Many fish introduced at once...?

[LinkinReef]

I have a 210g tank and I'm looking to place an order on liveaquaria on some fish that I've been wanting. In total they're 10 fish: 4 female anthias (for my current male) 1 flasher wrasse, 2 blue reef chromis and 3 orange line chromis. Fr filtration I have a vertex alpha 200 skimmer and a fuge. I will place them in a 24g nanocube as a qt in the meantime.

Would it be a big impact on my tank if I introduce them all at once?

 

[Ethan Music]

I would just keep the anthias in QT longer than the others just to make sure their eating and healthy before adding them into the DT.

 

[kingfisherflesh]

I would agree with the above, but I would also say that you could get away with it.

That isnt much bioload wise in a tank your size. You also dont want a group of female anthias isolated for the standard 2 week QT...you are going to end up with another male.

 

[snorvich]

I have a 210g tank and I'm looking to place an order on liveaquaria on some fish that I've been wanting. In total they're 10 fish: 4 female anthias (for my current male) 1 flasher wrasse, 2 blue reef chromis and 3 orange line chromis. Fr filtration I have a vertex alpha 200 skimmer and a fuge. I will place them in a 24g nanocube as a qt in the meantime.

Would it be a big impact on my tank if I introduce them all at once?

The way to evaluate is based on incremental carrying capacity. So if you have a stable 210 gallon tank with 15 existing fish, you would be adding an additional 67% of biocapacity requirement. That may be a bit much although there is no real "number" to shoot for. I would be much more concerned with the biocapacity of your quarantine.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

nobody is going to ask what fishes this person already has?

JMO: if "Blue Reef Chromis" = the tropical Atlantic species I wouldn't add these along with all the others. (It's a sensitive species deserving of special attention when introducing IMO.)

 

[kingfisherflesh]

nobody is going to ask what fishes this person already has?

JMO: if "Blue Reef Chromis" = the tropical Atlantic species I wouldn't add these along with all the others. (It's a sensitive species deserving of special attention when introducing IMO.)

Good point...I actually wouldnt add atlantic fish to a pacific aquarium at all, but if you must there should be a through QT process.

 

[LinkinReef]

I would just keep the anthias in QT longer than the others just to make sure their eating and healthy before adding them into the DT.

That's what I was thinking as well, just maybe adding the chromis first and then the rest a week or so after

I would agree with the above, but I would also say that you could get away with it.

That isnt much bioload wise in a tank your size. You also dont want a group of female anthias isolated for the standard 2 week QT...you are going to end up with another male.

That's one of my main concerns with the females. I was also thinking of adding the anthias first and maybe a week or two after I'll add the chromis and the wrasse, just because I do not want another male anthia

The way to evaluate is based on incremental carrying capacity. So if you have a stable 210 gallon tank with 15 existing fish, you would be adding an additional 67% of biocapacity requirement. That may be a bit much although there is no real "number" to shoot for. I would be much more concerned with the biocapacity of your quarantine.

I'm actually more concerned about this, having this many fish in the 24g nano cube for a week or two.

nobody is going to ask what fishes this person already has?

JMO: if "Blue Reef Chromis" = the tropical Atlantic species I wouldn't add these along with all the others. (It's a sensitive species deserving of special attention when introducing IMO.)

There's one male anthia, 2 tangs, 2 clonwns, one jawfish and one midas blenny in the tank as of now.

The blue reef chromis are from the carribean.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+2971+113&pcatid=113

Thanks for the heads up about the tropical atlantic species, not too sure now if they might also be the same. According to LA they are easy to care for but nothing about their introduction to the tank.

 

[kingfisherflesh]

I think you guys are talking about the same fish.

My brother used to do collection in the Caribbean and a lot of people that added those fish to existing tanks with pacific fish had one or the other group of fish die completely out.

This is why QT could be very important with these guys.

Liveaquaria gets their fish from a very reputable source, and unless you have something fairly rare, it spent time with that distributor and has had at least some QT done on it. But better safe than sorry.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

we're talking about the same species of Chromis

 

[LinkinReef]

I think you guys are talking about the same fish.

My brother used to do collection in the Caribbean and a lot of people that added those fish to existing tanks with pacific fish had one or the other group of fish die completely out.

This is why QT could be very important with these guys.

Liveaquaria gets their fish from a very reputable source, and unless you have something fairly rare, it spent time with that distributor and has had at least some QT done on it. But better safe than sorry.

we're talking about the same species of Chromis

Oh my bad :lol2:

Ok, that kind is off the list the and I'll just get 5 of the orange ones instead :thumbsup: