is this overtstocking?

[romsoccer12]

i have a good list of 5 fish that i think is the max i can put in.
1 dwarf angel fish ( coralbeauty, bicolor, or flame)
2 blackwhite/orangewhit ocell pair
1 starry blenny (have it in now)
1 sixline wrasse
i have a 29gal biocube
any suggestions?

 

[corbett_n]

The dwarf angel could be a bit too much, especially if you have a mated aggressive pair of clowns. In a tank that small everywhere the angel went he would run into two possible aggressive clowns. I have a tomato clown and a purple striped psuedochromis in mine and know that I can't have anymore fish because they killed them. Tensions run high in small tank.

 

[small alien]

From what I've read and heard, the angel would also appreciate more swimming room. Something along the lines of a 40 or 50 gallon. Not only is your cube only 29 gallons, it's also a cube so there's not much swimming length. Good luck.

 

[snorvich]

Your clowns will take over the tank once they are sexually mature. The sixline is a very aggressive fish, especially in a small tank. I certainly would not add more, probably skip the sixline.

 

[romsoccer12]

i think im gunu skip the angel and take out my chromis and just go with the blenny 2x clowns sixline and maybe add a royal grama my friend is giving away at the end. I know the sixline can be real aggressive so im adding him last. I have a lot of liverock where he can swim and hide so hopefully he wont get too mean.

 

[JamesJR]

the pygmy angel may be a good choice. while they certainly have the temperment of the larger angels they stay much smaller.

 

[romsoccer12]

james, you are the first person to say it was a good idea to get a pgymy in my type of tank. can you elaborate? you must obviously have a lot of experience seeing you have 15years salt water

 

[BangkokMatt]

I would personally avoid a centropyge angel. There is not enough room in the cube.

 

[snorvich]

+1 They graze on algae

 

[revaltion131]

IMO, you could get away with a smaller Centropyge, ie Cherub or Flameback, but there are a couple of issues I see between an angel and both the blenny and 6-line. They are also known to be a bit more aggressive than other dwarves, so that could be an issue as well. With your stocking list, an angel is a bad idea.

I'd stick with the two clowns and the 6-line. If you went with just a single clown, it could give you a little more room to add something more peaceful.

 

[snorvich]

+1

 

[romsoccer12]

i love the 2 clowns so im gunu stick with those. instead of the angel, could i get a royal grama as my last fish? or would that still be pushing it on too many aggressive fish?

 

[snorvich]

Assuming no angel and no sixline, you should be fine.

 

[romsoccer12]

too much with the sixline though? hes one of my favorite fish. if i add the sixline, grama,2xocels and blenny, is it overstocking or too much aggression?

 

[revaltion131]

+1 I'd do a max of four peaceful fish in the BC29, three if they're aggressive. It's an aggression issue, but I also wouldn't do five fish in the mentioned tank unless two of them were "nano" gobies.

 

[romsoccer12]

alright ill guess ill go with the sixline blenny 2x ocells

 

[JamesJR]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15081077#post15081077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JamesJR
the pygmy angel may be a good choice. while they certainly have the temperment of the larger angels they stay much smaller.

I was referring to the c. argi but they can be pretty aggressive.

 

[euromomtx]

I had a pair of ocellaris clowns in a 29g for a few years just by themselves and it actually felt just right. I didn't think it needed more fish.

 

[snorvich]

+1 with euromomtx