looking for stocking idea

[newby30gallon]

looking to upgrade from 29 tall to 90 or 120. the wife has demanded a mandarin and some anthias. if possible an emperor (not happening too small)....

how much bioload (fish) should i put as a maximum on each of these tanks.

Assume over qualified skimmer, live rock and sump with refuge.

thanks,

 

[Sk8r]

I'd recommend at least 100. Math is easier for one thing. Srsly, it's not how many, it's how large adult size and what habits. Suggestions: if corals, no angels. If no corals, smalll angel. Maybe jawfish. Blenny, goby, 3-5 chromis, basslet type, ---avoid dottybacks: cunning and prone to nip. Maybe fairy wrasse. Depends: for a fish the size of a mandy, you'll be sitting in front of your tank at close range, observing, and having a lot of smaller fishes will be more entertaining than one larger fish who will come and go, especially in a 'long' tank. With smaller fish in a large tank, you have constant action.