taking a big risk if I put a trigger with 3 green chromis and two little percula clown fish? I'm not too woried about the clowns because they're always in their anemone but for the chromis...What do you think? If I take a young trigger, he will grow up with all the little fishes in my tank and the little fishes will have time to grow.
Do you really think that the blue tang will reach the size of 18"? I never saw a blue tang of that size! I saw people that were keeping blue tangs in a 70g tank so I am not very worried for it.
But I think my aquarium would be too full with with all these guys so I will probably choose 1 between the two (probably the trigger). Maybe that would be a better idea. What do you think?
Thanks! :)
 
I have no personal experience with triggers, I know agression varies from species to species. It's probably not a good idea, given the fish you already have (I was really tired when I posted last night, all I was thinking of was the bioload issue, didn't even consider compatibility!). If you want to add another fish to your tank, how about something smaller like a fairy wrasse or dwarf angel?
 
blue throats are a great fish, had one in one of my tanks and never touched anything and they are actually quite shy.
 
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